Irony Alert! CNN: Sanders says 'rampant' sexism in US is a hurdle for women running for president

[Julian English]

The irony of this coming from BS is incredible. If Senator Warren saw this, she probable did a spit take. BS said "a woman can't win" not two months ago says there is "rampant sexism."

Here's a link to the story if you want to read this CNN puff piece for BS.

[TwilightZone]

1. Pandering to Warren supporters, it would seem.

He's been trying pretty hard to woo them this week.

Seems a little transparent.

[sheshe2]

15. As a woman and a Warren supporter,

I guess I should be flattered. Not. I chose Biden.

[BlueMTexpat]

33. He can pander

all he wants.

But what happened has happened and yes, it is irony indeed.

[denem]

35. Oh Yeah

choking on a ham sandwich

[kcr]

2. One word came to mind. Slimey.

[Cha]

3. he campaigns like there's No Internet.

[pampango]

4. Is you think Sanders is a sexist, ask AOC. n/t

[Julian English]

6. Why not say, "Do you think Trump is sexist? Ask Sarah Huckabee Sander." n/t

[pampango]

22. I don't see any similarity in the integrity of those two women. n/t

[HarlanPepper]

7. Those

Who saw him mansplain to EW after one of the debates saw it for themselves.

[Julian English]

8. 100%!!!

Especially as Senator Warren is clearly both smarter and more competent than BS has ever been.

[MrsCoffee]

34. Women are smart enough to figure it out themselves thank you very much.

Why would I need to ask AOC anything?

What a ridiculous suggestion.

[blue-wave]

5. All the hypocrisy

coming from the Sanders camp appears to be desperation. I think they know the writing is on the wall. The primaries of the next two weeks will be telling.

[soldierant]

10. I see no hypocrisy an no inconsistency

Pinting out that sexism exists is NOT the same thing as being sexist. We have this figured out about racism, and rightly call out Republicans who try to make us appear racists for pointing out racism. But let a progrogressive acknowledge that sexism exists and is hurting out candidates, boy howdt, that person's a sexist for sure!

Can we please STOP doing this?

[maxsolomon]

11. I have to concur.

the original BS "a woman can't win" statement is being taken out of context.

and as of right now (and the next 4-8 years), it can't be disproved.

[soldierant]

18. Thank you.

[Julian English]

19. The hypocrisy & Inconsistency is clear and undeniable.

Really, the hypocrisy and inconsistency of BS here is amazingly clear. Really, imagine if any other campaign said that a woman couldn't win the presidency.

You might as well say it's OK for other campaigns to attack BS by saying, "America's not ready for a Jewish president," and claim it's not anti-Semitism.

BS has tolerated the BS Bros incredibly sexist attacks on Senator Warren and the other female candidates. The failure of BS to make a meaningful effort to stop this hate speech speaks worlds of who BS really is.

The BS campaign hiring the sexist Philip Agnew speaks worlds about who BS really is.

No true progressive would tolerate this sort of hate speech or a person like Philip Agnew to be associated with their campaign.

No one other candidate in the Democratic Primary has these problems. Only BS does.

[relayerbob]

12. Takes tone deaf to a whole new leve;

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. But if Biden said it that would be fine, right?

You are correct that the nature of sexism is such that it can work against Warren or another woman candidate to say this, but Joe Biden can say it, right? No it would not be different. Sanders is correct about calling out rampant sexism and there is nothing hypocritical about him doing so.

Sanders has an excellent legislative record on women's rights over many decades and no one has ever said anything to the contrary. Does it occur to you that he may only saying the ugly truth, and he did not create that truth,an that he has supported many women candidates. But, oh yeah, there was that private conversation with Warren in which it is reported that he said a woman could not defeat Trump this fall. Well I've heard a lot of feminist women in recent weeks looking at what happened to our female candidates this time around acknowledging that a lot of voters were "afraid" to try something "new" with a woman running for president this time rather than playing it safe with another male. Yes that is deplorable state of affairs, but women make up the majority of Democratic voters and they did not stand with our women candidates in large numbers rather than support one of the men this cycle. Are you angry with them?

[showblue22]

16. "Sanders has an excellent legislative record on women's rights"

Can you show me any legislation Bernie has initiated that addresses specifically women? If If I'm not mistaken, there isn't any.

[Tom Rinaldo]

21. Don't move the goal posts of the discussion

Your OP called it "ironic" that Sanders deplored sexism against female candidates which directly implies that he is OK with sexism against female candidates. It wasn't a discussion about legislative accomplishments, the subject concerned attitudes and opinions regarding sexism in politics and there is nothing ironic about what Sanders expressed in that statement.

I didn't post to this OP here because I wanted to debate the relative pros and cons of Sanders vs. Biden on women's issues, so I have no interest in researching what bills Bernie has or has not initiated. But it is a matter of simple public record that Sanders has always been graded with an "A" by women's advocacy organizations for his legislative scorecard on how he voted on major bills of importance to women specifically.

[LanternWaste]

38. Your conflation is infer and imply isn't someone else moving goalposts...

[Sloumeau]

14. Bernie: Elizabeth, a woman cannot win the Presidency!

Bernie: What's with all of the rampant sexism?

[ProfessorPlum]

17. Sanders was named an honorary woman by Gloria Steinem for his work on women's issues

One of the few men so named. Steinem knows something about women's issues.

[Julian English]

20. Which explains why Biden is crushing BS on number of votes from women. n/t

[ProfessorPlum]

25. it may be that women, like other humans,

take into account more than 1 thing when deciding who to vote for. the point is that to imply Sanders isn't a champion of women and women's issues is a lie.

[MrsCoffee]

36. He told Elizabeth a woman couldn't win. He said Hillary was unqualified.

He talks like a right winger about identity politics.

He is no champion of women.

[democrattotheend]

23. I don't think these two things are inconsistent at all

If he didn't think a woman could win, it's because he saw how much sexism Hillary faced in 2016 and female candidates he's supported since then have faced. And unfortunately, he's not the only one who felt that sexism would prevent a woman from winning this year - IMO it's a big part of why Warren didn't do better. Too many people, including many women, were afraid of taking a chance on another woman after Hillary lost. Not saying it's right but it's reality.

[MrsCoffee]

37. She won.

The only thing that kept her from office was treason.

Nobody is afraid to vote for a woman except those afraid of women.

[Sunlei]

24. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just stood up at a Bernie rally and spoke about the sexism

about an hour ago.

[NYMinute]

29. So.... what?

[NYMinute]

30. Do you have any evidence of that?

[George II]

31. No, that's not correct.

[TygrBright]

27. I wanna know what brand of asbestos union suit he's wearing. n/t

[NYMinute]

28. More pandering at the last minute

He is losing women voters by 15%

[betsuni]

32. K&R