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mcar

(42,278 posts)
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:25 PM Mar 2020

Bernie Sanders' Campaign Said He Would Give A Speech On Race. Then He Scrapped It.


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Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Said He Would Give A Speech On Race. Then He Scrapped It.

The scene tonight from a sudden turn of events in Flint, Mich. “He does not have those experiences. He is a white Jewish man," a Sanders spokesman told reporters. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/bernie-sanders-flint-michigan-speech-black-voters
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Bernie Sanders' Campaign Said He Would Give A Speech On Race. Then He Scrapped It. (Original Post) mcar Mar 2020 OP
KR! Cha Mar 2020 #1
Of course he did NCProgressive Mar 2020 #2
You forgot Killer Mike! sheshe2 Mar 2020 #4
Oh yes ... was he there? NCProgressive Mar 2020 #5
Dunno if he was there. sheshe2 Mar 2020 #7
So he bails on a "racial equality" town hall in Mississippi to give a speech on race in Michigan.... George II Mar 2020 #3
Racial issues were never important to Bernie NCProgressive Mar 2020 #6
Wow. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #8
Bernie probably didn't want to do it in the first place NCProgressive Mar 2020 #9
Bernie giving a talk on racial equality NYMinute Mar 2020 #10
Here's his tweet about the speech: George II Mar 2020 #11
 

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
2. Of course he did
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:29 PM
Mar 2020

There was no minority person there except Cornell West and Nina Turner.

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sheshe2

(83,654 posts)
4. You forgot Killer Mike!
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:33 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
5. Oh yes ... was he there?
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:36 PM
Mar 2020

(and is he still black?)

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sheshe2

(83,654 posts)
7. Dunno if he was there.
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:37 PM
Mar 2020

Pretty sure he is still black.

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George II

(67,782 posts)
3. So he bails on a "racial equality" town hall in Mississippi to give a speech on race in Michigan....
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:29 PM
Mar 2020

...and he winds up not delivering that, either.

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NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
6. Racial issues were never important to Bernie
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:37 PM
Mar 2020

He always thought of it (and still thinks) it is a non-issue.

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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
8. Wow.
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:38 PM
Mar 2020

Not. Even. Trying. Anymore.

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NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)
9. Bernie probably didn't want to do it in the first place
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:39 PM
Mar 2020

and even if he did, he wouldn't know what to say anyway. Racial issues are parsecs away from his one and only stump speech.

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NYMinute

(3,256 posts)
10. Bernie giving a talk on racial equality
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 08:45 PM
Mar 2020

is like a cheetah giving a talk on the virtues of vegan diet.

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George II

(67,782 posts)
11. Here's his tweet about the speech:
Sun Mar 8, 2020, 09:26 PM
Mar 2020
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