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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Buttigieg calls out Democrats for playing 'identity politics' [View all]brush
(53,764 posts)37. When Sanders pulled this in 2016 IMO it was code for...
the party to stop worrying about concerns of POCs in the base of the party and go after white, working class whites who now vote repug.
Buttigieg hopefully isn't spinning it that way but it's still not smart at all to even touch suck a divisive phrase, especially when he has little minority support as it is.
It's too easy for voters to assume he's doing the same thing Sanders did.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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the trans woman is more likely to face unemployment and be discriminated from getting a job
JI7
May 2019
#3
isn't it mostly right wing white men who are passing all the anti woman bills across the country ?
JI7
May 2019
#4
The headline and opening paragraph seem to put an inflammatory spin on his remarks.
femmedem
May 2019
#5
Identity politics wasn't created by the groups affected. it was a forced response to
Kurt V.
May 2019
#8
He always gets it right. They're having a new documentary on MSNBC about radicalizing young people
pdsimdars
May 2019
#12
He's talking about a particular style that accentuates divisions rather than heals them.
marylandblue
May 2019
#15
Acknowledging that people face different oppressions that must be dismantled in different ways
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#17
Pete's is the good Democratic Party message: that we have more uniting than dividing us.
ancianita
May 2019
#24