Ava Duvernay receives death threats from Bernie Sanders supporters [View all]
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Ava Duvernay is one of the most celebrated Black creatives of our time, but over the weekend the award-winning director found herself in the crosshairs of overzealous Bernie Sanders supporters who took issue with her for critiquing their candidate.
Friday evening, the Vermont Senator tweeted out, “I’ve got news for the Republican establishment. I’ve got news for the Democratic establishment. They can’t stop us.”
"I’m undecided. But I know this isn’t what I want,” she wrote in response to Sanders’ tweet Saturday.
“Ava what is it that you want then? A little surprised with your tweet. Since I have always seen you as a progressive woman,” wrote one woman to which the filmmaker responded, “So you’re saying if I disagree with his statement that I’m not a progressive woman? Is that what you’ve just written here?”
“People on here getting emotional about one man without keeping their eye on the real ball,” she elaborated, then added, “I understand exactly what he’s saying here and I don’t agree with it. He can’t win that way. And he surely cannot govern that way. How’s he gonna get anything passed? How’s he gonna move anything forward?” However, once the discussion became ugly and violent, DuVernay tapped out, posting, “Bernie supporters terrorizing my mentions while I’m off enjoying my Saturday.”
https://thegrio.com/2020/02/24/ava-duvernay-receives-death-threats-from-bernie-sanders-supporters/
Link to tweet
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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