




Bernie Sanders attempts to quiet the #BlackLivesMatter protestors at Netroots Nation

Bernie Sanders attempts to quiet the #BlackLivesMatter protestors at Netroots Nation







Categories: 2016 Election, Race, Social Justice


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  1. 15. Strongly Condemned Police Violence Over the Past Year: One criticism of Sanders is that he avoids talking about police violence in favor of talking about the economy. While the economy forms the bulk of his pitch, he has repeatedly condemned police violence during the duration of the Black Lives Matter movement. Here he is in mid-August 2014, before frontrunner Clinton ever spoke about the issue. Here (8/20/14) are (8/24/14) a (8/18/14) few (6/6/2015) more (4/30/2015) examples (6/2015).

    BTW he never said “all lives matter”

  2. So what exactly makes Clinton a better candidate than Sanders to support #BlackLivesMatter other than knowing “how crucial the black vote is for a Democratic presidential hopeful”? I haven’t noticed her leading the racial justice crusade either, and in my opinion, the main reason that 95% of non-white voters imagine voting for Clinton versus 25% for Sanders is because Clinton has a much better name recognition.

    • She’s not a better candidate. I never said she was. What she is is in a commanding lead in the polls over Sanders in part, like you said, because of name recognition, but also because Clinton has made it a point to actively court black and latino voters in a way Bernie simply hasn’t. The #BlackLivesMatter protestors at Netroots weren’t protesting Bernie or O’ Malley in specific so much as they were a party that has historically taken them for granted and ignored issues that directly impact them. Unless Bernie branches out and supports the black community on its own terms, and not as part of a wider economic agenda, he will lose and he will lose by a hefty margin.

  3. Bernie isn’t concerned about black votes because he doesn’t have to be. Bernie has Kucinich’s old job – herding liberal voters into the DP. That’s all. He’ll probably get a good committee chair out of the deal.

    Nobody in the DP is concerned about black votes because, well, who are black people going to vote for? Ralph Nader?


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