I’m not sure if this intended to be satire, but that argument was attached to Hillary Clinton a hell of a lot more than it was to Bernie Sanders.
I’m not sure if this intended to be satire, but that argument was attached to Hillary Clinton a hell of a lot more than it was to Bernie Sanders.
I really can’t answer that. It’s hard to be pragmatic and progressive. But you have a guy that wants to bring power to citizens and not corporations and obscenely rich people, all of which are verily skewed white. That has to count for a lot, and seems to be a rare thing.
I’m not seeing that ‘act’ here. Economic insecurity affects minorities just as much if not more so than whites. Same with lack of universal healthcare, over-criminalization, and a poor minimum wage.
Please read the details of history. Sanders signed on to bill because of the provisions it made to protect battered spouses. He then went to the House floor to denounce all the terrible parts of the bill, including privatizing the prisons to profit off the incarcerated (which exploded the prison population). If you…
My opinion is taking that context from his statement is a friggin’ reach. You’re trying too hard to find a little hate (or pandering to hate) and I don’t feel like it’s there at all. You can be a minority and also be an ordinary American. These things aren’t mutually exclusive.
So what about the 9 million voters who voted for Obama, and then voted for Trump?