Bernie Sanders dismisses Clinton lead: ‘A lot of that came from the South

[Her Sister]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/bernie-sanders-dismisses-clinton-lead-a-lot-of-that-came-from-the-south/

Appearing on ABC’s This Week, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — who has run off an impressive string of primary victories — dismissed actual vote totals that show former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead, saying those votes “came from the South.”

Host George Stephanopoulos noted Clinton’s lead in delegates and asked the senator if he would take his fight for the nomination to the floor of the convention.

“Well, here’s what I think,” Sanders replied. “I think at the end of the day, what Democrats all over this country want to make sure is that somebody like a Donald Trump or a Ted Cruz does not end up in the White House. And I think what more and more Democrats are seeing is that Bernie Sanders is the stronger candidate.”

“She’s getting more votes,” the host pressed.

“Well, she is getting more votes. A lot of that came from the South,” Sanders parried. “But if you look at the polling out there, we do a lot better against Trump and the other Republicans in almost every instance — not every one — than she does. And the reason is that we both get a lot of Democrats, but I get a lot more independents than she does.”

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[Iliyah]

1. Oh please, degrading the Southern states that HRC won is horses**t

[Her Sister]

3. he also goes into the whole unqualified spiel! ~in the interview/link

[CalvinballPro]

2. The same South he competed in and then pretended he didn't? That South?

Sadners outspent Clinton 3-to-1 in some states and still lost in landslides. The Democratic Party owes those Southern voters a favor for rescuing us from a deranged madman trying to steal our brand and organization for the aggrandizement of his own inflated ego!

[Fla Dem]

4. So Bernie what? The South is chopped liver? Excuse me, I live there.

[Rose Siding]

8. If he doesn't value those votes why trust he'd protect them?

Just saw that in a tweet that goes directly to this point-

Baba Adeptus
?@adept2u
How are we expected to believe Bernie Sanders will protect our vote when he doesn't find it valuable?
https://twitter.com/adept2u/status/719529466603528192

[Rose Siding]

5. Can't he hear how that sounds to the enormous majority of Black Clinton voters?

Regardless of his motives, it's quintessentially disrespectful

[pandr32]

7. Who are legitimately American citizens

Many with deeper roots in this country than Bernie's. Either he is racist and dismissive, or he is not, but he keeps going THERE

[Cha]

6. I was just about to do an OP on that, HS.. so I will put it here and the Tweets that go with it

Bernie Sanders dismisses Clinton lead: ‘A lot of that came from the South


Nerdy Wonka ??@NerdyWonka
Black voters are the reason the Democratic party has any serious national chance Does he hear himself when he speaks https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/719244829646057473 …
9:33 AM - 10 Apr 2016
57 57 Retweets 68 68 likes

Only4RM ??@Only4RM
@jbouie While Clintons worked to regain Black trust by supporting POTUS, Sanders called for primary & elevated Black Obama-bashers as VIPs.
11:43 AM - 10 Apr 2016
43 43 Retweets 57 57 likes

Nerdy Wonka ??@NerdyWonka
Sanders needs to ask McAuliffe how he even had a sniffing chance of becoming governor of VA. Black Democratic women voters put him in office
9:35 AM - 10 Apr 2016
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Nerdy Wonka ??@NerdyWonka
The continuous dismissal of Black voters is what irks a lot of people about Sanders. A base the Democratic party needs on every level.

Ugh.
9:45 AM - 10 Apr 2016
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Nerdy Wonka ??@NerdyWonka
To have a Democratic candidate for POTUS so casually dismiss a voting group that shows up for the party every time is infuriating.
9:50 AM - 10 Apr 2016
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nathkatun7
April 10, 2016 at 9:49 pm

Great, great tweets, Nerdy Wonka! I am so sick of Bernie Sanders’ disrespect of Black people. He thinks that winning in the predominantly white Red States like Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska, Alaska and Oklahoma, is more important than winning in the South where Black people are are the base of the Democratic Party! In 2008, President Obama won three Southern States: Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. In 2012, President Obama won both Florida and Virginia and narrowly lost North Carolina. Since LBJ, I can’t recall any Democratic Presidential Candidate who won Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska, Alaska and Oklahoma.

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/04/10/on-this-day-7/#comments

BS is a divider.

These tweets are from an African American woman.. so she says it best..

[Her Sister]

9. Did you read when he goes on about the "unqualified" subject

Again he is trying to say that she is not qualified... b/c of Iraq war and trade agreements that Obama also agreed with.

[Cha]

11. No, but I've read he's going around doing that.. I was interested in the perspective of this

African American voter and how it affected her.

[Treant]

10. Well, his campaign already annoyed Guam.

Let's annoy Kentucky yet as well. May 17th may not be too much fun for him.

[George II]

12. Yeah, "those people" aren't important, are they? Yet when he wins in lily-white Wyoming* it is...

..."the will of the people".

*wins, but gets less delegates!

[jmowreader]

15. Lily-white, and BRIGHT FUCKING RED!

I truly love how Virginia is "from the South" so Hillary's win there is to be dismissed (even though Virginia DID go for Obama both times he ran), but Bernie's wins in Idaho and Wyoming, who haven't gone blue since 1964, prove he has "momentum."

[George II]

20. Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, and Massachusetts are "southern states" too!

[stopbush]

13. Almost all of Sanders' wins came from non-Democrats.

[question everything]

16. That's true. From open primaries and caucuses

where independent, and Republicans, could vote.

He lost in closed ones.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. White privilege Bernie Sanders style

One would hope he knows they're African American voters but I guess not.

[Princess Turandot]

17. Shame on him...

African-Americans have been forced throughout US history to fight for the right to vote that white Americans take for granted, and every one of them has the right to have that vote respected.

Shame on him.

[Stuckinthebush]

18. This Southern Democrat says to Bernie,

"Get a clue".

Jerk.

[JSup]

19. I think...

...that he would be a very divisive president, pitting regions against regions and picking favorites.

[DemonGoddess]

21. this shit again???

Seriously? IL, OH, MA are in the South? Behind 2.4MILLION votes, and he's the stronger candidate???

[spooky3]

22. He's getting maybe more of "independents" who

Caucused or voted in open Dem primaries.

Those are NOT necessarily the same group as "independents" who will vote in the general election.

For example, I'm in an open primary state and have three friends who voted in the Repub primary here, even though they are strong Dems. Any Repub who is counting on them as "independents" or crossover voters in the general would be foolish.

[Andy823]

24. Exactly

Many of those so called "independents" or crossover voters Bernie is getting have never voted for a Democrat in their life, and never will. Republicans have been encouraged to vote for Bernie, and even donate to him because the GOP knows Bernie will be a lot easier to beat in the GE. A whole lot of so called Bernie supporters right here on DU are NOT who they claim to be. Their goal is to make sure NO Democrat gets into the WH, and they are playing both sides here to try and make that happen. The old divide and conquer tactic.

[Setsuna1972]

23. He basically told Southern voters to fuck off

Especially with a lot of those Southern voters being black . This is why I'll never support this old Socialist !

[realmirage]

25. Sanders all white meat support won't

digest too well in a general election that requires minorities to win. If the South doesn't count, well let's see how his strategy of only winning white votes in places like Vermont works out for him.

[BlueMTexpat]

26. Not ready for Prime Time.

Not ready for the WH.

If he disses entire sections of the country.

Period.