Harris & Booker have been sniping at Biden for weeks. Now that he's responding, some on Twitter

[highplainsdem]

are saying he's racist for responding to the two black candidates.

Samples, from replies to a CNN Politics tweet about Biden responding to their attacks on him:

... the optics behind his attacks on Kamala Harris and Cory Booker looks a wee bit fishy; seeing as they're the only two Black candidates in the presidential race.


Biden doesn't like the black candidates for some reason. I see him and it is not good.


Yikes! He really resents black people that don’t sit down and shut up!


So Biden thinks it is wise to attack the black people in the race? Or is it that he is comfortable attacking black people? At any rate I voted for President Obama despite Biden being on the ticket. He is not Obama and doesn't have any of his attributes.

[Vegas Roller]

1. And we know they are neither Kamala nor Booker supporters

They are supporters of another candidate - which one everyone can guess.

[hedda_foil]

16. Or perhaps they're Russipublican trolls , bots and agents.

You make it sound like one candidate and/or their supporters are responsible for the tactics of other candidates or their supporters. Almost as if you're trying to drive a deeper wedge between Dems. That isn't a good look.

[Vegas Roller]

20. Republicans have no skin in this game yet nt

[hedda_foil]

25. Certainly they do. The more important intraparty suspicion they can gin up the better.

Their betting on suppressing the Den vote whoever is the nominee.

[Vegas Roller]

28. Not at this stage

They'll probably get involved later when the field narrows to 3 or 4.

This time, it is pretty obvious who is doing it.

[hedda_foil]

29. Yes at this stage. You ignore their participation and we lose. They're in .from the start.

[Vegas Roller]

35. Someone else has a bigger motive at this stage nt

[Hortensis]

43. Absolutely they do. The Republicans never stopped

what we now know they started years ago, and Russia didn't either.

All this constant imagining that the people at the top of this giant battle for power are no brighter or more involved than clueless amateurs exercising their lack of understanding over beers is tiresome.

[highplainsdem]

42. Yes, they do. They're terrified of Biden, want to hurt his chances of winning the primary.

[HerbChestnut]

19. And who might that be, Vegas?

[Vegas Roller]

21. Herb, like I said in my post

everyone can guess from the divisive tactics

[ecstatic]

26. I automatically assumed you were referring to trump.

One of our candidates is known to have unscrupulous fans, but I can't picture them sinking this low. Someone like that would be best represented by trump.

[Vegas Roller]

27. Trump has no skin in the game yet

... and Trump dosn't have a monopoly on unscrupulous fans

[HerbChestnut]

36. I'm having trouble coming up with a guess.

Please provide some insight as to which candidate people on twitter support based on these so called "divisive tactics".

[NYMinute]

24. I can guess!! nt

[zackymilly]

40. Someone with a little bird on his podium? n/t

[Vegas Roller]

41. Smart nt

[peggysue2]

2. He's racist if he responds?

That's twisted logic. Harris and Booker are on opposing campaigns just like all the other candidates. A statement like this says that by virtue of race alone, they should be treated differently???

Really?

Sorry but this is just someone churning for the sake of churning. Makes utterly no sense beyond trying to disrupt.

And I suspect that's the point.

[Cha]

3. Oh that's just what they do.. they have NOTHING..

so they WHINE on Twitter.

[bigtree]

4. you've raised a strawman against Kamala Harris here

...she has not accused Biden of being a racist. She actually said he is NOT a racist.

What Kamala Harris did was refute Biden's own characterization of his relationship with segregationists, and his stance/statements on busing in the seventies. She responded to his own assertions about his past and record.

It's Biden who is relying on his record and past experience as his most prominent attribute. It's not out of hand to challenge him on that record.

I think Biden's difficulties stem from his unwillingness to address the questions Harris and Booker are raising, head on. Instead he resorts to this "I'm not a racist' dodge and it just make him look silly. It's an old deflection, and it has the effect of deepening the questions about his past, not alleviating them.


Twitter is a cesspool sometimes. Who knows what shit this tweeter is stirring, and for whom?

[highplainsdem]

7. My OP is about what some on Twitter are saying about Biden for responding to Harris and Booker.

If you're responding to a strawman, it's because you've apparently invented one yourself here.

[Skya Rhen]

15. +1,000,000

[Vegas Roller]

22. Precisely nt

[Cha]

31. Snap!

[BootinUp]

5. The ugly side of politics. Nt

[quickesst]

6. I feel a little sadness....

.... for people whose minds work this way. On the other hand, I am much more grateful that mine does not. Willful ignorance can be crippling.

[ecstatic]

8. Probably russian bots. So ridiculous and safe to ignore. nt

[highplainsdem]

9. I've done some checking of various Twitter accounts I've seen these sort of comments from.

They're not all Russian bots, though I wouldn't be at all surprised if there are bots trying to exploit and amplify this nonsense.

[ecstatic]

13. Then American / republican trolls. It's over the top, heavy handed stupidity.

Not even the dumbest voter in America would fall for it.

[Skya Rhen]

10. I would be thrilled for Joe to use the same level of force that these two candidates send his way...

[highplainsdem]

11. I would, too, but I hate that there are already suggestions on social media that he's racist for

responding to them.

[Skya Rhen]

14. They are supporters of other candidates (or Trump) who have no intention to vote for Joe in the

Primaries, anyway. They are shamelessly trying to silence him and it won't work.

[ecstatic]

23. Don't worry, we're not idiots.

We are fair and pragmatic voters. The majority of us voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, despite unprecedented attacks and attempts to paint Clinton as a racist.

Who voted for Trump?

58% of white voters - 37% backed Clinton

8% of black voters - 88% voted for Clinton

29% of Hispanics - 65% supported Clinton

[cwydro]

12. What utter bullshit.

Biden is NOT a racist.

[comradebillyboy]

17. Joe can't stay above the fray and expect to win. He needs to be

more assertive. I'm not quite sure what Booker hopes to accomplish by going so negative. Harris is a contender and she needs to draw contrasts with the leading contenders. She is pretty comfortable being assertive. She does very well on stage but she's not doing much in between those strong appearances. Warren is by far the most improved candidate this year.

[silentEcho]

44. I agree with your assessment.

[Skya Rhen]

18. Here are some responses to CNN's Bakari Seller's tweet, after he attacked Joe's response to Cory...

The responses are not very supportive of Bakari...

Link to tweet

[Cha]

34. Thanks for that tweet, Skya.. Team

Biden had to respond to Booker's negative attacks with the Facts.. you don't leave something like that hanging.

I just thought of something about Booker.. his girlfriend is evidently Rosario Dawson, who advocated for Jill Stein, in the General Election.. so I wonder if she's giving him any idea about how to attack the front runner opponent?

Rosario Dawson Joins Boyfriend Sen. Cory Booker on the Campaign Trail — for the First Time

https://people.com/politics/rosario-dawson-campaigns-cory-booker-nevada/

Just a thought.

[JI7]

30. a lot of the stuff online is Russian trolls. what you posted

looks like trolls.

[ucrdem]

32. Yeppers.

Big time.

[Skya Rhen]

33. And they would probably target sites of news outlets like CNN. This just seems suspect.

Mueller did just confirm that Russia is actively interfering, again, as we speak...

[Dream Girl]

37. Russians storing up shit.

[SouthernProgressive]

39. So sad to see race used like this.

What they are attempting to put on Biden is sick. They are sick.