A Rainbow of Biden Supporters

[MineralMan]

[PatSeg]

1. Really represents America!

[MineralMan]

2. So it seems to me, too.

[NurseJackie]

3. I love this so much!!

[MineralMan]

4. The contrast is striking.

Some candidates typically draw a uniform sort of crowd. Others typically draw a more diverse crowd. There's something to be learned from that.

[IronLionZion]

6. I saw that at a mayor Pete rally I went to a few weeks back

The whites there were friendly of course, but there were very few non-whites so I stuck out a good bit. Great to see diversity of race, age, and gender on the Biden side. He's going to need a broad coalition to win.

[MineralMan]

8. Yes. Pete Buttigieg had a hard time gaining support

from the black community. Apparently that was true in the city where he was the mayor, as well. That definitely hurt his campaign.

For national Democratic candidates, it's crucial to have the support of all communities. It's hard to with without that.

[Blue_true]

44. He got supported in South Bend by Blacks, the alternative in the General was a repugh.

Buttigieg didn't seal that support by being an activist presence in the Black community and bringing the police department under control. South Bend is majority Black. If Buttigieg had done the things that I mentioned, he would be headed for our party nomination now, speaking as a Black person, we are like old fashioned Mafia Dons, we fondly remember our friends and deal with anyone who is not.

[PatSeg]

10. As a white woman,

I've always liked it when I was in a group where I was a minority. Some of the best places that I have lived or worked were those that were very diverse. I really learn so much when I am around people with different backgrounds, nationalities, race, religion, etc. The more we get out of our bubbles, the more possibilities open up for everyone.

[MineralMan]

13. Yes. The block I live on is about 2/3 Hmong families.

I have supported several Hmong candidates for office in the past few years. The first time I put up a yard sign for one of those candidates, one of my Hmong neighbors came up to me when i was mowing my yard. He is an older man and doesn't speak English well. I speak Hmong only enough to say greetings and thank yous. We know each other from helping with snow removal for neighbors who don't own snowblowers. Both of us clear snow from the city sidewalks for most of our side of the street and we often meet while doing that.

Anyhow, he smiled and pointed to my yard sign and said, "Hmong! Good. Thank you."

One of the things I love the most about living on the East Side of St. Paul is the diversity here.

[PatSeg]

15. Many years ago

I lived in a high rise building in Chicago and I met people from all over the world. I learned so much about other cultures and some of them became good friends. As a young mother, we were able to bond over children and parenting. In the end, no one was really all that different. The differences were mostly surface. Also got to try some new and interesting food!

The most diverse place I've lived, however, was Sacramento. I met people from countries I didn't even know existed.

[MineralMan]

16. Until my wife and I moved to St. Paul,

I had always lived in small communities. Not by design, but by happenstance. I traveled a lot while in the USAF, but settled in a small coastal city in California.

We move to St. Paul because her parents needed help in their waning years, and here we are. I'm enjoying the more diverse population here, along with the ability to meet more people, try cuisines from around the world, and just generally be exposed to interesting things.

We'd move again, now that her parents are gone, but can't afford to do so, so here we stay, at least for the time being. I don't mind. She would rather move somewhere warmer.

[PatSeg]

18. I'd never thought of St. Paul as diverse

but I suppose that is true with most urban areas.

I don't blame your wife. Minnesota is really cold. I'd prefer a warmer climate, but this is where my son and my grandchildren are. I wouldn't want to miss a minute of watching them grow.

[MineralMan]

49. St. Paul is actually remarkably diverse these days.

Part of that is due to lower property values than Minneapolis or the suburbs. It's amazing to meet people from all over the planet almost anywhere in the city.

[samnsara]

31. me too! I especially loved the food the diverse populations had to offer..

...i was SO HOPING for all those taco vans that were promised us.

[PatSeg]

41. Oh yes!!!

I'd forgotten about those! Now that would have been nice!

[dweller]

5. they are so young !

there's that ' youth vote'

✌🏼

[MineralMan]

9. In the top photo, all age groups are represented.

Still, young voters are not all Bernie fans. Some young people are, of course, but far from all.

It's not uncommon for young people to turn out at political rallies. Their energy and enthusiasm is part of every campaign.

[PatSeg]

12. Yes

The media and politicians like to put people into broad homogeneous categories, but people are individuals, not the tags that are put on them.

[IronLionZion]

7. Glad to see it

[oasis]

11. They know Biden is the one who will get it done.

DEMOCRAT

[loyalsister]

14. I am not represented here

Nor anyone in my community of visibly disabled individuals.

[MineralMan]

17. I don't see any obviously disabled people in those photos, either.

Could be an access issue at the rallies.

Here's one photo I found, though:



Here's another:



And here:



They're easy enough to find, but I wasn't looking for them earlier.

[LakeArenal]

19. I actually have handicapped access to everything

If I was in the picture no one would see. Also all disabled are usually in one preferred location. At a Biden event I was placed in the first row of the reserved for VIPs section. I got to meet all my local candidates.

[MineralMan]

20. That's true, too.

[LakeArenal]

23. Plus they had turned a basketball court right next to the event

Into handicapped parking. They met me at the door, and took me to my place.
All without proof beyond a handicapped parking permit that may or may not have been mine. Which it is, but who knows really?

[loyalsister]

32. Bottom line

This attempt to highlight inclusion failed because there are not disabled people in the picture. It is particularly glaring when you have experience with being excluded from the broader society by the I've got mine industry and model he caters to.

[Turin_C3PO]

34. Biden caters to that model?

That’s laughable. He’s a solid liberal Democrat who has a wide variety of support, much more than Bernie. Biden’s record, for the most part, is about helping everyone in the country, not just rich, white, males like the Republicans do. I’m disabled too, btw, and I feel very good about Biden.

[MineralMan]

45. I'm sorry that the two photos I chose on Google to

illustrate the difference, in racial terms, between groups of Biden and Sanders supporters didn't also include people with visible disabilities. That was not among the parameters I was comparing. After your reply, I did a different search that found photos that did include them.

I'm sorry to have disappointed you, but I was illustrating a particular thing.

[DENVERPOPS]

21. Unlike the Republicans/Trump

The Dems don't pay certain groups to appear at their rallies, and place them in the seats immediately behind their candidate.

It could be handicapped access, or could just be that none of the handicapped went to the rally or were physically able to go to the rally.

(AND please don't give me a bunch of shit for being realistic, My sister of 50 years is a Trisomy 21 and we try to take her everywhere)

[loyalsister]

33. Disabled people wrote Warren's plan

Because she knows who the experts are. Joe has zero expertise in the area and it is obvious that he does not value us as people by his position on healthcare.
Since you used the word "handicapped" the old "they don't leave their homes, why have t5he ADA" reference, your perspective is as ableist as it gets.

[Turin_C3PO]

35. Just because

he’s not for single payer doesn’t indicate he doesn’t want good healthcare. He’s for expanding the ACA to increase subsidies and include a public option. That will solve a lot of the healthcare issues we have in this country.

[loyalsister]

37. As a disabled person it's not good enough

I could never survive with a plan via marketplace or employer provided. That is the standard and that is why disabled people have such a high rate of unemployment.

[Turin_C3PO]

39. I hear you

but M4A will not pass in the near future, even with a Democratic-led Congress. It’s better to at least take a step toward universal coverage rather than getting nothing at all.

[loyalsister]

40. Right

Selling people out and letting them die masquerades as pragmatism, still.

[Turin_C3PO]

42. I'm just pointing out the fact

that many of the House and Senate Democrats won’t vote for single payer. I don’t like it but it’s our current reality. I will say that there are several examples in Western Europe where they don’t have single payer but still have achieved universal, affordable, coverage. France and Germany come to mind.

[Cha]

22. Beautiful, Mineral Man!

[gademocrat7]

24. Wondeful photos!

United we stand!

[Politicub]

25. America!

[onetexan]

26. Wonderful to see America's diversity in these pix - all the colors of the rainbow

thank u for posting MM

[corbettkroehler]

27. Let's Not Forget The Founder Of The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition

former presidential candidate and Washington, DC's one-time shadow senator. Oh, right, he endorsed the far more diverse Sanders bid.

[MineralMan]

29. OK. But that doesn't change the pictures.

[samnsara]

30. thats a beautiful photo!!

[onetexan]

48. Sanders in this pic reminds me of Ebinezer Scrooge

A sign that ghosts of primaries past haunting him? So maybe why the need for Rev Jackson's spiritual counseling?

[samnsara]

28. im pleased with the youth voters supporting him...

[paleotn]

36. And right now, that's the point.

A broad coalition of Democrats. And, by extension, a broad coalition of voters that first and foremost want IQ45 gone, prosecuted and cooling his orange ass in jail, along with each and every one of his spawn.

[calimary]

38. Yes we are.

And I LOVE LOVE LOVE that messaging. “We know Joe. And he knows us!!!

[Blue_true]

43. Even if Biden was not on stage and the "Biden" signs were not there,

one would know that this was not a Sanders or Trump rally, because the crowd is racially mixed and isn't angry (anger is a Trump crowd feature, not a Sanders crowd behavior, though Sanders hinself seems plenty angry).

[UncleNoel]

46. This is Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition--don't get him backing Sanders!

[zak247]

47. Michael Eric Dyson comes out for Joe Biden

Michael Eric Dyson supports Biden.

From the twitter feed of Michael Eric Dyson

I’m proud to offer my endorsement of Vice President
@JoeBiden
as our nation’s next president. This video explains why. I hope you’ll join me in supporting this worthy man for president.

Link to tweet

[NYMinute]

50. But .. but ..

It's the same as Sanders' supporters wearing different colored T-shirts.. Right?

[Gothmog]

51. This makes me smile

[MineralMan]

52. Me, too!