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Hekate

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5. Sorry, still watching. Black voters. Absolute emergency to get Trump out.

Fri Feb 7, 2020, 04:23 PM

Feb 2020

Buttegieg -- the issue is bigoted white voters, and how GOP will run his wedding pictures to bring them out. And he looks so young - can he really take in Trump?

Rev Al -- black voters in Chicago just elected a lesbian woman with a white partner.

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Did you just catch Jason Johnson on Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC? Long, passionate screed... [View all] Hekate Feb 2020 OP

What was the subject? America? The election? The climate? Something else? LonePirate Feb 2020 #1

Sorry, still watching. Black voters. Absolute emergency to get Trump out. Hekate Feb 2020 #5

Al Sharpton is correct. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #28

Chicago. Dream Girl Feb 2020 #57

Basically was about the African American vote and DEMS should be listening to a kennedy Feb 2020 #7

Well looks like white people in the early states don't care who AA's are backing -Biden. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #37

Yes.......very, interesting, AND Dems better LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID...... a kennedy Feb 2020 #2

I am watching him Skidmore Feb 2020 #3

Long, impassioned, statement. Too long to fit all those words into my header. Hekate Feb 2020 #8

I caught it all. Skidmore Feb 2020 #11

Who is Jason Johnson NewJeffCT Feb 2020 #4

Sorry, I really don't know except he's a PhD & has been on before. African American. ... Hekate Feb 2020 #14

I've been saying making Trump's racism and overall unfitness for office NewJeffCT Feb 2020 #16

This is what Jason Johnson is saying, pretty much Hekate Feb 2020 #22

He's a politicial analysis, works for The Root, and is on MSNBC 2 or 3 times a day. SharonClark Feb 2020 #25

He's a journalism/communications professor at Morgan State DeminPennswoods Feb 2020 #31

It sounded like he said that African Americans won't vote for Buttigeig because he is gay. unitedwethrive Feb 2020 #6

See my post 5 above Hekate Feb 2020 #9

He said that black voters Skidmore Feb 2020 #10

Religion's pretty strong in a lot of AA, higher percentages than Hortensis Feb 2020 #13

Then maybe it's time they evolve? unitedwethrive Feb 2020 #15

The stakes are enormous, and being willing to lose Hortensis Feb 2020 #17

The Test will be the Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #40

Yes, and thank goodness. IA and NH matter, of course, Hortensis Feb 2020 #61

Yes,same old sh*t just four years later. Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #65

Actually,I thought I heard him say MontanaMama Feb 2020 #32

And he said they'll break for Bloomberg. Black folks want Biden so y'all need to get on board. !!nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #39

Nicolle looks so strained these days Hekate Feb 2020 #12

Regarding the military, Dr Johnson says: 40% of the women in the military are African American... Hekate Feb 2020 #18

AAs and other POC knows that t-rump is a dangerous racist . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #19

If you say Pepsi, he says Coke. If you say night, he says day... kentuck Feb 2020 #33

K&R... spanone Feb 2020 #20

Regarding Mayor Pete: more than anything, he's too young. Not too gay, too young... Hekate Feb 2020 #21

But he would also galvanize marlakay Feb 2020 #23

The last time the youth vote showed up en mass BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #27

That was a very long time ago marlakay Feb 2020 #29

If I had to choose between the support BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #30

I'd prefer both. H2O Man Feb 2020 #47

Yup BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #49

Seniors like Pete but millenials and younger don't. hedda_foil Feb 2020 #38

I would say the younger blacks are ok with him if he became the front runner. . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #24

I honestly GET this argument. Laelth Feb 2020 #54

I also see this as correct. Dems win with charisma, and youth correlates better with charisma. nt coti Feb 2020 #63

I was afraid I heard (corner of my ear... cilla4progress Feb 2020 #26

He was talking about Trump's super bowl ad on prison reform dem4decades Feb 2020 #35

Yep. cilla4progress Feb 2020 #41

Yes he said he heard well dump freed a few people and Kim Kardashian was involved. People are UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #43

Love cilla4progress Feb 2020 #34

He talked about how absolutely terrified AfAms are of Trump DeminPennswoods Feb 2020 #36

Great summary! cilla4progress Feb 2020 #46

Thanks. He really tried to hammer this point home to anyone listening... Hekate Feb 2020 #67

Earlier this afternoon I realized that it may have to be Bloomberg. hedda_foil Feb 2020 #42

What about Biden? I just don't UNDERSTAND. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #44

He doesn't have it. If he did, there's no way Buttigieg could have beaten him. hedda_foil Feb 2020 #45

Thanks for feeding into dumps corrupt plan. He's leading by the widest margin in the swing states. UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #48

Biden's been running for president since 1988 DeminPennswoods Feb 2020 #51

The lack of loyalty is astonishing. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #52

Pre primary polls are worth next to nothing once the primaries start. Sorry but it's true. hedda_foil Feb 2020 #53

Hey ya know what got me excited and thought 'Joe has it' him winning by the largest margin UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #55

Thanks, Hedda, for your work and for sharing your experience Hekate Feb 2020 #62

They are, hekate. It's the darkest time in my memory. hedda_foil Feb 2020 #66

Don't count Biden out yet. South Carolina's primary could be a win for him. brush Feb 2020 #56

I think you could be right. Pete put it all on Iowa and NH, and had invested heavily in putting OnDoutside Feb 2020 #59

you and me both renate Feb 2020 #50

Missed it. I was watching PBS throwing positive spin on Trump's SOTU lies. ooky Feb 2020 #58

Why not post more info??? Nt USALiberal Feb 2020 #60

First, read the whole thread. I kept adding. Second, I am not a transcriptionist devoting my life to Hekate Feb 2020 #64