Watch Bernie Sanders turn Trump voter into a Liberal (VIDEO) [View all]
In this year of change this type of exchange with a Trump voter, is the reason many believed Bernie Sanders could reach the Mid-Western voters. Chris Hayes placed four Trump voters on the stage at the town-hall-like forum next to Senator Bernie Sanders. One woman, in particular, had the stereotypical attributes of a Trump voter. It was magical watching her transformation as Bernie Sanders was able to reach her.
Bernie Sanders did three important things. He listened intently and early on he gained her respect because he was not always trying to make his point. She knew he was listening because he paraphrased her when necessary. When she made her racist comments, he knew it was not the time to address her directly but he addressed it through his attack on Donald Trump. One is not going to eradicate metastasized racism in an election cycle and as such one cannot hold an election hostage or paralyzed by a long term problem. It is not an excuse for ignoring racism. It is a pragmatic approach that must be situational for the best outcome. Lastly, Sanders used Sparks needs and wants to show that it was anathema to Republicanism/Trumpism. By the end, she was just as mad at the plutocracy as good progressives are.
This approach takes time because the narrative must be designed for American micro-cells. It is the same message but it has to made within the reality of the recipient which is different from town to town, city to city, neighborhood to neighborhood, culturally, racially, and otherwise. That is how we win again.
Check out the video below.
https://egbertowillies.com/2016/12/12/bernie-sanders-trump-voter-liberal/
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