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Hillary Clinton

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22. He keeps screwing up by making racially vharged comments that insult instead of inspire

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 07:26 PM

Mar 2016

And just once or twice, but repeatedly ! Meanwhile,the Bernie Bros still insist that he's the best thing for Black voters since Jesus

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HILLARY GROUP. Sanders� �ghetto� gaffe ....... may have Crippled his bid for 2016 nom [View all] misterhighwasted Mar 2016 OP

Oh, I get it now, only AAs live in the GHETTO Iliyah Mar 2016 #1

Who uses "ghetto" anymore? charlyvi Mar 2016 #10

That was my first thought also. misterhighwasted Mar 2016 #12

Sanders really is stuck 50 years in the past. He has pictures! yardwork Mar 2016 #23

What term is used now? kjones Mar 2016 #20

Ghetto = Black folk misterhighwasted Mar 2016 #13

I have been waiting months for him to say something like this. bravenak Mar 2016 #2

K & R SunSeeker Mar 2016 #3

Look at the demographics of his own state of Vermont: George II Mar 2016 #4

You'd think he'd know better. Stand and Fight Mar 2016 #7

I just laughed out loud. It's probably literally true. yardwork Mar 2016 #24

Right? Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #25

His understanding of racism seems to be stuck in the 1960s yardwork Mar 2016 #28

I don't think it will hurt his campaign. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #6

You miss the point. Stand and Fight Mar 2016 #9

Oh on that front, yes I agree with you. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #15

Exactly. Deeply offensive and out of touch. yardwork Mar 2016 #29

Stubbornly clueless UtahLib Mar 2016 #8

Not only an AA gaffe peggysue2 Mar 2016 #11

Right on the mark 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #17

K&R sheshe2 Mar 2016 #14

It's astounding. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #18

But but he was at a sit in! There are photos! yardwork Mar 2016 #26

I'll be honest,I don't think the attacks on his ghetto comment sufrommich Mar 2016 #21

Two problems with the statement, as I see it: yardwork Mar 2016 #27