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In reply to the discussion: Bernie just equated working voters with white voters, again. [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)25. But... isn't that Clinton's plan?
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. Hillary Clintons campaign is trying to seize on the turmoil Donald J. Trumps ascent has caused within the Republican Party, hoping to gain the support of Republican voters and party leaders including former elected officials and retired generals disillusioned by their partys standard-bearer.
The efforts come after the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, on Thursday said he was just not ready to back Mr. Trump, comments the Clinton campaign giddily blasted out in an email and on social media. At the same time, Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supporting Mrs. Clinton, intends to reach out to Republican megadonors disillusioned by their partys presumptive nominee.
More broadly, Mrs. Clintons campaign is repositioning itself, after a year of emphasizing liberal positions and focusing largely on minority voters, to also appeal to independent and Republican-leaning white voters turned off by Mr. Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/us/politics/hillary-clinton-republican-party.html
The efforts come after the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, on Thursday said he was just not ready to back Mr. Trump, comments the Clinton campaign giddily blasted out in an email and on social media. At the same time, Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supporting Mrs. Clinton, intends to reach out to Republican megadonors disillusioned by their partys presumptive nominee.
More broadly, Mrs. Clintons campaign is repositioning itself, after a year of emphasizing liberal positions and focusing largely on minority voters, to also appeal to independent and Republican-leaning white voters turned off by Mr. Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/07/us/politics/hillary-clinton-republican-party.html
So. She's asking you to be against yourself, as well. She'd focusing on a strategy that will be a step backwards for black Americans, too. And remember, unlike Sanders, she has actually claimed that working people = white people,
I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on, she said in the interview, citing an article by The Associated Press.
It found how Senator Obamas support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.
Theres a pattern emerging here, she said.
It found how Senator Obamas support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.
Theres a pattern emerging here, she said.
What's up with this obvious double standard?
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I don't see it, either. I think they are looking at something and finding it because they WANT it to
Hiraeth
May 2016
#3
Then you can't do math. Any majority of working voters would have to include a substantial
pnwmom
May 2016
#4
Considering that 90% of minorities consider Trump the scum of the earth and the percentages of
Number23
May 2016
#64
Ironically, that's the only statement you've made in this thread that I agree with. Buh Bye!
Tarheel_Dem
May 2016
#94
There is a lot you don't know about that period. During the 90s the Clintons were setting up this
Baobab
May 2016
#96
Even though you don't have to justify anything to anyone....I appreciate your post
Digital Puppy
May 2016
#40
"Sanders knows this, he just wants to get a slice of the slightly less racist white people"
Number23
May 2016
#63
If you mean he wanted to raise the lid on social security earnings, of course that should happen.
pnwmom
May 2016
#49
a formal survey? lol. Look, where I was working there are more black people than white
Hiraeth
May 2016
#30
The youger blacks that have talked are not registered to vote and think the whole thing is a joke.
Hiraeth
May 2016
#34
I think it's arrogant to say that people vote against Bernie because they lack information
gollygee
May 2016
#35
After reading your posts in this thread, I'm not the slightest bit surprised that black people would
Number23
May 2016
#68
They voted for President Obama. And I think they will vote for Hillary and against Trump.
pnwmom
May 2016
#44
I agree that he's not doing it purposely -- the same as some of the problems with women.
pnwmom
May 2016
#39
So women, African Americans, Hispanic/Latinos don't belong to the working class.
Agnosticsherbet
May 2016
#29
PoC have fit nicely into the Hillary Clinton victim/aggressor/divider policy. More the pity for the
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#51
Ah, 'inference!' A valid literary method of both communicating and understanding
LanternWaste
May 2016
#90
i still wonder if it's lack of good advisors, his campaign is full of people who hate clinton
JI7
May 2016
#82
I don't see nor do I even hear of any quotes or suggestions that Bernie did as such.
RepubliCON-Watch
May 2016
#76
BS' constant derision of "identity politics" wasn't a dogwhistle, it was a foghorn. I've known....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2016
#95