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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: #BlackTwitter Turns On Bernie Sanders [View all]mwrguy
(3,245 posts)33. How many were actually Hillary supporters?
I'm guessing quite a few.
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His supporters spent all day attacking black folks on Twitter. They should have checked themselves.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#2
Yup. This is one way the supporters can actually hurt the candidate more than he can hurt himself.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jul 2015
#32
If Black folks don't know Sanders and he needs to outreach more, how can they "turn on him"?
KeepItReal
Jul 2015
#3
I suspect that Bernie will address this and add more people of color to his staff to help
Dustlawyer
Jul 2015
#28
More often than not, when a white politician refers to MLK, suspicion radar kicks in.
MohRokTah
Jul 2015
#70
Oh, it's a falling out. I unsupported him even though I hate Hillary. So now I get O'Malley.
bravenak
Jul 2015
#10
Fine. You know better than I how black people are taking this. How could I possibly know?
bravenak
Jul 2015
#24
I have come to the conclusion that the liberal use of emoticons is equivalent to Screaming . . .
hueymahl
Jul 2015
#47
It was tweets like this from Bernie supporters that resulted in the "berniesoblack hashtag. eom
MohRokTah
Jul 2015
#71
Saying that to black activists will only result in black activists mocking your candidate
MohRokTah
Jul 2015
#74
I don't think Bernie needs Hillary to help him appear tone deaf to this issue....
Walk away
Jul 2015
#82
She's a racist, too! She made racist statements in 2008! As did her surrogates and fans!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2015
#95
His attitude at the beginning is going to hurt too. He seemed petulant. You can be petulant
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#78
Bernie made no gaffe, the hecklers at netroots own whatever it was they were trying to do
seveneyes
Jul 2015
#90