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Related: About this forumRev. Frantz Whitfield switches support to Sanders
By Christinia Crippes
WATERLOO | The Rev. Frantz Whitfield was ready for Hillary before she announced her second bid for the Democratic Partys nomination for president. But now hes feeling the Bern.
Whitfield, a pastor at Mount Carmel Baptist Church, had been a vocal and loyal supporter of the Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton since her first bid in 2008, but as of last week, hes decided to back her main challenger Bernie Sanders.
Whitfields decision, announced on social media site Twitter, did not come lightly. He remembers being impressed with Sanders when he heard the Vermont independent speak at a conference in New York in April, but he still maintained his loyalty to Clinton. It wasnt until Whitfield recently looked at Sanders priorities -- at the urging of a local organizer -- that his support began to waver.
One of the big reasons and the main reasons that I switched my support isnt because of the fact that Hillary is a bad person, you know, but its just because of the fact that Bernie has so much more issues that he is running on, and hes just genuine in what he does, Whitfield said.
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hootinholler
(26,449 posts)Worth the read.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Hillary because she is supposed to be the "winner" will start peeling away from the "winner" and start supporting Bernie.
I wonder if the "I like Bernie but he can't win so I'm supporting Hillary" crowd on DU will vocally switch to Bernie or just become silent?
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)though I'm not sure it will take her into the 20%s
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Thanks, I forgot it was called the band-wagon effect.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)I think she'll bottom out above 30% unless something catastrophic hits her campaign. No way to predict anything like that...
TPP is about to become a news item again. I think that'll hurt H> numbers in September.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)switched to Bernie after learning about his Civil Rights history. While a few people tried to dismiss that as not 'meaning anything' today, that was completely wrong. As Lil B said, 'he's been fighting for his for over 50 years' then he wanted to know what Hillary was doing back then, and he wasn't impressed.
Bernie's only real problem is that so many people still don't know who he is. But people are working to fix that and they are doing a very good job so far.