Photos of Sanders' rally in Birmingham this afternoon

[George II]

Note: Birmingham is 71% African American, 24% Caucasian

https://www.al.com/news/2019/05/bernie-sanders-at-alabama-rally-on-sunday.html

[Bleacher Creature]

1. I'm pretty sure that's the odious Nina Turner in the third photo.

The fact that he still lets her speak at his rallies tells you all that you need to know about Bernie and why he should never be our party's nominee.

[sheshe2]

9. Yes it is.

The glasses are the tell.

[Cha]

34. You said it, Bleacher Creature!

Mahalo for speaking the Truth!

[Tarheel_Dem]

45. + a million.

[mcar]

2. Hmmm

[Hortensis]

37. That's what I thought seeing all those white fists.

Probably in response to something fairly okay, like promising to overcome Democrats or some such thing.

But he is an authoritarian leader and the similarities between crowds of LW and RW populists are much stronger than their differences.

Of course PoC are staying away.

[NurseJackie]

3. Very disproportionate... Just like in South Carolina!

It's like these photos were taken in Vermont.

[betsuni]

6. I thought the title said Burlington.

Then when I realized it was Alabama, not Vermont:

[NurseJackie]

8. OMG!

[sheshe2]

10. Nope. It was Birmingham.

The sad history.

[George II]

23. I think today was the first time he's been in Birmingham, but can't be sure.

[George II]

7. .

[NurseJackie]

13. Hay!

[betsuni]

4. K&R

[Me.]

5. Is Nina The Only African American There

aside from security?

[Blue_true]

12. I saw two other Black people.

I may be wrong, but Birmingham has a very high Black population. That there was few Blacks at the rally is somewhat disconcerting.

[George II]

24. 71% black, only 24% white.

[Blue_true]

29. Wow. That the crowd was as White as it was is even more disconcerting. nt

[NurseJackie]

39. AA and POC are rejecting the BS campaign and the BS message...

AA and POC are rejecting the BS campaign and the BS message. BS isn't connecting with them. They clearly don't want BS and they don't like BS... and when a MAJORITY BLACK city ends up looking like a rally in Vermont, well... that just shows how completely out of touch BS is.

[DAMANgoldberg]

50. late reply

While it's true that Birmingham is overwhelmingly white, the suburbs, especially the over-the-mountain ones are about the opposite. I would bet you that is where his crowd came from. Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Hoover, and Northern Shelby County are some of the communities involved.

[sheshe2]

15. Nope Martin Luther King was there as well.

Bernie is walking by him/ with him here.







They are together again after all these years. 50 years?

Stand By Me

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[ecstatic]

20. omg! I can't!

[George II]

25. Oh nooos, now we'll be hearing that he rallied in Birmingham "with" MLK.

[sheshe2]

51. OMG!

[lapucelle]

54. ...

[emmaverybo]

57. That, your photo compilation and text, simply hilariously clever. nt

[John Fante]

35. She's the only one in these pics we 100% know didn't vote for Hillary.

And she works for Bernie.

[babylonsister]

11. Good crowd. And your point?

[Blue_true]

14. It is almost purely White.

If Harris or Biden showed up the crowd would likely be both much larger and much more diverse. I think George's point was the lack of diversity in the crowd.

[NurseJackie]

19. Looks like Vermont. So very lacking in ethic diversity.

[Blue_true]

30. George pointed out that Birmingham is 71% Black.

I think that African Americans figured out a while back that Bernie's belief that fighting income inequality will solve all racial discrimination issues was rather clueless.

[George II]

26. Especially since blacks outnumber whites in Birmingham by about 3-1.

[NurseJackie]

31. AA and POC are rejecting the BS campaign.

[sheshe2]

21. .

White.











This is Birmingham Alabama.

[George II]

27. Wow, that burned my retina.

[sheshe2]

53. White.

The absence of color.

[dalton99a]

17. Revolution!

[sheshe2]

28. Ummm.

The face of the revolution will not be white. It will be people of color and all colors will be there.

[ecstatic]

18. Wow! smh

And their reaction to Nina is priceless.

[NurseJackie]

22. ...

[rusty quoin]

32. I get it. Bernie is on the outs,

in the Democratic Party. I voted for him in the 2016 primary and for Hillary in the general.

I’ve always liked Bernie because he is the same thing he has always been.

But I’m for Warren because she has the same spirit of fighting for the regular Joe.

There are other reasons, but when a candidate is hated by so many, that’s not a good candidate. Everything is searched and just a bit can become a reason for hate become reality.

I don’t trash any of the candidates but please continue. I will never do it, and always vote for the Democrat. But please continue as you do.

[G_j]

49. You said that very well

and hit a bullseye!
Thank you

General Discussion (Primary Candidate Trashing)

[NJCher]

33. Wow, look at all the minorities at the Biden Philadelphia rally!!!!

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There is one more POC at Biden's rally than at Bernie's! That's quite a significant point you've made.

[Hortensis]

36. :). Cute picture of that little boy.

Safe under the feet of his family it looks like. Imagining security noting the little feet.

Nice event.

[SouthernProgressive]

38. I see quite a few of them. Thanks for pointing out the clear difference.

Bet it would be exemplified more without such cropping. In the broader shots you can see many more.

https://www.philly.com/politics/joe-biden-rally-philadelphia-donald-trump-presidential-election-20190518.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/18/us/politics/joe-biden-philadelphia-rally.html

https://billypenn.com/2019/05/18/21-photos-from-bidens-philadelphia-campaign-rally-at-the-art-museum/

[LibFarmer]

41. Apples and oranges

If Biden held a rally in Birmingham, it wouldn't be a sea of white people.

[LibFarmer]

40. To paraphrase a "Sixth Sense" line

"I see white people."

[MineralMan]

42. It's good to see that there are white Democrats in Alabama.

I hope those few hundred attendees are just the tip of the iceberg.

[Gothmog]

43. Who is surprised by the lack of African American voters at this event?

[honest.abe]

44. Bernie will never be able to connect with AA voters.

He might as well give it up and go back to Vermont where they love him.

[Maru Kitteh]

46. Holy blinding paleness Batman! I thought it said BURLINGTON then I read

the thread. My oh my.

Bye bye birdie.

[IluvPitties]

47. Bernie doesn't appeal to POC.

[Cha]

48. POC are staying away in droves..

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

55. Yep

[BannonsLiver]

56. Birmingham, Vermont?