Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumWorking Families calls on Sanders Campaign to denounce racism, threats of violence.
"We refuse to concede to white terror from the Left as well as the Right."Since endorsing Elizabeth Warren, Working Families leaders have been on the receiving end of extreme racial abuse, and threats of violence by self identified and well known supporters of Senator Sanders. They have drafted a letter addressed to the Sanders Campaign: We demand that the Sanders campaign unequivocally denounce the racism in its ranks, and issue a public statement separating themselves from these abhorrent attacks.
Excerpt.
This week, the Working Families Party (WFP) issued an endorsement of Presidential contender Elizabeth
Warren. ... And apparently, some folks aren't happy about it.
(WFP) leaders ... are being threatened on a daily basis, by self-identified Sanders supporters, with hateful, violent and racist threats ...These kinds of threats have no place in our movements, and are reminiscent of the threats Black people would receive when daring to vote even though the white supremacists would try and discourage
Black people from doing so.
The virulent, racist attacks on these leaders are unacceptable and dangerous. What do we do when
racism and sexism is present in progressive movements? What is the prospect of strengthening
democracy when old habits just won't die?
Many of us, the undersigned, are no stranger to these kinds of attackstoo many of us receive threats
like these ones every day because we dare to organize our people towards freedom. But if we hope to
take back this democracy. if we dare to struggle for electoral justice. if we really want a world where Black
Lives do in fact matter, all of us must take a stand against these real and persistent threats.
Online attacks, threats and smears against Black leaders are unacceptable especially when there is so
much at stake for our movements. While we punch horizontally, those who have real power over our lives
take advantage of our disintegration and our disorganization. Bemie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and
perhaps a number of other candidates would be much better than what we've got now. And that is the
real fight ahead of us.
We refuse to concede to white terror from the Left as well as the Right. We can argue about the
differences between Sanders and Warren. but not if we can't be distinguished from our real opposition.
As Black leaders in this movement. we are calling on each other to keep reaching for each other. even
when it gets hard, even when we disagree, even when we're disappointed. We demand that the Sanders
campaign unequivocally denounce the racism in its ranks, and issue a public statement separating
themselves from these abhorrent attacks. And we call on our movement to recommit to the real fight
ahead of us....
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Otto Lidenbrock
(581 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(296,893 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BannonsLiver
(16,313 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TwilightZone
(25,430 posts)As I mentioned in another thread, we should avoid the politics of fear, but that doesn't seem to stop some people.
Plus, when you employ people like David "vote for my guy or people gonna die" Sirota....
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Hillary supporters got the same treatment from a few of the acolytes of you know who.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ritapria
(1,812 posts)Of course anyone who issues threats against anyone are repulsive creatures ..
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
peggysue2
(10,825 posts)This sounds ugly. And personally, I don't see any upside in these intra-party fights. Only a loss of support and donations.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)These actions need to be condemned.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,241 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)I have a lot more to say on the subject, however I can't as you well know.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,365 posts)His supporters got out of hand at various times and places in 2016. And his campaign did not denounce them then.
Will it now?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,365 posts)you are correct, ss2!
Great to "see" you anyway! As always!
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sheshe2
(83,669 posts)Haven't been around much...well I read but don't say all that much.
Mom care and forced retirement takes all my energy.
Love ya back, hon.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,365 posts)say too much - unless I can say something positive.
I do bite my tongue a lot though! And I love posting good articles about EW!
Sorry to hear about your situation and hope that you and your mom are both doing as well as possible.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)Such tactics are likely encouraged -- just as voting for Jill Stein by David Sirota, Nina Turner and Brihana Joy-Grey. Not only encouraged but rewarded with top cushy campaign jobs.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,365 posts)Republicans don't have to do anything but sit back and watch gleefully. It's such a shame.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
zentrum
(9,865 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
mcar
(42,278 posts)It's obviously not all his supporters, but the virulent crowd have been around for a long time.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
murielm99
(30,717 posts)However, I don't see anyone else's supporters doing this.
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mcar
(42,278 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
He did not before and will not now.
Sarandon/ Huerta... Bros booing John Lewis at the convention.
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mcar
(42,278 posts)He's busy campaigning, you know.
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philly_bob
(2,419 posts)but as a Sanders 2016 supporter, I denounce any "extreme racial abuse and threats of violence" by Sanders supporters ... IF they actually happened.
Hard to track down what really happened -- most of this is links to comments -- I advise people to see what Sanders and Warren say about this.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)https://www.vox.com/2016/7/25/12279822/democratic-national-convention-boo-cummings-fudge-platform
We also have a member here that was at the convention and has reported many times about what went on. He was a delegate and his daughter was called the 'C' word when she refused to get her father to change his vote to Sanders.
Not "IF" it happened, it did happen.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(144,951 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,669 posts)I was talking about you but did not want to mention your name. I let you do that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
This incidents described in the OP are very familiar to me
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honest.abe
(8,617 posts)Seems there are quite a few... more than any of the other campaigns.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Senator Sanders has good ideas, but he has seemed to always be a "my way or the highway type".
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)Anyone can post a letter to Reddit.
The letter isn't at the WFP website. I'm subscribed to WFP emails but didn't receive it. No journalist posted the letter.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)NT
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
betsuni
(25,380 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,380 posts)attack anyone that challenges Senator Sanders. They did it to me this morning. I was added to a list called 'human garbage' and I'm not even running for president. Sanders supporters are very clear if anyone challenges King Sanders they are there to destroy and divide and there will be no unity. We can pretend there is, but I know the playbook and I know it well, and we will see it all play out next year. It's going to be telling to see if people are really interested in other policies or ideas or are they just simply part of Sanders' cult."
Former Sanders staffer Tezlyn Figaro
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)in 2016, or the gauntlet of hate that Hillary supporters had to walk through in California later that same year.
If this keeps up in 2020, we just have to immediately write off that faction, don't let them stain our platform meeting or convention. Spend our efforts working our asses off to get more of the 40% non-voters voting this time around.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(144,951 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden