Why is it when black candidates win, white people take or are given credit for that win.

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94. Joan Walsh is so absolutely Correct!

I argued at the time that progressives, defined broadly, had in fact won the night: It’s ridiculous to define women like Whitmer, who supports a $15 minimum wage, gun-safety legislation, and Planned Parenthood funding, or Native American lesbian Obama administration veteran Davids, as merely “establishment.”
This time, the script is flipped, but the divisive storyline is the same.

I argued, too.. and so did many others around here. Just because they weren't BS/AOC backed didn't mean they weren't very Progressive Candidates. Even as their opponents tried to paint as the ol stale epithet.. "establishment"!!

But again, that’s the wrong takeaway from an exciting primary. Gillum was an early Hillary Clinton surrogate and convention delegate whose victory is first and foremost due to the hard work of African-American Democrats, the backbone of the party. The “Gillum beats the establishment” storylines are creating a false narrative, maybe even intentionally so.

I say "intentionally".. nobody could be that obtuse. And, we've had years of experience with the US "media******".

...but the media wants to give all credit to Sanders. Somehow, they are managing to frame his win as divisive, when in fact it holds the promise of ending the unnecessary schism between “identity politics” and “economic progressivism.” Gillum, by the way, didn’t have to be “pushed left” by the Sanders forces. Like a lot of folks who supported Clinton (myself included), he was already there.

That's what I've said about 75 times.. Andrew is a Uniter Not a Divider. He's doing his best to dispel the M$M divisive tactics.

But on Morning Joe, he resisted the Sanders-clone framing and “didn’t back off his economic progressivism in the slightest, but he presented it as pragmatic and solutions-oriented,” Sargent observed.

This is an important OP, she.. Thank You and Joan Walsh.. who says the Biggest Winner on Tuesday night was Bill Nellson(Florida and the country!)!

I still say Andrew but it's an important point.. Andrew can mobilize his coalitions to come out strong and they'll be voting for Bill Nelson, too.