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Cha

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8. Yeah, BS was always "slamming Identity politics"..

Reply to Yosemito (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2019, 05:26 PM

Feb 2019

Link to tweet

Bernie: ‘My Opponents’ Want Black, White, Gay, Latino or Women Candidates ‘Regardless of What They Stand For’

After the 2016 election, Sanders hit a similar theme when he told a crowd of supporters “It’s not good enough for somebody to say ‘hey I’m a Latina vote for me’ that is not good enough,” and went on to add “It is not good enough for somebody to say, ‘I’m a woman, vote for me.'”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211722251

Thanks for the link, Yosemito..

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/bernie-sanders-democrats-identity-politics-231710

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie, who rejected "identity politics", says he's likely to nominate woman as VP if he wins [View all] Yosemito Feb 2019 OP

Lol. MrsCoffee Feb 2019 #1

Will it be Nina turner or Susan Sarandon? Will she even be a Democrat? comradebillyboy Feb 2019 #2

Stein? Me. Feb 2019 #3

I love how the media frames the narrative. LiberalLovinLug Feb 2019 #4

the more the merrier bigtree Feb 2019 #5

Given the number of strong Democratic women in the field, it's an obvious statement bhikkhu Feb 2019 #6

A Sanders/Warren or a Sanders/Abrams would be... WordsMatter Feb 2019 #7

That was after the rigging in of trump.. and this is NOW.. Cha Feb 2019 #9

Yeah, BS was always "slamming Identity politics".. Cha Feb 2019 #8

Yep. And that, more than policy positions, is what separates his ilk from other Dems. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #10

Oh yes.. Condescending & scolding @ Dem Voters Cha Feb 2019 #11

I am afraid that sanders would nominate Tulsi Gothmog Mar 2019 #12

+1 oasis Mar 2019 #13

I do not like this ticket Gothmog Mar 2019 #14

Tulsi's on the bottom of my list of all Dems considering the presidency. oasis Mar 2019 #15

Tulsi is on the bottom of my list Gothmog Mar 2019 #18

Nope. Neither do I. She doesn't impress me either. calimary Mar 2019 #17

Gonna take A LOT more than that. calimary Mar 2019 #16