It happened in Seattle.
When the crowd asked the activists to allow Sanders to speak, one activist called the crowd “white supremacist liberals,” according to event participants.
After waiting about 20 minutes while the women talked, Sanders was pushed away again when he tried to take the microphone back. Instead, he waved goodbye to the crowd and left the stage with a raised fist salute. He shook hands and posed for photos with supports for about 15 minutes, and then left.
“I am disappointed that two people disrupted a rally attended by thousands at which I was invited to speak about fighting Social Security and Medicate,” Sanders said in a statement later Saturday. “I was especially disappointed because on criminal justice reform and the need to fight racism. There is no other candidate who will fight than me.”
Well. Rand Paul. Actually.
At the next stop he had 15,000 people. An overflow crowd.
…Sanders, who has been drawing bigger crowds than any other presidential contender, drew his largest yet: about 15,000 at the college basketball arena where the Washington Huskies play.
Is America ready for socialism? Evidently the youth are.
Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, was met with boisterous cheers as he decried the political influence of the “billionaire class” and pledged to raise the minimum wage, mandate family leave and push other policies that improve the lot of the working class.
“This is the country we can create,” Sanders said during an hourlong stump speech was broadcast live on social media.
Well yes. You can create it by law. But will it work? Probably only off the books as taxes will have to be very large to support what Bernie wants.
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A photo gallery of the shut down rally. If you are interested.
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5 responses to “Black Socialists At War With Bernie Sanders”
The real story here is the deep split and profound hostility between Black and White progressives.
If the election comes down to Sanders vs [your least favorite Repugnican] which one do you vote for?
MMM,
Hard question. I’d like to see Bernie dealing with a real budget. But he does get some of that in the Senate.
I’d take him over Huckabee or Santorum.
why does my message not appear?
Simon, I actually agree on those two.
I’d even go for Hillary over those two.
@captain – looks like they may be having probs with anti-spam software – MM was complaining of the same thing in another post. I’m sure they wouldn’t ban you. You are the official troll, after all. 😛