Interesting excerpt from Sanders' statement on Nevada

[auntpurl]

Helpfully pointed out by DUer 1StrongBlackMan:

From Sanders' statement:

Party leaders in Nevada, for example, claim that the Sanders campaign has a ‘penchant for violence.’ That is nonsense. Our campaign has held giant rallies all across this country, including in high-crime areas, and there have been zero reports of violence.

Can anyone give any clarity on what Sanders might mean with that phrase? It comes across as tone-deaf as his early campaign. Perhaps I've got it wrong?

This is my first post in this group, but I've read a lot here.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. No idea

We have some Sanders supporters that are regular members - hopefully they can weigh in with some examples of where his rallies have taken place.

[Nitram]

2. What does campaigning in "high crime areas" have to do with Bernie fan violence at the convention?

[auntpurl]

3. Difficult to say, isn't it?

Yet it was part of his statement on Nevada.

[Nitram]

5. Sounds like a deflection and an obfuscation to me.

[Tyktak]

4. Thanks for pointing this out.

That part stuck out to me too. I also wondered what that had to do with fan's violent threats.

[auntpurl]

6. It's a puzzle.

And more than a little dog-whistley.

[brush]

7. Yep. Dog whistley to me too.

High-crime area = black areas.

We weren't supposed to get that.

Seems he hasn't learned from his poor reaction to the "Black Lives Matter" protests.

[bettyellen]

8. He was probably unaware that the South Bronx neighborhood where he held a rally was gentrified....

and now called "The Piano District".

[lovemydog]

9. Just want to say welcome

and I love your signature line.