Bernie Sanders blames poor people for some of his losses in the Democratic primary

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, has built his campaign on a message of combating income inequality, but that message doesn't seem to be resonating in many of the states with the highest levels of income inequality in the country. In fact, of the 25 states with the highest levels of income inequality, 17 have held primaries so far, and Clinton has won 16 of those contests.

When asked why he thinks he's losing in those states, Sanders responded, "Well, because poor people don't vote. I mean, that's just a fact."

In an interview airing on NBC's "Meet the Press" this Sunday, Sanders described the voter turnout among low-income Americans as "a sad reality of American society, and that's what we have to transform." He credited his campaign with working to bring more young people into the voting process. He explained that they have "had some success with lower income people. But in America today, in the last election in 2014, 80% of poor people did not vote." NBC News has reached out to the Sanders campaign for clarification on this statistic.

Politifact has previously examined Sen. Sanders' claim that "75% of low-income workers chose not to vote" and characterized his comments as "a bit off."

Article and clip at http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/bernie-sanders-poor-people-don-t-vote-s-just-fact-n561051

[auntpurl]

1. Oof.

That was ill-considered on Bernie's part.

[CrowCityDem]

2. Keep insulting them Bernie. That'll win them over.

[katsy]

3. Bernie Sanders: 'Poor People Don't Vote... That's Just A Fact'

The above is the actual title at your link.

It's just that... a fact. Disenfranchisement is a problem. Not voting hurts us all. Whatever the reasons.

Your pretend title makes it sound as if SBS is whining rather than stating what's obvious to us all.

[Thinkingabout]

4. Damn, he blames the rich people for the problems and then we find Sanders is i upper percentile.

It was down on the people in the south, now it is on to the poor people, what is coming next?

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. I didn't realize this was Comedy Central.

[TCJ70]

6. Saying he wants more people to vote is a bad thing now?

Given Camp Bansalots statements on AZ and NY I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

[glowing]

7. 5% off, pant on fire, 4 pinnochios...

BTW, what's his definition of poor over the establishments?

[reformist2]

8. This story cleverly hides the North/South divide in support for Bernie/Hillary.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Sloppy

Nothing like appearing to put the onus on your own voters for your defeat. Lots of ways he could have made that point more constructively.