Sanders meets with Black Lives Matter activists

[portlander23]

Sanders meets with Black Lives Matter activists

“In the end, I think he got it,” McKesson tweeted.

McKesson, who also has met with officials from Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign, lauded Sanders for his “candor” and “willingness to be pushed” on his policy and approach. He said he and others also asked Sanders to address police abuse of civil asset forfeiture and said he anticipates Sanders will address that issue in his platform.

McKesson wrote that there were moments during the meeting where they didn’t agree.

“Importantly, he was willing to be pushed and he was,” tweeted McKesson, founder and co-editor of the Ferguson Protestor Newsletter.

[randys1]

1. There ya go. In spite of the whitesplaining done here and elsewhere, if someone was gonna

get it, it would be Bernie

[Cali_Democrat]

2. +1000. nt

[rhett o rick]

4. I am curious, do you think "blacksplaining" is racist? nm

[randys1]

10. OMG....am I the only one who saw this post?

[rhett o rick]

17. Why is that question so odd? I really don't know. nm

[NuclearDem]

19. You're not the only one.

[NuclearDem]

20. Do you think reverse racism is real?

[questionseverything]

6. great quote by jim clyburn

Rep. Jim Clyburn, South Carolina’s only Democrat in Congress, said during a recent interview that Black Lives Matter protesters were “unfair” to Sanders and wouldn’t have targeted him had they known his record.

“Nobody did more on their matters in the (Affordable Care Act) than Bernie Sanders did,” Clyburn said. “The tremendous increase in community health centers — that was Bernie’s bill in the Senate and my bill in the house. We worked together on it for years.”

Clyburn said he and Sanders also worked together to get funding for community health centers in the economic stimulus package.

“He’s got that kind of a record,” Clyburn said. “If you don’t know, you just don’t know.”

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the way civil forfeiture is done currently is unconstitutional, even if you are found not guilty, you have to fight to get your property back

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. I guess setting up a meeting works better than shutting down a rally.

[randys1]

12. Get back to me after you have been treated like a Black person, tell me then

how outrageous it is to shut down a rally

[AgingAmerican]

14. Because mindlessly throwing stink bombs, flipping off the press

...and calling the crowd of Democrats, 'white supremacists' is the REAL way to get things accomplished!

NOT

[randys1]

21. The tone deafness here is astonishing. Wait, you are white I assume?

[AgingAmerican]

22. Does that make me inherantly flawed?

...and as such incapable of comprehending what my eyes, and ears tell me?

If you believe that throwing stink bombs for Hillary, insulting people based on genetics, and flipping off the press when asked what they were doing, is the way to stop police brutality and killings against POC, well good luck with that 'strategy'.

Their puzzling assaults against Bernie Sanders harmed, not helped, their cause IMHO.

[Comrade Grumpy]

18. You don't know anything about me or my life experience.

Get over yourself.

[aikoaiko]

13. That's all Bernie supporters have been saying. Now you get it.

[GitRDun]

3. Good on Bernie! n/t

[Major Hogwash]

5. Good. That should end that meme.

It wasn't true anyway.

[SonderWoman]

7. About time.

[Ed Suspicious]

8. Good one. Such a joke teller.

[SonderWoman]

9. I'm serious. Good for him.

[mhatrw]

15. Sanders is willing to listen and evolve.

You have to give him a lot of credit for that.

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, portlander.