Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumAnd this is why I love Van Jones. He is one of the reasons I do watch CNN....
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/van-jones-rips-dnc-chair-over-rift-between-sanders-and-nevada-dems-i-think-she-made-it-worseIf youre gonna come out, youre gonna talk about violence, and youre the DNC chair, youve gotta be fair about it. I think she made it worse, Jones said. We need to bring these people together that did not happen.
Jones remarks came after a back-and-forth between the Vermont senator and the party regarding the incident at the party convention over the weekend. Sanders released a statement saying that while he condemns any violence, he rejected accusations from state leaders that his campaign had 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, Sanders statement read.
The state party responded by accusing him of continuing to lie about the incident in a statement of its own.
We respect and admire Senator Sanders for his values and leadership in the United States Senate, but the Sanders campaign is continuing to be dishonest about what happened Saturday and is failing to adequately denounce the threats of violence of his supporters, the party said.
Wasserman Schultz later told Jones colleague Wolf Blitzer that she had not spoken to the senator about the incident, or about death threats against state chair Roberta Lange and her children from people who identified themselves as Sanders supporters.
Unfortunately, the senators response was anything but acceptable, she said. It certainly did not condemn the supporters for the violence and added more fuel to the fire.
Jones described the congresswomans remarks as unwise given the situation.
I dont think that that was wise for her to do that. First of all, Bernie did say in his statement that he was against the violence, he argued. Also, if you want to talk about violence, only one persons been arrested; it was a Hillary Clinton supporter, Wendell Pierce, arrested for assaulting a Sanders supporter.
Joob
(1,065 posts)Van Jones ?@VanJones68 7h7 hours ago
Van Jones Retweeted CLEMENT OBAMA
Um ... Wonder how @HillaryClinton supporters feel about this person's timeline. Just curious.
@VanJones68 Hey listen stupid nigger fuck off#Hillary for president go hang yourself mother fucker everytimes you're on cnn you make me sick
But it's only Bernie supporters, right?!
ETA link https://twitter.com/VanJones68/status/732746710250835968
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)not surprising though..
MoonchildCA
(1,301 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)I have never seen a more disgusting person than Debbie Wasserman Shultz.
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)Here's the video of the chair "throw". Such an artful smear.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Bernie4People/status/732619789424832512/video/1
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)with every instance that the very timely screen shot that is going around is posted.. pathetic, but expected by the hillary camp
saving it just for those occasions.. thanks
Another note, it's quiet around here this morning, regrouping after the NV smear failed??
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)There is a low-post count Du'er who is spinning this BS all over.
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)thanks, itz pretty sad..