Apparently, "Killer Mike" wasn't available...

[brooklynite]

The Hill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is praising Cardi B after the rapper endorsed his 2020 White House bid this week.

"She is very sharp and understands a lot about politics and a lot about history," the Democratic presidential candidate said Wednesday during an interview with Ali Velshi on MSNBC's "Velshi & Ruhle."

Sanders, 77, revealed that he recently chatted with the 26-year-old Grammy Award winner.

"I'm very appreciative to have her support," Sanders added.

If that doesn't get him the African American vote, nothing will......so I'm guessing, nothing will.

[mr_lebowski]

1. Really? So 'the AA vote' is dependent on endorsements from 26 y.o. hip-hop stars?

Normally, they all just kinda follow along with what the rappers tell them, do they? But Bernie sucks so much, they won't do what they normally would?

"If that doesn't get him the African American vote, nothing will......so I'm guessing, nothing will."

[nycbos]

27. I think that was meant as sarcasm.

[pnwpolicy]

4. Also a weird flex for a Mayor Pete supporter

What with his 0% of AA support

[SouthernProgressive]

5. MP's low standing of AA support is easy to understand.

He will gain a lot of ground there over the next decade. He is the real deal.

[brooklynite]

3. I'm not implying that this is the basis for AA voters making a decision...

...but it appears to be a Sanders strategy.

[Autumn]

25. Sanders didn't ask for her endorsement. Maybe some AA voters just happen to like him. nt

[brooklynite]

26. But Sanders chose to highlight it. That makes it part of his campaign message.

[Autumn]

29. She's part of his campaign message? You know Bernie isn't the only

campaign to tout their endorsements...Had she endorse Pete we wouldn't be having this discussion.

[shenmue]

6. I like her

[cwydro]

7. Isn't she the one that got in a fist fight with another singer?

[DesertRat]

9. She's been indicted on felony assault charges on two women at a strip club

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cardi-b-pleads-not-guilty-strip-club-fight-charges-n1021591

She was also in a different fight last fall with singer Nicki Minaj.

[oasis]

11. Maybe Bernie can sign her up to beef up his security. nt

[cwydro]

12. Lol. Yeah it was the one with Nicki Minaj I heard about.

I didn’t know about the strip club assaults!

Money can’t buy class.

[JI7]

16. i don't know but she treats people who work for her badly

[cwydro]

17. What little I've read about her is never good.

Can’t imagine why Bernie would tout her as a supporter.

[Revanchist]

20. She's also the one who used to drug and rob men

back when she worked as a stripper.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47718477

[cwydro]

21. Yikes!

In the immortal words of Johnny Carson, “I did not know that.”

[DesertRat]

8. She tweeted that we let Sanders down in 2016

@iamcardib
I been reading about Bernie Sanders and I’m really sad how we let him down in 2016 This man been fighting for equal rights,HUMAN rights for such along time.Seeing this country become a better place been really his passion for a long time not a new front for a campaign.

Link to tweet

[Eric J in MN]

10. If she endorsed your candidate, you'd say the same thing? NT

NT

[cwydro]

13. I'd be appalled if she endorsed my candidate.

That kind of help is not needed.

[Eric J in MN]

14. Why are you against Cardi B? NT

NT

[cwydro]

15. Lol, I'm not "against her" in any way. Never gave her a thought in terms of politics.

I just think someone who seems to be in trouble with the law quite frequently is not someone I would want endorsing any of our candidates.

I don’t particularly care if she endorses BS however.

[Blue_true]

18. She is a decent rapper, but an idiot of a human being.

I am undecided, but if she endorsed anyone but the eventual party nominee, I would blow it off as inconsequential. Even her endorsement in the General would be inconsequential.

[TSIAS]

19. I thought Cardi B was respected

The #Resistance was firmly in her corner when she dragged Tomi Lahren on Twitter. Im no fan of her music but I cant see why the #Resist crowd has turned on her.

[tishaLA]

22. Making fun of celebrity endorsements isn't cool

I don't like the junior senator from VT, but I hae no problem with an A list hiphop artist endorsing him. Is it any worse than Sean Hayes or another C-list white celeb endorsing the mayor of a tiny hamlet that's not even among the three largest towns in rural Indiana, to say nothing of not among the three hundred largest metropolitan areas in the US, especially when one considers his inability to diversify his police department?

[brooklynite]

24. I could care less who endorses who...

...but when the candidates chooses to highlight it, it becomes part of the campaign.

[tishaLA]

31. The announcement about the attendees

Of the fundraiser on the predominantly white west side of LA, featuring Sean Hayes and other whites, didn't become public because the campaign of the mayor of a tiny hamlet in IN with a problem diversifying its police force chose not to highlight the attendees.

[cwydro]

32. Interesting.

[Autumn]

23. If Cardi had endorsed anyone else she would still be a DU darling for eating TL's lunch.

on twitter. By the way? Mike still supports Bernie.

[Farmer-Rick]

28. This seems like such a middling thing to be concerned about

Celebrities have been endorsing politicians for centuries.

[aidbo]

30. What a petty thing to say.

[Gustafo]

33. She admitted to drugging and robbing men in hotels

https://www.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2019/03/27/cardi-b-drugging-robbing-men-statement-mxp-vpx.hln