'Who chose these people as black leaders?': Protester steals mic at event for African American suppo

[Skidmore]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/05/protester-steals-microphone-pete-buttigieg-black-voters-event-south-bend/

Sharon McBride was hoping to showcase the good done by her mayor, Pete Buttigieg, for her community — African American residents of South Bend, Ind. — when a voice interrupted her from the crowd.

“Where are the black leaders who don’t have three-piece suits, leather jackets, and nice clothing?” asked a man in a “Black Lives Matter South Bend” shirt, grabbing the mic out of her hands on Wednesday. “Who chose these people as black leaders?”

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“It’s deeply depressing that @BernieSanders’ supporters have gone from harassing @PeteButtigieg’s staffers of color online to harassing our supporters of color in real life, but here we are,” she wrote on Twitter.

The protesters carried signs saying “Black Lives Matter,” though the South Bend chapter of that group did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment about whether they organized the demonstration. One of the protesters was photographed wearing a Sanders hat....more

[Maven]

1. Is Bernie going to comment on this disgraceful action by his supporters?

How many primaries and caucuses is he going to allow them to disrupt (again)?

[getagrip_already]

3. is it their candidate or bust again?

We got bust the last time. Are they going for it again?

[Maven]

4. Apparently, yes

"Bernie 2020 or we riot" said one profile I saw recently on Twitter.

[getagrip_already]

8. lets hope it was a bot....

And not a real person. As much as I hated the tactics in 16, we have to be careful about the bot activity in 20. They will work to open old divides on both sides and tilt the field towards trump.

It could be an effective strategy. Which is why I've called on bernie to drop out now. He has to see he won't be the nominee, that the "reasons" he ran in 16 have been accomplished (party moved left and progressive policies in the forefront).

There is no reason for him to continue as a candidate. Retire and save your country.

[Cha]

18. riot away.

[Autumn]

29. According to BLM South Bend it wasn't a white Bernie bro. No need for Bernie to comment

on anything. Maybe the Pete's campaign should apologize for their "false narrative that it was a white Bernie Sanders" supporter. It's "important to note that the man is a POC." Those pesky little facts are in the letter from BLM South Bend

Link to tweet

[getagrip_already]

2. not surprised....

But sad. If this originated from an organic dispute, then fine, let them hash it out. But organized by an alternate campaign as a strategy? That is so undemocratic it boils the blood. This will have lasting tears to the community, and only works to re-elect trump.

If you feel so strongly, don't steal a mic, get your own and let the best argument win.

[Skidmore]

6. It was shocking when seen on television.

I expected to hear it was Trumper.

[mopinko]

5. remember that blm got played by the russians.

bernie better get out there and grab this shit by the horns.
if he doesnt, he isnt a leader, and doesnt deserve the nod.

[Skidmore]

7. The thing is

that Sanders is not a good leader, IMHO. I think he has a hard time with boundaries.

[getagrip_already]

9. and like trump accepting dirty tricks from abroad....

This helps bernie in the primaries, so the end justifies the means. Full ignorance shields up.

[mopinko]

11. agree completely.

i decided that looking at his sour puss in the stands at the last convention.
just giving it the benefit of the doubt for the sake of argument.

he has never acknowledge why and how much the russians supported him. that he didnt come out the gate this time w guns blazing this time put him on my 'anybody but' list from jump street.

[George II]

21. Robert Mueller reported on why and how much the Russians supported him.

[JustAnotherGen]

10. I'm not getting that it was organized by Sanders supporters

What is distressing to me - when I look at the visuals and read the article -

Who the hell is that white guy to take a mic from that woman and basically use language to call her 'uppity'? I don't expect everyone to understand that 'question' - but I strong believe that other black women here at DU will understand.


He's basically say black people aren't really black unless they are poor - and that's a really fucked up kind of racism that is extremely dangerous. That's how the Tulsa and Rosewood massacres happened.

[Skidmore]

12. The visuals and message are disturbing

and the disruption was at a meeting organized by black supporters of Buttegieg. Some seemed to know about and identify the people in the Sanders group. My reading was that these were local people.

[getagrip_already]

13. I hadn't looked at the article (paywall) and didn't realize it was a white guy....

Grabbing the mic from a black woman and asking who appointed these black leaderrs.

I assumed the mic grabber was black or a person of color.

That is DISGUSTING! So the camp behind that stunt couldn't even find a black supporter to do it? Maybe someone from a state that is less than 1% black could still at least find a black supporter somewhere to do his dirty tricks.

I guess not. This is really disturbing. This is gop level disturbing, but from our own side.

[George II]

22. Seemed to me he had a heavy accent, maybe even an eastern European accent (hard to tell)

[JustAnotherGen]

16. Yeah - it's not a good look

I just want us to stick together at the end.

One of these people (exceptions for me are Gabbard and Bloomberg) have to win this thing. They need us to do it.

[blm]

27. ✔️

[irisblue]

23. Old lady with a cane could have put a hurt on that fool man

[Autumn]

30. It wasn't a white Bernie supporter according to BLM South Bend. The man, a POC is known to them

It seems Pete's campaign was a little too quick with that "false narrative" ( polite way of putting it in their letter,) so BLM South Bend cleared it up.

Link to tweet

[JustAnotherGen]

37. There is very little you and I agree on - but on this

We are ITA.

That said - if it is Sanders or Buttigieg - we all need to haul ass to the polls and vote like our lives depend on it.

Both - hands down flat out would be better than this utter shit show we have been assaulted with the past three years.

There are only two candidates who I will be disgusted by - and of those two - she doesn't (Gabbard) have a snow balls chance in hell. The other one - Bloomberg - is distasteful and arrogant.

Other than that -

Let's win this fucking election!

[samir.g]

14. bros are out of control

[comradebillyboy]

15. Always have been always will be...

[Autumn]

31. Sounds more like Pete's campaign got caught with that "false narrative"

It wasn't a white Bernie supporter according to BLM South Bend. The man, a POC is known to them
It seems Pete's campaign was a little too quick with that "false narrative" ( polite way of putting it in their letter,) so BLM South Bend cleared it up. It wasn't a white Bernie Bro.

Link to tweet

[Cha]

19. It's not funny.

[Docreed2003]

28. Did you watch the video?

What occurred there is disgusting

[NYMinute]

25. If they were in control they wouldn't be that

One can see this desperation on many platforms like Reddit, Twitter, Facebook -- even this one.

[radius777]

35. Exactly, and I don't pin it alone on Sanders,

but it is the alt-left as movement that has taken hold on twitter/facebook over the past 10 years or so, that is hard left on economics and libertarian/conservative on social values, and that hates Dems.

they all seem to imitate the white left-bro hipster type glamorized by the media.

reminds me of how Repub PoC/women/etc (like Anne Coulter, Michelle Malkin, etc) appear to be imitating the white male loudmouth Repub, that they see as the powerful one in society, and want to imitate.

[cwydro]

20. A man stealing the mic from a woman.

Not surprised.

[betsuni]

24. K&R

[Gothmog]

32. I saw similar behavior at the National Convention

[NBachers]

33. You mean when they heckled Clinton, or when they heckled John Lewis?

[Gothmog]

34. Those are only two of many incidents

[IronLionZion]

36. White guy telling black people they can't wear nice clothing

I've seen this somewhere before



There are deplorables online still claiming the Obamas are too wealthy and shouldn't have a nice house or wear nice clothing.

If South Bend BLM has a valid point on police violence, then this protest was an epic fail because it looks like an attack on black leaders by an entitled white looking guy. Yes, I know the BLM statement claimed he was a POC living in the poorest part of South Bend frustrated with housing demolitions and asbestos in the air but none of that comes through in this protest. Epic Fail. I doubt they gain much support for their cause with tactics like this.