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Related: About this forumSouth Bend African American Leaders Praise Buttigieg Amid Protests
https://www.wbaa.org/post/south-bend-african-american-leaders-praise-buttigieg-amid-protestsAn event to show support for presidential candidate and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg Wednesday night verged on chaos at moments as a handful of protesters disrupted speakers. The South Bend event was held for local African-American leaders to talk about their experiences with the candidate.
Well there are plenty of people in the community that do support Mayor Pete and we need to change that dialogue, she says.
But while they spoke, protesters holding signs shouted and interrupted with anti-Buttigieg messages. One protester, Igor Rodriguez, even stopped the event when he grabbed the microphone and began chanting This is a farce. Who chose these people as the black leaders?" he yelled in the microphone. "Who organized this? We have a police [problem] in this town! Why are we talking about Pete Buttigieg?
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and for all the people getting the vapours over reporters and the Buttigieg campaign saying that some of the protesters were Sanders supporters
well
Link to tweet
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)It's been established that the protesters were from BLM:
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287370436
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Celerity
(42,666 posts)some were Bernie supporters, as shown, there is no smear
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)You just can't help smearing people who don't put him on a pedestal.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dsc
(52,130 posts)since he is willing to snatch microphones from women seems all too typical male privilege to me.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)without speaking to any actual black people - which is part of what BLM was protesting.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dsc
(52,130 posts)I get it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)I get it.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dsc
(52,130 posts)they aren't worth listening to. They are all too typical of toxic male culture. She is only a woman so who the fuck cares, that is their ethos writ large. I wonder just what that man does to women when people aren't looking. I bet it isn't pretty. The fact you think it is OK speaks volumes none of it pretty.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Celerity
(42,666 posts)slurs
I did not smear anyone, I simply posted a photo of one of the Bernie supporters who were at the event and who was one f the protesters.
The truly bad look is that man (BLM, Bernie supporter, whatever he was) grabbing the mic away from an African-American woman, Sharon McBride, who is an elected official.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mopinko
(69,806 posts)if bernie was capable of leading the world, he would grab this shit by the horns.
but no.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BootinUp
(46,928 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden