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showblue22

(1,026 posts) Mon Feb 3, 2020, 05:22 AM Feb 2020

Sanders once likened poor whites to blacks under Apartheid

Bernie Sanders once compared poor white Vermonters to black South Africans suffering under Apartheid. At other times, he likened the plight of some working people as well as imported foreign laborers to slavery.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/02/sanders-poor-whites-blacks-apartheid-110404

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Sanders once likened poor whites to blacks under Apartheid (Original Post) showblue22 Feb 2020 OP

This stuff keeps getting recycled. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #1

... betsuni Feb 2020 #2

Get with the program! Every little thing Bernie said 50 years ago requires at least 10 OPs! DanTex Feb 2020 #10

Bloomberg once forced blacks to be randomly stopped for their race and detained without Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #3

Whataboutism. nt TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #4

KABOOOOOOOOMMM!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #5

True. And that makes Burnie's attitude better how? robbedvoter Feb 2020 #6

It is not a policy of institutional racism. Tiggeroshii Feb 2020 #7

I'm fine with calling out Bloomberg Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #8

And then he said it 'Stops Whites Too Much And Minorities Too Little' DanTex Feb 2020 #11

He likened questions from a reporter to the inquisition. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #9

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

1. This stuff keeps getting recycled.

Reply to showblue22 (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 05:34 AM

Feb 2020

Just shows how desperate folks are getting now that he may actually be winning.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

betsuni

(25,537 posts)

2. ...

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 05:40 AM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

DanTex

(20,709 posts)

10. Get with the program! Every little thing Bernie said 50 years ago requires at least 10 OPs!

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 10:52 AM

Feb 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)

3. Bloomberg once forced blacks to be randomly stopped for their race and detained without

Reply to showblue22 (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 05:41 AM

Feb 2020

evidence. But he's still better than Bernie who we can find 30 year old, out of context quotes to make him look like a racist. How about somebody who actually implemented institutional racism?