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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders' Supporters Booed Hillary Clinton's Name And Cynthia Nixon Wasn't Having It
KUDOS to Ms. Nixon! Bernie supporters REALLY need to take note. These HRC jeers are hurting your campaign.Bernie Sanders Supporters Booed Hillary Clintons Name And Cynthia Nixon Wasnt Having It
The Sex and the City star shut the jeers down.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cynthia-nixon-hillary-clinton-boos-bernie-sanders_n_5e427426c5b6bb0ffc17e049
Sex and the City star Nixon elicited boos from Sanders supporters, on the eve of Tuesdays primary in the Granite State, after acknowledging supporting Clinton in 2016.
Oh no. Oh no. We are not going to do that here, Nixon responded to the boos, in stark contrast to how President Donald Trump often encourages his supporters to join him in disparaging his former rival.
I supported her because I wanted a woman president and I thought she was incredibly qualified, explained the actor, who made an unsuccessful run for governor of New York in 2018.
And I thought she was unbeatable, Nixon added. But its four years later.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)Great job alienating the very votes you need
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)his most extreme supporters and campaign officials. This wink, wink, nod, nod is beyond inappopriate. It will hurt us all.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Zolorp
(1,115 posts)HE sure as hell won't condemn it, just like he refused to condemn them tearing down our nominee in our convention last time.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
That will play right to maggots plans.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,635 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,635 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
samnsara
(17,635 posts)..we have one tantruming child in the white house.. we dont need any more in the Dem elections. This is like trump* asking NH repugs to vote for the weak... This is disruption nothing less. These are not Democrats.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)And yes that type of reaction in the crowd to Hillary's name does not help Sanders. But I am also forced to say this; There is no more experienced political figure inside the Democratic Party than Hillary Clinton. She damn well knew (or should have) what she was doing when, years after the 2016 election, she called out Sanders personally, including over the top cutting claims that "no one likes him". Hillary is a pro, and she knows how important it is for Democrats to unify to the extent possible heading into the 2020 election. She waved a red flag in front of the most bull headed Sanders supporters and, yeah, they predictably took the bait. None of this is helpful.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mopinko
(70,208 posts)i started saying it the day he got in the race, and took a looooot of pushback.
but it is a fact, and i am glad it is in the open now.
bernie needs to lead if he wants to be a leader.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,965 posts)Clinton has been shitting on Sanders recently. Are people that support Sanders supposed to be cool with that? And it isn't just the normal primary stuff.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)aka, the need to avoid self-destructive, damaging behavior when you absolutely need the support of your former non-supporters.
Or in more simplistic terms, "don't hand the damned race to trump because you are still fighting the 2016 primary). Hillary isn't running for anything. Bernie is.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,965 posts)"Hillary isn't running for anything. Bernie is." Exactly. Why is she being self-destructive and damaging to those that are funning?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)I cease to engage when the argument fails to keep on subject but simply devolves into a childish version of "whataboutism": "but SHE did it, But He did it! " Well, she and whoever else are not running and no longer need our support. But Bernie does. And most of us don't want our candidates and their supporters to use TRUMP tactics
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,965 posts)And the general mood seems to be "just suck it up and forget it." Why? Stop doing divisive things when you aren't in the primary, then. And don't expect people to like you when you do.
She's not running. She doesn't need to be in the middle of this.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)You should emulate your candidate, Warren. She's not doing ANY of this nor have I seen her (other) supporters doing so. "Adult in the room", for sure.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,965 posts)And it wasn't like it was Sanders that was booing. And the person that was there shut that shit down. Neither Sanders nor Warren are partaking in this. And I don't know what Warren supporters would do if Clinton said divisive things about Warren. I bet they wouldn't like it. Just like Biden supporters wouldn't like it. This is on Clinton as much as it is on the random people in the audience. Certainly isn't on Sanders or Nixon.
What I'm saying is that a person who isn't running that shits on someone that is probably shouldn't expect that everyone is going to like what they say.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)Again, maybe follow your own candidate's example, which I have repeatedly stated is not consistent with the stances you are defending.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BusyBeingBest
(8,059 posts)from his crowds. It's like catnip to them. His crowds should realize that and knock it off, but booing is pretty tame and yeah, Clinton inserted herself into the mix so it's not really a surprise.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cha
(297,655 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,407 posts)the party than any of those in attendance, combined.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bobjustbob
(2 posts)that I have met and spoken to seem to be deeply immersed in a cult of personality that I find somewhat unnerving.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marble falls
(57,204 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Normally going to a national convention is a once in a life time experience. I have worked really hard inside the party on campaigns and voter protection issues for a very long time to earn this trip. Too bad that sanders and his vetted delegates ruined that experience and did their best to help trump. A candidate has absolute approval rights over their pledged delegates because these delegates can change their votes and these delegates represent the candidate and campaign. I helped vet Clinton delegates and I know that I was vetted. The Clinton campaign told us that we represent her and that our actions would reflect on her and her campaign.
In contrast, sanders sent one very weak text the Sunday night before the convention and then did little or nothing to control his delegates. It was nasty I was there when the sanders delegates booed Congressman John Lewis. I was warned about this stunt 30 minutes before it happened by the Clinton campaign whip. According to my whip, sanders was asked to stop this event and declined. That incident will be used against sanders by Russia to suppress the African American vote just as was done in 2016
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Russia will just run material showing sanders delegates booing John Lewis, Elijah Cummings and others to suppress the vote of African American voters and I feel that this tactic would be very effective
I was at the Texas delegation breakfast when a group of sanders delegates marched in and demanded that we condemn Clinton and change our votes to sanders.
sanders spoke to the Texas delegation the next morning and his speech was again solely about himself. There was a mini-riot due to his delegates the prior morning and the only thing that sanders talked about was himself. sanders did nothing to deal with the fact that his delegates were out of control and did nothing to try to help Hillary Clinton win the general election.
Finally a group of sanders delegates yelled at my daughter and called her the c-Word because she would not try to get me to change my vote. Again sanders was asked to tell his delegates to behave during the convention and sanders refused
The conduct describe in the OP does not surprise me
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden