Earlier today I blogged about Bernie Sanders – finally after almost a week of violent “protests” – being the first major Democrat to come forward and tell the “protesters” (vandals and rioters, if we want to be honest about it) not to act this way in his name.
Uh….maybe Mr. Sanders should have started with his own staff.
The following excerpt is from an article by Alex Griswold of mediaite.com:
Former press secretary to Bernie Sanders and Democratic strategist Symone Sanders mocked and dismissed a Donald Trump supporter who was beat up by a Chicago mob on CNN Monday because he was white.
Sanders took on Trump for his comments Sunday that his supporters should stop committing hate crimes in his name, saying he needed to go further. “The audacity of privileged white people to sit on national television and question if hate crimes are happening, to just flippantly say ‘stop it, it’s not okay,’ and not put any action behind those words, it’s appalling to me. It’s actually appalling.”
Trump supporter Carl Higbie retorted that there was violence on both sides, and that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hadn’t bothered to denounce the violence at anti-Trump rallies. “I’m sorry, hate crimes and protesting are not the same things…” Sanders responded. “A hate crime is a crime that is committed against somebody because of their religion, because of what they look like, because of their sexual orientation. That’s not the same thing as protesting.”
“What do you say to the people who dragged a poor white guy out of a car and beat him?” asked Higbie.
“Oh my goodness, poor white people! Please!” she responded. “Oh my– stop. Stop, Carl.”
symone sanders is a racist pig. Her comment is disgusting.
It is exactly the kind of sick hate that mainstream media would jump all over if sanders were a Republican.
But this is Bernie Sanders’ former staff member, not any Republican’s . So will you see this in the mainstream media? We both know the answer.
If Bernie Sanders had a whisper of class he would say something about this. But he won’t…
…partly because it makes him look bad…
…and partly because to attack a Black person for racism is guaranteed to result in him being called a racist.
Here’s the news, Bernie, and anyone else who cares to be honest about it. Racism is racism, no matter who is shoveling it out.
Black people are every bit as capable of being racist as White people are – as is proven by this racist pig’s taunting of a man who was severely beaten for the “crime” of voting for a major party candidate not favored by Black America.
Trump supporter Carl Higbie retorted that there was violence on both sides,
Where is this violence and racism that is emanating from the Trump supporters???
I haven’t seen it.