Senator Bernie Sanders, in an exclusive interview with Rachel Maddow, talks about the difficulty he has had growing his support among African-American voters in the South, arguing that Biden's association with Barack Obama gives Biden an advantage. Aired on 3/4/2020.
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Sanders Blames Failure To Grow Black Support On Biden Association With Obama | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Congratulations to the establishment for coming in favor of VP Biden, nice guy but not what we need at this time! He’s clearly in mental decline. We have eyes and ears and some of us even have brains… 😉🤣
@Dan Vercruysse No doubt. My parents and future in-laws are very well “educated”, but know absolutely nothing about the candidates. They just do what MSNBC tells them. And MSNBC does nothing but lie and divide.
@Jason Thomas-Fournillier Speak for yourself. I don’t care for Joe Biden either and I hate the Democratic party as well.
@BcroG11 This is an incredibly inaccurate statement. You assume that ALL African Americans are “poor and middle class.” Not all of us are Democrats either. Bernie’s policies will NOT benefit someone like me. He wants to tax people like me to death to pay for the poor, tax Wall Street which is extremely anti-Capitalist and take AWAY our wealth so that we become poor and dependent on government programs which is the reason why I cannot support him as a candidate. People like me would be directly harmed by his policies! I would have voted for Bloomberg over Bernie, had he stayed the race.
@CMDRZero01 Honestly, older African American voters are highly problematic because they vote for the wrong reasons. I’ve gotten into verbal disagreements with them due to their stances. A lot of AA Boomers do not see things logically and vote based off of emotions.
@Jason Thomas-Fournillier
https://theintercept.com/2019/09/13/joe-biden-democratic-debate-slavery/
Historically, the AA community was initially aligned with the Republican party. Voting Democrat has only increased problems for those in the lowest socioeconomic levels. Democrats place illegal immigrants over legal AA citizens. Have you ever asked yourself what Obama or Joe Biden have done for you personally as an AA during Obama’s tenure?
Biden being Obama’s VP was all that mattered. Tom Steyer supported reparations and couldn’t even touch Biden
@Gooey 911 That name really hits the nail on the head when it come to you fool!!! But it could be just a little bit better with looney 90210!!!
Manufactured Consent systemic racism is a systemic problem. Bernie doesn’t get that and neither do you. That’s why he’ll fail to get black votes.
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Great interview, very revealing.
Let’s see if CNN and MSNBC will grill Biden like this?!
L W It’s easy to forget how horrible the economy was in 2008-2009. Judge Obama based on that.
@Lady Day thank you! I’m sick of that crap
singerliljermz But that’s the issue, Black people have a different history and set of concerns than Asian and Latino people. Why is being “non white” supposed to just be a unifying factor?
Why can’t Bernie clearly state what his plans are for BLACK people and not just lump us in with other unrelated groups?
This is the one question Bernie kind of stumbled. He needs to approach this differently, something like this:
“Since the Kennedy Administration this party has worked to make tremendous in-roads with black communities in the south. A party that once fought to keep shackles on those same people is now their biggest champion. So when I say I’m fighting the Democratic establishment I understand why black voters in the south are made to feel uneasy. From their point of view it could be interpreted that I’m saying ‘I want to undo all that progress built up from the 60s.’ From their point of view the ‘establishment’ is a very good thing. the Democratic establishment fought to erase Jim Crow and elevate the Congressional Black Caucus to what it is today. That’s not the establishment I’m talking about. The establishment – the relationship between the party and people is sacrosanct, and I don’t want to touch that. When I say ‘establishment’ I’m talking about this party’s relationships with Wall St., the pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, defense contractors, etc. The Democratic party needs to work to strengthen its relationship with the people, and work to insulate itself from outside temptations.
@Jamie Kahn So defensive. He’s a grown up and needs to be able to handle these but his defensiveness and anger and dismissive garbage response will get him no election.
@Juliana Rose NICE TRY. Stolen Account.
this aint it either (though it sounds good). he needs a SPECIFIC black agenda for American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) and a reparations plan attached. He is a reparations for ADOS denier so we will deny him our vote. Simple.
@SketchbookHR Well, I’m white and Icouldn’t agree with you more. Without blacks coming out in big numbers, Dems could never win. I don’t understand why Sanders learned that in 2016 and yet did nothing to engage blacks in his current run. BLACK support for a Dem candidate is critical. And, I, for one, am incredibly appreciative. And, frankly, if I was unsure of whom to vote for, I’d look at the black community because I think they watch candidates MUCH more closely because they have more to lose. In 2016, I saw MANY Sanders’ voters say clearly racist things about blacks and how they didn’t vote for Sanders, and I was totally repelled. So much for calling themselves “progressives”. They sounded more like white supremacists.
Kyleish: Good definition in principal, but Bernie never says it like that, so why would we think he means what you say he means?
Bernie must compete against other candidates, the entire establishment, as well as the negative views spread by MSNBC , CNN and MSM…………..
@CommonSense What’s really hurting Bernie is that the ruling class can’t control him, so they can’t let him be president. They need Biden in that position so they can run the whole show behind the scenes if he wins. But Biden won’t win the presidency, nor will Bernie, so it’s all a moot point.
@S T do you think he will fail or redeem himself soon?
Trump had to compete against the same and won… Sanders needs to up his game if he wants to claim POTUS…
Just like his bff the DEMOCRAT ESTABLISHMENT keeps “THEM” up @ night 🤣🤣. Shout out to NANCY PELOSI
Crystal Mars putting a Senile identity pandering politician with no substance, who sent our jobs over seas up against trump is a losing strategy. What is Senile Joe’s platform? I’m not trump?
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“I have velcro straps on my shoes!” -Joe Biden
And he probably has trouble putting them on anyway.
Rep. Clyburn in SC, whose endorsement was key, has taken $1 million from big pharma.
@The Progressive Christian will you be talking about kansas and the h1n1 virus, next? sandstorms on mars?
i’m looking for the tenuous connection to ‘blaming it on the black dude’. i’m sure you shared all of this with 44, correct?
since only one of us is african american (i’m not), i must rely on america’s first black president in this matter.
thanks for the fact.
The Progressive Christian so this is a matter of blind loyalty, not reasoned thought. If it were reasoned thought this would be over and Bernie would be the nominee. Clyburn was a civil rights activist, and the older blacks will not change from backing him as this is his due. Even though he has been able to become part of the establishment and knows how to play the money game and Biden is the money game. So, Biden is the derivative of the Obama first black president era. No matter that there is not much to show what Obama did for them directly, he is the iconic figure that it is a reality that you can make it in America as a person of color despite the daily realities that Bernie wants to address. But for them Obama deserves his due, so this mentally diminished status quo charlatan that happened to be Obama’s v.p. is some form of continuation of the legacy. Its all form and no substance. It’s the image, not the actuality. Big money gets to keep its big money, establishment dems keep their establishment and older black voters get to feel good about the past with no eye toward the future because Biden is about the status quo. I doubt it comes to him becoming president because what rump doesn’t ravage him with i. The general, his brain will progressively take from him. and nobody is happy but the rumpster, his zombie cult, and the dem establishment with their power and money in tact. Obama brought a spirit of hope and change, but delivered little. Bernie is actually focused on bringing change, while joe is a glimmer of a forgone time with neither hope and no desire for change. So, it’s back to no future.
@John Packowski What in the world are you babbling about? I didn’t understand any of it. Who’s 44? What’s the frequency Kenneth?
Hypocrisy all over, Rachel, sit down with Biden, ask him about the war on Iraq, Bankruptcy bill, MIC, PIC, his agenda on cutting Social Security, Medicare.
@berdboy
Yes, that too.
https://youtu.be/fjUDHTU4nWE
Not saying your wrong but that doesnt have anything to do with this vide
@Bionicle Forever
I am just wondering if Rachel is ever going to have a similar talk with Joe?
Julie Hakop true
https://twitter.com/joe_senile
Being Barack Obama’s is no small thing. Obama chose him, they were like family.
That’s true. And Biden has spent decades reaching out to many different communities. Meanwhile Bernie has been hiding up in Vermont.
Wow MSNBC, so much Sanders coverage AFTER Super Tuesday. Thanks so much
That was probably Bernie’s choice. Rachel had a LOT of the candidates on her show, if not every single one. She surely ASKED them all, and most came on the show because it was free exposure. I don’t recall a Sanders *_OR_* a Biden interview, though. But this started with a couple dozen contestants, and I’ve seen a bunch of them on here.
Tell her about the Civil Rights movement lies Biden has been telling for decades!
She probably doesn’t know what civil rights movement means!
Barack ain’t coming back
The title is a smear against Bernie.
I love how Sanders just quotes the “people of color” line. Basically black people, right?
@MSNBC you should play all the interview, are you afraid ppl might vote for Bernie? #BernieBeatsTrump