1. We are still having a debate that should have ended definitively in 2016 and it is imperiling the Democratic Party and might actually open the door for a second term for Donald Trump.
It has become a farce, only with no laughtrack.
The star of the farce: Bernie Sanders
It has become a farce, only with no laughtrack.
The star of the farce: Bernie Sanders
2. I am at a loss as to how this could even possibly be happening again. I mean Sanders' warpath through the very center of the Democratic Party was destructive and pitiless. And his actions after he helped install Trump the first time have nearly been as awful and ridiculous.
3. It is fairly clear, for instance, that even if the man who once tried to label himself a "civil rights giant" isn't an outright racist, he is, at the very least, completely tone deaf on racial issues.
His personal record is abysmal and he only ever improved when forced.
His personal record is abysmal and he only ever improved when forced.
4. How is it not a deal breaker that the man didn't hire a single person of color on his staff for his entire career as a Congressman?
Seriously.
That should bother everyone except Klansman and Nazis.
That alone disqualifies him in my opinion, but that is hardly the end.
Seriously.
That should bother everyone except Klansman and Nazis.
That alone disqualifies him in my opinion, but that is hardly the end.
5. And during the 2016 primary his staff was only 9% racially diverse until it was pointed out that this was problematic for many people on many levels.
He answered those criticisms by hiring Symone Sanders & Nina Turner to become the racial face for the campaign.
Really.
He answered those criticisms by hiring Symone Sanders & Nina Turner to become the racial face for the campaign.
Really.
6. By contrast, Hillary Clinton, who Sanders and his rabid following tried to portray as an entitled racist, had about 36%.
Sanders would spend months after the 2016 trying to deify the apparently monolithic white working class and argued that most drug dealers were black.
Yep.
Sanders would spend months after the 2016 trying to deify the apparently monolithic white working class and argued that most drug dealers were black.
Yep.
7. You don't get to be a white guy who doesn't actually hire POC and who surrounds himself with mostly white folks today and call yourself a civil rights giant on the basis of a few marches and photographs from 40 years ago.
You just don't.
You just don't.
8. His views and personal history in relation to women and women's rights is equally complicated.
It is important to note here that Sanders public political rhetoric often clashes with the practices he employs in his personal life and his hiring practices for his staff.
It is important to note here that Sanders public political rhetoric often clashes with the practices he employs in his personal life and his hiring practices for his staff.
9. Prior to 2015 the leadership positions on his staff were almost exclusively filled by men. Former surrogate Symone Sanders, who now works for Joe Biden, publicly complained about the toxic environment of Sanders' internal staff.
10. Worse, Sanders once had the largest gender pay equity gap in the entire Senate.
Think about that.
Worse than the worst Republicans. I don't even know how you do that.
Sanders' behaviour and treatment of women candidates he is running against is consistent and troubling.
Think about that.
Worse than the worst Republicans. I don't even know how you do that.
Sanders' behaviour and treatment of women candidates he is running against is consistent and troubling.
