I really do NOT think this attack line is gonna work….
It was reed before and didn’t stick….
But it IS direct….
It’s in a Op-Ed piece in South Carolina Joe Biden’s fire wall…
An official with Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign said that former Vice President Joe Biden “actively courted pro-segregation senators” to block black students from white schools.
Nina Turner, the Sanders’s campaign national co-chair, said African American voters have a “consequential decision to make” when deciding between the top two frontrunners, in an op-ed in The State, a newspaper based in Columbia, S.C.
“By supporting a racial justice champion like Sanders — and his popular progressive agenda — black Americans will forge a multiracial, multigenerational working-class alliance that will generate the high turnout necessary to beat President Donald Trump,” Turner wrote.
“In standing with Sanders over Biden, we will declare that we are not going backward — we are going forward into a future of empowerment and equality for all,” she added.
The former Ohio state senator contrasted Biden and Sanders throughout her piece, saying that Biden started his career with personal letters to pro-segregation senators to support legislation preventing black students from attending schools with white students. She wrote that Sanders instead began his career protesting in desegregation movements.
Turner also condemned Biden for his treatment of Anita Hill when she accused then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.
She criticized the vice president’s earlier ideas surrounding welfare reform, crime reform and economics as a Delaware senator, saying that Sanders was on the right side of history by disapproving of Biden’s approaches.
“And today the differences between Biden and Sanders remain stark,” she wrote, citing their views on marijuana legalization, Medicare for All and student loan forgiveness….
Note…
The few comments to the Op-Ed piece are 2-1 AGAINST Sanders….
The Op-Ed was done by Nina Turner is a former Ohio state senator and the national co-chair of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign…
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I would like Jack’s views on this since it ran in his state capital…
This IS Bernie’s media weekend since his people cried about non-coverage…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders’ volunteers are being told to zero in on the perceived weaknesses of his top rivals: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, but also former Vice President Joe Biden and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg
I doubt this will have much effect.
It’s all been tossed out there before.
Turner was apparently offered the VP spot on Jill Steins ticket in 2016.While she declined, she kept her distance from Hillary and many think she voted for Stein.
That’s already being tossed back in her face by Biden SC supporters.
Thanks….
I thought this was a desperate try….
While Biden still leads among blacks by a wide margin, his support among black voters is down rather sharply, and of course some of that decline is at least partially attributed to these attacks.
Joe Biden is the CLEAR leader with the black and brown voters…
In some polls it’s by a much as 20% points…
Sanders comes in behind him by a long distance …
This line of attack was tried unsuccessfully by California Sen. Kamala Harris. Her attempt to deliver what was clearly planned months in advance probably did her more harm than good.
As Jack and I pointed out at the time, there was little hope before, say, 1970, for either Republicans or northern & western Democrats to achieve (or block) anything without support from white Dixiecratic legislators who were at least nominally segregationist, because they formed such a large proportion of Congress (about 30-40% of the House and up to 34% of the Senate). They were also about half of the Democratic Conference in each chamber, and before the mid-1960’s controlled most of the important committees including Rules.
Nina Turner’s points were, apparently, better-aimed, but I still think they would do little good for Sen. Sanders’ campaign.
Direct attacks against Biden have NOT BUDGED him from the lead…
They actually hurt the attacker…
Most Democrats just want Trump gone…
Biden seems the best choice
Dem’s want others to leave HIM alone
As to “nothing bad has happened to Biden”, please consider that right before he announced his candidacy, an Iowa poll showed him in first place with 32 percent.
Now, he is polling in the fourth position with 15%.
To be expected….
In fact he’s dropped in just about everyplace…
But STILL maintains his lead….
As I pointed out?
He’s actually staged a comeback in Iowa and New Hampshire….
Yea in the DesMoines poll….
Other polls have him right in there…
23 days….