“I think you know there are a lot of white folks out there who are not necessarily racist who felt uncomfortable for the first time in their lives about whether or not they wanted to vote for an African-American,” Sanders told The Daily Beast, referencing the close contests involving Andrew Gillum in Florida and Stacey Abrams in Georgia and ads run against the two. “I think next time around, by the way, it will be a lot easier for them to do that.”
The whole quote was more about celebrating Abrams & Gillum, their incredible run & how they should run again. Sanders supported both Gillum & Abrams in the primaries, especially Gillum who had little to no establishment support. Really sad to take a small part of a comment out of context & to twist it to mean something else !
Are people here arguing that Bernie himself is a racist? I don't think so.
But saying that being uncomfortable with voting for a black guy is not necessarily racist is just b*llocks. That is absolutely 100% racism, no ifs or buts about it. I guess Bernie was trying to pander a bit to some of the white working class, but really he should be beneath that. Racism needs to be called out.
