Bernie Sanders' Biggest Limitation
This weekend while campaigning in New Hampshire, Sanders wove jabs at the "establishment media" into his usual attacks on "establishment politics" as he made it clear he would not dramatically change which issues he discussed. "Don't let CNN or NBC or anybody tell you what the major issues are," he said to cheers.
His supporters love his consistency and willingness to stick it to the corporate media. Trust in media is at an all time low, so he's clearly not alone. But resistance to discuss issues beyond the ones he's comfortable addressing may help explain why he's had trouble winning over Democrats outside his natural base.
In Baltimore, Sanders wanted to talk about racial justice, which is ironic since the issue was foisted upon him earlier this year by Black Lives Matter activists who repeatedly interrupted Sanders events. At the time, he primary viewed racial inequality through the lens of economic injustice. His campaign eventually fully incorporated the Black Lives Matter message and movement and it remains a key pillar of his campaign. But he seems to be having a harder time doing the same for ISIS.
Sanders says he wants to be able to "walk and chew bubble gum at the same time" - discuss the decline of the middle class in addition to ISIS. But some days it seems he only wants to chew bubble gum.
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questioning his lack of even mentioning that and they were attacked by his fans.
Some Black Members here were even Censored and run off but they came back and run off again.. but they're still persevering! Thank you, bravenak, ChiTownKev, 1StrongBlackMan, and all our African American members and their allies who stand up for #BLM!
