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Even during the democratic primary there's not much of a case to be made that her campaign sought to portray Sanders as a racist. We even have emails that show
by uncletaco 10y ago
Even during the democratic primary there's not much of a case to be made that her campaign sought to portray Sanders as a racist. We even have emails that show her campaign's strategy was largely focused on wooing over black leaders during the primary[1]. Also, several staff members from Sanders' campaign admitted they did not do a lot to appeal to black voters, having already assumed they were in the bag for Clinton[2]. She drew comparisons between her own campaign's efforts at outreach and his[3], comparisons which have been proven to be true. Saying she cast Sanders as "racist" is both misleading and ignores the fact that his outreach to black voters was provably lackluster.
[1] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-wikileaks-emails-clinton-black-voters-20161022-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-w...
[2] http://fusion.net/story/323539/how-bernie-sanders-lost-black-voters/ http://fusion.net/story/323539/how-bernie-sanders-lost-black...
[3] https://secure.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-speech-racism-harlem-219311 https://secure.politico.com/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-sp...