I missed it. Did the Junior Senator from VT Come Out With His Hype Men

[tishaLA]

(And women) or were they there before? And what precisely was their purpose, because no other candidate had what some might call props?

[George II]

1. Not sure if they came out with him, before him, or after him, but no other candidate....

....had their campaign chairman and an entourage on-stage with him/her.

[tishaLA]

2. Thanks. It did not look normal nt

[George II]

3. Another thing, at last night's Fish Fry, all of the candidates showed up on-stage....

....to speak wearing Clyburn's royal blue t-shirt. All of them but one.

[unc70]

5. All were wearing Clyburn T in picture

Some partially covered the T-shirt when speaking. Harris, for example, wore a dark jacket.

[tishaLA]

6. Yeah I saw CBS reporting that

Only one candidate wasn't a team player

[Celerity]

15. all appear to be wearing one, Buttigieg was back in South Bend, dealing with the police shooting

Gravel and Bullock did not attend.

[George II]

16. That's the group picture after everyone spoke. Only one didn't while speaking, however.

[Celerity]

18. I guess it was a new thing this year, the last time with POTUS candidates they did not wear them

whilst speaking

[George II]

4. After:

[Autumn]

8. None of them wore a t-shirt during their speeches.

[George II]

9. "....at last night's Fish Fry..."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=161038

[Autumn]

10. The video you showed was not when they gave their speeches at the fish fry. You posted

a video clip of his speech at the Convention. None of them wore a t-shirt then. As the video I posted showed.

[George II]

12. That was a different post about a different event.

[George II]

19. I'm beginning to feel like Buffalo Bob here.

[nolabear]

24. Howdy!

It's a slow walk sometimes.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. T-shirt gate! What a monster!

[Autumn]

17. The nerve of the man. He should spend the next three says explaining it.

[R B Garr]

21. Odd and gimmicky! Wonder what is he trying to showcase with those people behind him?

Does he think this gives him cred to overcome the polling...? Thanks for posting that. Great thread, I didn't see this before about his hype people.

[George II]

23. Plus it's interesting that each and every one of them were African American, but....

....just about all, if not all, of the people waving "Bernie" signs were Caucasian.

[R B Garr]

36. It is interesting about the discrepancies....

I agree with the other posts about props, wow. This is odd.

[Voltaire2]

30. Did Biden have anyone with him?

[George II]

31. No.

[nolabear]

11. Oh yeah. Nina looked like she was cheerleading the audience.

I couldn’t see Cornell West but the others seemed reasonably enthusiastic. Having them up there was weird af but hey, it’s their right. But Lord, Nina was very Nina.

[tishaLA]

13. It's so striking when the other candidates dont need

Hype men and women to get middling applause

[R B Garr]

20. The gimmicks continue. Is this supposed to give Bernie cred?

What is he showcasing with those particular folks on stage with him? It's rather offensive.

[tishaLA]

22. As I said, those less generous than I might say

That collecting a group of people of color on stage with him in this way night make it appear he's using them as props.

I'm sure that's not the case, however, and that he has only the best intentions in the wake of his disastrous appearance at the She the People event.

[R B Garr]

35. I totally agree with you. This is really odd and unseemly.

Good catch and observations about this.

[Vegas Roller]

25. Stop being so hard on Senator BS

He had to show that he had African American support so he brought every African American supporting him on stage to prove it.

[emmaverybo]

37. 😂

[JustAnotherGen]

26. Is there video?

I'm only finding the speech from last night

[tishaLA]

27. I'm sure it will be posted soon

NBC/MSNBC has an embargo on it for 3 hours because they bought the rights.

[George II]

32. Here, it's streaming live but you can back it up.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/06/22/watch_live_2020_candidates_speak_at_south_carolina_democratic_convention.html

[hedda_foil]

28. All the candidates had many supporters and staff with them. Your OP is needlessly antagonistic.

[tishaLA]

29. Did all of them have hype men and women on stage

Withthem? I didn't see it.

Please feel free to alert if you feel my post is out if bounds. I left here for 3 years in 2016 because of how people of color were treated; I have no qualms about leaving again.

[Politicub]

33. This primary gets weirder and weirder by the minute

[tishaLA]

34. I wish I had something to add

To this post, but I don't