Ro Khanna runs to Twitter to call Mayor Pete "Intellectually Dishonest"

[RandySF]

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Come on ⁦@PeteButtigieg⁩. It is intellectually dishonest to compare Bernie to Trump. Bernie is for giving people healthcare, education, childcare, & more pay. He wants to blow up credentialed elitism — those who reject tuition free college for all.

[comradebillyboy]

1. I'll go with Pete over Ro any day of the week.

Pete's assertion is spot on.

[Cha]

13. And, twice on Sundays!

Wait what?! Pete compared BS to trump?

[Recursion]

24. In the sense that both give easy "answers" to problems that are actually complex (nt)

[Cha]

28. Thanks, Recursion!

[DavidDvorkin]

2. Someone's getting nervous.

[dawg day]

3. Can we just for a while stop cannibalizing?

Maybe even assume that each candidate means for the best, and wait to see what emerges?

We don't have to hate each other at any point. I don't understand the need to hate on people this early.

[RandySF]

4. I'm just trying to remember where I put the limo I supposedly rolled up to class in.

[SFnomad]

10. It's hard to do that when a certain candidate's organization continues to take potshots

at the other candidates.

And yes, one candidate is ALWAYS at the center of this, if you haven't noticed.

[Cha]

34. Tell that to Ro Khanna

[msongs]

5. my reading was he compared people looking for a messiah, not actual policies of

either bernie or trump

[oasis]

6. Ro Khanna's credibility will take a huge hit on this one. nt

[Cha]

16. Ro already took a huge hit

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with me when he tweeted this out..

Ro Khanna called those "petty" who voted for Hakeem Jefferies over Barbara Lee for House Democratic Leader Chairmanship.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211825120#post20

ETA..

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Couldn't find the tweet from Khanna but I remember what he said because I noted it in that thread.

Saw this bonus tweet there, tho..

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Mahalo, oasis!

[crazytown]

7. It is a clumsy smear

That people who support Bernie and those who voted Tump include “disaffected citizens who seek to change the status quo” isn’t news to anyone.

[Cha]

19. Exactly, crazytown.. it was a clumsy

smear.

Not the first time I've seen an insult directed at other Dems by Khanna. He tweeted out that..

Ro Khanna called those "petty" who voted for Hakeem Jefferies over Barbara Lee for House Democratic Leader Chairmanship.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211825120#post20

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Couldn't find the tweet from Khanna but I remember what he said because I noted it in that thread.

Saw this bonus tweet there, tho..

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[oasis]

25. Cenk Uygur trashing a capable young Dem like Hakeem Jefferies?

Pelosi and loyal Democrats have to fight both the GOP and power hungry backstabbers who are trying their best to divide us.

Thanks Cha, for helping to bring this to the light.

[Cha]

29. That's a good way to put it..

".. power hungry backstabbers who are trying to divide us.."

That's all they are.

You're Welcome, oasis.. Mahalo to you!

[leftofcool]

8. This is what they do.

Disparage every Democrat because purity.

[oasis]

26. Party takeover disguised as "Purity". That's how I see it. nt

[appalachiablue]

9. Amusing, hard to see Khanna 'running' to, or from much of anything

He's far too intelligent and capable for that.

[Cha]

18. He ran to twitter to call Mayor Pete

"intellectually dishonest".. couldn't wait to get that accusation out there.

[Kurt V.]

27. +1 he's a good person too

[vsrazdem]

11. This has already been posted and discussed ad nauseam.

[leftofcool]

12. So I guess since it has been discussed that makes it okay?

Do you see any other campaign managers disparaging any other Democrats in the race? Just Bernie people?

[vsrazdem]

14. Just saying, its a duplicate thread.

[NBachers]

15. I sure miss Mike Honda, the long-time Silicon Valley Democrat who was primaried by Ro Khanna

How's that for Democratic Unity?

[Cha]

36. I didn't know Mike Honda..

but from what I've seen.. I don't like this one.

[Cha]

17. I don't think it's Mayor

PB who is "intellectually dishonest".

When did Pete say this about BS?.. context,please..

[SunSeeker]

21. Ro's first mistake was reading the NY Post. His second mistake was not reading past the headline.

First, Pete was not comparing Bernie to Trump. The click-bait headline reads "Pete Buttigieg compares Bernie supporters and Trump fans." https://nypost.com/2019/04/21/pete-buttigieg-compares-bernie-supporters-and-trump-fans/

But reading the article reveals he made the rather uncontroversial statement that both Bernie and Trump supporters include disaffected voters.

[Cha]

22. Wow.. thanks for explaining

that to me, SunSeeker!

Who reads the NYP for news, anyway?!

So Khanna jumps the gun and accuses Mayor Pete of being "intellectually dishonest".. not a good look for Khanna.

I remember after Hakeem Jefferies got voted in for House Leadership.. RK tweeted out that those who "..voted for Hakeem Jefferies over Barbara Lee were petty.."

Couldn't find the tweet from Khanna but I remember what he said because I noted it in this thread..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211825120#post20

Barbara Lee was quite gracious as well..

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Saw this bonus tweet there, tho..

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[SunSeeker]

20. Ro Khanna fell for a NY Post click-bait headline. Mayor Pete was not comparing Bernie to Trump.

Here's what the article said:

Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg compared Bernie Sanders’ supporters with fans of President Trump — claiming that both camps include disaffected citizens who seek to change the status quo.

The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana was speaking at a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Friday when he drew a parallel between followers of the diametrically opposed politicians, according to The Washington Examiner.

“I think the sense of anger and disaffection that comes from seeing that the numbers are fine, like unemployment’s low, like all that, like you said GDP is growing and yet a lot of neighborhoods and families are living like this recovery never even happened. They’re stuck,” Buttigieg told high school students in in Nashua, N.H.

“It just kind of turns you against the system in general and then you’re more likely to want to vote to blow up the system, which could lead you to somebody like Bernie and it could lead you to somebody like Trump. That’s how we got where we are.”

https://nypost.com/2019/04/21/pete-buttigieg-compares-bernie-supporters-and-trump-fans/

In other words, he made the rather uncontroversial statement that both Bernie and Trump supporters include disaffected voters.

You gotta read past the headline, Ro.

[Cha]

23. And, Ro goes immediately

to "free college, MFA, etc etc etc..

Mahlao, SunSeeker

[johannsyah]

30. a friend of mine seemed to hate Pete so much.

thank you for the article. I had a friend that shared the same one on her facebook and I told her he wasn't even close to compare Bernie to Trump but I guess she ignored me.

[tymorial]

31. This is a result of headlines taken as fact and repost via social media

The headline spreads like wildfire through Twitter and Facebook. Some actually read the article before forming an opinion while others simply dont bother because they already want to believe. Its confirmation bias. Context doesnt matter.

Quite frankly this was bound to happen. Buttigieg is in the way at the moment. How dare he be.

[mercuryblues]

32. In trying to disprove Buttigieg's point

He actually proved his point.

Buttigieg was talking about supporters, not the candidate. then he tries to inflame the issue by obscuring what Buttigieg said.

both camps include disaffected citizens who seek to change the status quo.

“I think the sense of anger and disaffection that comes from seeing that the numbers are fine, like unemployment’s low, like all that, like you said GDP is growing and yet a lot of neighborhoods and families are living like this recovery never even happened. They’re stuck,” Buttigieg told high school students in in Nashua, N.H.

Someone is being intellectually dishonest and it isn't Buttigieg.

[Cha]

33. Exactly, mercuryblues.

FYI.. Ro Khanna is a he, tho.

[mercuryblues]

35. Thnx.

I saw that.

Can I blame an Easter hangover? At some point yesterday I turned water into wine.

[Cha]

37. Yes, you can!

lol

[leftofcool]

38. You better get over to my house right now then!

I have plenty of water

[mercuryblues]

39. I'll start walking on over, right now.