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Democratic Primaries

drray23

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4. Not in the way the word is used by the Sanders campaign.

Reply to beachbumbob (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 3, 2020, 09:42 PM

Mar 2020

The AA community is the soul of the party, its backbone.

When detractors use "establishment " , they mean smoke filled backrooms where the party bigwigs pull the strings.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Biden was lifted up by the African American voters, not the "establishment". [View all] drray23 Mar 2020 OP

He's leading with the African American vote by double digits in most states, even YOUNG voters. George II Mar 2020 #1

I love this quote from Joe Lockart on Twitter: mzmolly Mar 2020 #2

Lockhart is right. Like in 2016, democratic primary voters are pulling the strings. Blue_true Mar 2020 #6

Exactly. What an insult to mzmolly Mar 2020 #10

AA voters ARE the democratic establishment beachbumbob Mar 2020 #3

Not in the way the word is used by the Sanders campaign. drray23 Mar 2020 #4

its a clear implication in my view. The problem with idealogues, they don't get it beachbumbob Mar 2020 #5

Establishment doesn't vote ... the voters do NYMinute Mar 2020 #7

Exactly the people Bernie Bros railed against in 2016 when they voted for Hillary. Sparkly Mar 2020 #8

And those are also the people who lifted Hillary up in 2016. StevieM Mar 2020 #9