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Black Lives Matter activists disrupt Bernie Sanders speech
SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was shoved aside by several Black Lives Matter activists and eventually left a Saturday afternoon event in Seattle without giving his speech.
Sanders was just starting to address several thousand people gathered shoulder to shoulder at Westlake Park when two women took over the microphone. Organizers couldn't persuade the two to wait and agreed to give them a few minutes.
As Sanders stepped back, the women spoke about Ferguson and the killing of Michael Brown and held a four minute moment of silence.
When the crowd asked the activists to allow Sanders to speak, one activist called the crowd "white supremacist liberals," according to event participants.
After waiting about 20 minutes, Sanders himself was pushed away when he tried to take the microphone back. Instead, he waved goodbye, left the stage with a raised fist salute and waded into the crowd. He shook hands and posed for photos with supporters for about 15 minutes, and then left.
The rally at Westlake Park was organized as a birthday celebration for Social security, Medicare and Medicaid.
It's not the first time that Black Lives Matter activists disrupt the Vermont senator's event.
At a town hall for Democratic presidential candidates in Phoenix last month, protesters affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement took over the stage and disrupted an interview with Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
In his campaign, Sanders has chiefly focused on issues like the middle class, climate change and criminal justice reform. In addition to advocating a $15-an-hour minimum wage and raising taxes on the rich, Sanders also supports a massive government-led jobs program to fix roads and bridges, a single-payer health care system, an expansion of Social Security benefits and debt-free college.
Sanders will hold a campaign rally at the University of Washington this evening. He will be driving to Portland on Sunday and is scheduled to hold a Sunday night rally at Portland's Moda Center, which has a capacity of about 19,000 and is home of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. The event had originally been scheduled at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which can handle about 12,000.
Sanders heads to an event in Los Angeles on Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/black-lives-matter-activists-disrupt-bernie-sanders-speech-225833965--election.html
Sanders was just starting to address several thousand people gathered shoulder to shoulder at Westlake Park when two women took over the microphone. Organizers couldn't persuade the two to wait and agreed to give them a few minutes.
As Sanders stepped back, the women spoke about Ferguson and the killing of Michael Brown and held a four minute moment of silence.
When the crowd asked the activists to allow Sanders to speak, one activist called the crowd "white supremacist liberals," according to event participants.
After waiting about 20 minutes, Sanders himself was pushed away when he tried to take the microphone back. Instead, he waved goodbye, left the stage with a raised fist salute and waded into the crowd. He shook hands and posed for photos with supporters for about 15 minutes, and then left.
The rally at Westlake Park was organized as a birthday celebration for Social security, Medicare and Medicaid.
It's not the first time that Black Lives Matter activists disrupt the Vermont senator's event.
At a town hall for Democratic presidential candidates in Phoenix last month, protesters affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement took over the stage and disrupted an interview with Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
In his campaign, Sanders has chiefly focused on issues like the middle class, climate change and criminal justice reform. In addition to advocating a $15-an-hour minimum wage and raising taxes on the rich, Sanders also supports a massive government-led jobs program to fix roads and bridges, a single-payer health care system, an expansion of Social Security benefits and debt-free college.
Sanders will hold a campaign rally at the University of Washington this evening. He will be driving to Portland on Sunday and is scheduled to hold a Sunday night rally at Portland's Moda Center, which has a capacity of about 19,000 and is home of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. The event had originally been scheduled at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which can handle about 12,000.
Sanders heads to an event in Los Angeles on Monday.
http://news.yahoo.com/black-lives-matter-activists-disrupt-bernie-sanders-speech-225833965--election.html
The group needs to get organized and have a clear vision of what it is that they want to accomplish. There are so many brilliant minds out there, for the life of me I can't figure out why they aren't stepping up and stepping in.
This group is on the verge of implosion and they are going to blame white people.
This group is on the verge of implosion and they are going to blame white people.
Because they are out of control. It's "whitey's" fault, so you step in and ruin anything whitey is trying to say even if what he says or does is trying to help you.
I really don't understand why BLmatters are going after Sanders and not the other candidates.
For a minute there I was having trouble taking the pledge.
Good thing you were just kidding, you already know my opinion of Trump :)
i feel a little like Donald Trump with my hand raised.................just kidding.
As will I
Thanks vance. I'll try not to.
Then I suggest you not do it.
Vance, for clarification, it is not against the rules to post something off topic. Tangents happen on many threads. It can certainly be annoying at times, I'll give you that. But we ALL have the capacity to stay on topic even if someone else doesn't and keep the thread moving. I think this discussion itself is off topic.
What is against the rules is combative or argumentative posts.
What is against the rules is combative or argumentative posts.
In a way I did because Obama was not part of the conversation but since this was made about race I pointed out the mentality in the black lives BS.
Then I guess you violated the rules vance.
"Obama has stirred up racism so much it is turning into a "us vs them"."
"Obama has stirred up racism so much it is turning into a "us vs them"."
Incorrect, that is a violation of rules.
It's about what ever we want it to be about. It's fluid.
Actually it is about Black lives matter activist taking over a political speech but we seem to have been distracted.
People this is about the socialist asshat not the ego asshat.
In case you didn't read down far enough.
{Portland (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drew more than 19,000 people to an NBA arena on Sunday night in Portland, Oregon, setting the record for the largest political event of the 2016 presidential contest.
The Democratic candidate has drawn large crowds nearly everywhere he has gone, so much so that Sanders' campaign has started to be defined by their turnout figures....}
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/10/politics/bernie-sanders-portland-rally-19000-2016/
{Portland (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drew more than 19,000 people to an NBA arena on Sunday night in Portland, Oregon, setting the record for the largest political event of the 2016 presidential contest.
The Democratic candidate has drawn large crowds nearly everywhere he has gone, so much so that Sanders' campaign has started to be defined by their turnout figures....}
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/10/politics/bernie-sanders-portland-rally-19000-2016/
I like it!
hrsepwrguy, a picture says a thousand words in my opine.
Do you research before you opine about who's doing what? I'm not saying I think Sanders will win but I can't dismiss him as easily as you do.
"But he has a lot of people who don't like him which is why I said that there are some who went to the outing to hear what he has to say. But not many, because he doesn't appear to be 'really' in the running."
{Democrats who are proud of their progressive values are filling arenas to hear Sanders speak in a direct manner (while others dodge questions) on contentious issues like Keystone XL and the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. While the FBI is currently investigating the email security of one candidate, Bernie Sanders is narrowing Clinton's lead nationally and defeating Republicans in other polls. Like Brent Budowsky writes in The Hill:
The fact that Sanders beats Walker by six to seven points, depending on whether all voters or likely voters are counted -- a near-landslide margin in a general election -- makes it clear that the Sanders surge is more than a surge against Donald Trump, but move that makes him competitive with all Republican candidates.
Polls once extolling Hillary Clinton's enormous lead over Sanders are now dwindling for the same reason Sanders beats Republicans in various other polls: Americans have had enough of dynasties, scandals, wars, and Wall Street corruption. I will be voting for Bernie Sanders because I too have had enough of endless wars, and Bernie says "I'll be damned" if more Americans are sent back to fight in the Middle East. I'll also be voting for Sanders because like the polls illustrating his lightning fast surge, more and more Americans have had enough with a two-party system that doesn't give people a choice. I want my Democratic nominee to vote against counterinsurgency wars and vehemently oppose environmental disasters in the making like Keystone XL, not evolve towards the most politically expedient position available at the time.
As for data indicating Bernie Sanders can win the Democratic nomination, the Huffington Post explains how quickly he's narrowed the lead in New Hampshire in an article titled Bernie Sanders Is Narrowing The Gap With Hillary Clinton In The Granite State:
Bernie Sanders is closing in on Hillary Clinton, according to new polling from New Hampshire.
In a WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll released Tuesday, the Vermont senator is in a statistical tie with the Democratic presidential frontrunner, trailing her by six percentage points, which is just within the poll's margin of error...
Sanders and Clinton are virtually tied in terms of net electability, polling at 30 percent and 32 percent, respectively.
With Sanders already surging in Iowa, and now virtually tied with Clinton in New Hampshire, it's important to remember that Vermont's Senator is doing something most observers once thought to be an impossibility. He has a great chance of winning the first two contests on the road to the Democratic nomination, while his challenger deals with subpoenas from Congress and other scandals. Every classified email uncovered by the FBI dooms one candidate, while paving the way for Sanders.
As for how Sanders does against GOP challengers, Quinnipiac's recent swing state poll explains that he actually performs better than Hillary Clinton in battleground states:
In several matchups in Iowa and Colorado, another Democratic contender, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, runs as well as, or better than Clinton against Rubio, Bush and Walker.
Clinton gets markedly negative favorability ratings in each state, 35-56 percent in Colorado, 33-56 percent in Iowa and 41-50 percent in Virginia.
"Hillary Clinton's numbers have dropped among voters in the key swing states of Colorado, Iowa and Virginia. She has lost ground in the horserace and on key questions about her honesty and leadership," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.}
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/almost-every-major-poll-shows-bernie-sanders_b_7937906.html
{Portland (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drew more than 19,000 people to an NBA arena on Sunday night in Portland, Oregon, setting the record for the largest political event of the 2016 presidential contest.
The Democratic candidate has drawn large crowds nearly everywhere he has gone, so much so that Sanders' campaign has started to be defined by their turnout figures. Sanders' staff has also proudly touted the numbers as proof that their campaign is catching fire nationally, though Sanders' largest rallies have typically been in liberal enclaves such as Madison, Wisconsin, and Sunday's Pacific Northwest events fit that description...}
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/10/politics/bernie-sanders-portland-rally-19000-2016/
"But he has a lot of people who don't like him which is why I said that there are some who went to the outing to hear what he has to say. But not many, because he doesn't appear to be 'really' in the running."
{Democrats who are proud of their progressive values are filling arenas to hear Sanders speak in a direct manner (while others dodge questions) on contentious issues like Keystone XL and the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. While the FBI is currently investigating the email security of one candidate, Bernie Sanders is narrowing Clinton's lead nationally and defeating Republicans in other polls. Like Brent Budowsky writes in The Hill:
The fact that Sanders beats Walker by six to seven points, depending on whether all voters or likely voters are counted -- a near-landslide margin in a general election -- makes it clear that the Sanders surge is more than a surge against Donald Trump, but move that makes him competitive with all Republican candidates.
Polls once extolling Hillary Clinton's enormous lead over Sanders are now dwindling for the same reason Sanders beats Republicans in various other polls: Americans have had enough of dynasties, scandals, wars, and Wall Street corruption. I will be voting for Bernie Sanders because I too have had enough of endless wars, and Bernie says "I'll be damned" if more Americans are sent back to fight in the Middle East. I'll also be voting for Sanders because like the polls illustrating his lightning fast surge, more and more Americans have had enough with a two-party system that doesn't give people a choice. I want my Democratic nominee to vote against counterinsurgency wars and vehemently oppose environmental disasters in the making like Keystone XL, not evolve towards the most politically expedient position available at the time.
As for data indicating Bernie Sanders can win the Democratic nomination, the Huffington Post explains how quickly he's narrowed the lead in New Hampshire in an article titled Bernie Sanders Is Narrowing The Gap With Hillary Clinton In The Granite State:
Bernie Sanders is closing in on Hillary Clinton, according to new polling from New Hampshire.
In a WMUR/University of New Hampshire poll released Tuesday, the Vermont senator is in a statistical tie with the Democratic presidential frontrunner, trailing her by six percentage points, which is just within the poll's margin of error...
Sanders and Clinton are virtually tied in terms of net electability, polling at 30 percent and 32 percent, respectively.
With Sanders already surging in Iowa, and now virtually tied with Clinton in New Hampshire, it's important to remember that Vermont's Senator is doing something most observers once thought to be an impossibility. He has a great chance of winning the first two contests on the road to the Democratic nomination, while his challenger deals with subpoenas from Congress and other scandals. Every classified email uncovered by the FBI dooms one candidate, while paving the way for Sanders.
As for how Sanders does against GOP challengers, Quinnipiac's recent swing state poll explains that he actually performs better than Hillary Clinton in battleground states:
In several matchups in Iowa and Colorado, another Democratic contender, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, runs as well as, or better than Clinton against Rubio, Bush and Walker.
Clinton gets markedly negative favorability ratings in each state, 35-56 percent in Colorado, 33-56 percent in Iowa and 41-50 percent in Virginia.
"Hillary Clinton's numbers have dropped among voters in the key swing states of Colorado, Iowa and Virginia. She has lost ground in the horserace and on key questions about her honesty and leadership," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.}
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/almost-every-major-poll-shows-bernie-sanders_b_7937906.html
{Portland (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drew more than 19,000 people to an NBA arena on Sunday night in Portland, Oregon, setting the record for the largest political event of the 2016 presidential contest.
The Democratic candidate has drawn large crowds nearly everywhere he has gone, so much so that Sanders' campaign has started to be defined by their turnout figures. Sanders' staff has also proudly touted the numbers as proof that their campaign is catching fire nationally, though Sanders' largest rallies have typically been in liberal enclaves such as Madison, Wisconsin, and Sunday's Pacific Northwest events fit that description...}
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/10/politics/bernie-sanders-portland-rally-19000-2016/
I'm not sure what more you want people here to say about Trump. Most have stated that they think Trump is a joke and I feel like he is such a distraction that it angers me he is even putting on this show. So actually, I think those on the forum here (not speaking for everyone but it appears most if not all) agree with you that Trump is a clown/joke (and why is he orange?).
So, you can post about him but you aren't getting everyone to argue with you about it as it is something there is agreement on. So, how telling is that?
Anyway, agree that Trump is not the topic here. I really don't know much about Bernie Sanders myself. But he has a lot of people who don't like him which is why I said that there are some who went to the outing to hear what he has to say. But not many, because he doesn't appear to be 'really' in the running.
So, you can post about him but you aren't getting everyone to argue with you about it as it is something there is agreement on. So, how telling is that?
Anyway, agree that Trump is not the topic here. I really don't know much about Bernie Sanders myself. But he has a lot of people who don't like him which is why I said that there are some who went to the outing to hear what he has to say. But not many, because he doesn't appear to be 'really' in the running.
I know - Trump is never the topic - and that strikes me as telling. He's leading the republican polls and no one wants to mention his name.
Trump is not the topic
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