By Jake Johnson/Common Dreams
CNN anchor John King faced swift backlash Tuesday night for pondering on national television whether endorsements from progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are “too far-left,” “too urban,” and “too internet” to help U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
“They are more of the younger, fresher face,” King said of the congresswomen during a CNN panel discussion following Tuesday evening’s presidential debate in Ohio. “More aggressive, more liberal. Less compromising. Less talk about working with Republicans.”
CNN’s John King just asked if @AOC, @Ilhan, and @RashidaTlaib‘s reported upcoming endorsement of Bernie is “too urban” pic.twitter.com/5KCM1Pvee6
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) October 16, 2019
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The responses rolled in.
2016 pundits: Bernie can’t get support from people of color
2019 pundits: Bernie’s support is skewed too people of color (urban) and too young (internet)
These fucking people https://t.co/9AjDuxFBh8
— Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap 🦡 (@kaitlin_sb) October 16, 2019
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campaign just went from too white to too urban. that’s U R B A N for those who couldn’t hear the whistle from the back https://t.co/206EMWgva0
— greg sprinkles 🐝✌🏾 (@Vanessa_ABee) October 16, 2019
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And from Sanders’s campaign manager:
“Is this too far left? Is this too uncompromising? Is it too urban? Is it too internet? Does the Democratic Party need to find a broader audience?”
No. No. Uh, No. No. And finally, No.
Thanks for asking https://t.co/q9LAzlcd40
— Faiz (@fshakir) October 16, 2019
Posted on October 17, 2019