As the reality of a Bernie Sanders nomination fades away, his supporters have said they are #StillSanders but opponents expressed frustrations with his campaign Wednesday evening with the hashtag #BernieLostMe.
Though it's unclear whether Twitter participants were longtime supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders or were considering him as an option against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, many hashtag users were crystal clear on one thing: Sanders lost them on issues of race.
BernieLostMe when his supporters tried to "educate" Black voters about his civil rights work
BernieLostMe when his supporters compared their ignorance of the voter rules to the REAL voter suppression in the South during the 60s
BernieLostMe when his Black voters bring up the "Super-predator" statement, but always forget that Bernie actually voted for the Crime Bill
BernieLostMe when his Green Tea Party supporters attacked civil rights icons John Lewis & Dolores Huerta
Berniesplaining to Black voters not enamored with your candidate is also why #BernieLostMe
BernieLostMe when he, the guy who claims socialism, universal healthcare and free college, wrote off reparations as being "too divisive"
Clinton achieved victories in several states by mobilizing black voters. She's also spoken about systemic racism in America and dedicated a speech early in her campaign to ending mass incarceration.
After Super Tuesday, outlets reported Clinton had built a coalition of support from black and Latino voters, older voters and women. And while many people on Twitter brought up issues of race, there were other issues too: sexism in Sanders' campaign, and sexism and aggression among his supporters popped up, as well.
BernieLostMe when he blamed everybody else for the losses he took in the primary and refused to look at himself.
BernieLostMe when he let his supporters run wild with racism, misogyny, and anything else they could get away with in his name.
BernieLostMe when he blamed not doing well with black voters because the "poor don't vote."
BernieLostMe from jump street when he ignored black issues. He locked the loss in with surrogate West
BernieLostMe after refusing to specifically address blk issues and saying "its not just blacks" AT A BLACK EVENT
BernieLostMe when he announced his Strategy to "neutralize" the black vote.
BernieLostMe when a mild critique of his econ plan got such vociferous screaming from his supporters it was a bit scary.
As it happens, the hashtag dissolved into some bitter, aggressive tweets between supporters of both candidates. While this level of passion about the political process is encouraging, Democrats who want to claim victory over presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump come November may need to #FindCommonGround.
