He was asked to speak on specific issues not pertaining to blm, he was asked to speak, as he said, on social security and medicare, and they rushed the stage and demanded that he let them speak, which he ultimately did.
First of all, it’s unwise for a candidate to make a statement that hasn’t been prepared? Especially on something as huge as fucking policies he intends to pursue implementing, which is what they were demanding that he do? He isn’t a tumblr blogger seeking notes, he’s a candidate. And he can’t be seen as a pushover. He can’t be perceived as a presidential candidate who will let people rush his stage and passively let them take the mic and then ??? laud them for it? And if he said something disapproving, then his liberal base would desert him, even if he was just saying “I approve of your message, but not the way you’re going about this” his liberal base would skin him for tone policing. And the reason he ended the event was because when the protesters finally got their four and a half minute moment of silence they refused to leave the stage. Was he supposed to let the event drag on for however long the protesters decided they wanted to stay? Again, he is a legitimate candidate for public office, he can’t be a pushover who will bow to the whims of whoever’s shouting at him the loudest, even if what they’re shouting at him is about important, meaningful issues.
Second of all, he has spoken repeatedly on blm (obviously there are more, primarily, yes, tweets, but I’m honestly not going to go through bernie’s entire twitter to find all of the tweets, we’ve all seen the many posts) I’m not sure what you want him to do?
Third of all, ohmygod who are you going to vote for in the primaries now? H i l l a r y (rape tw for the link on H)? A fucking Republican? Even if he isn’t a dream candidate (he’s fucking close, but I digress) he’s absolutely, by far the best.
Fourth of all, yes, of course he plugged his campaign? “I was especially disappointed because on criminal justice reform and the need to fight racism there is no other candidate for president who will fight harder than me.” he’s not saying “be grateful,” he’s a candidate saying “yes, I care about these issues.” He’s a candidate. His job is to plug his campaign and the issues he supports and cares about. He’s saying “elect me, and I’ll fight for these issues” which is, you know, his job as a presidential candidate.
Yes, force candidates to discuss these issues! Put them on the spot! Hell, rush Hillary! But I don’t think that protesting the only candidate who has had any meaningful commentary on these issues and does already talk about them is helpful in the long run. Maybe if activists were storming the speeches of other candidates for office like this, demanding that they allow them to speak, it wouldn’t be so confounding, but the one candidate who has spoken on this repeatedly??
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