So…the Primary in South Carolina happened.
And, it wasn’t even close.
Β
Joe Biden STOMPED the rest of the field.
It was called 15 seconds after the polls closed.
Wasn’t remotely close.
So, finally…a primary election in a diverse state.
And, the BASE of the party had their say.
"The single most important demographic in the Democratic Party spoke up tonight, and that's African Americans. They spoke loudly and they spoke clearly."
β James Carville following Joe Biden's projected victory in the #SCPrimary pic.twitter.com/OZi1EaiNnC
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 1, 2020
I admit… Saturday night lifted my spirits
Black people came through.
Shut all that muthaphuckin’ pundrity DOWNπ
York County is Charlotte suburbs, Horry County is Myrtle Beach with a lot of in-migration. Rural counties vary considerably in their demographics. Winning every county in SC, like Biden did tonight, is quite a feat. 2/2
— David Darmofal (@david_darmofal) March 1, 2020
With it not even being close…and the truth is that Bernie wouldn’t have been viable without Republicans voting in the Democratic Party Primary…
They didn’t have shyt to say.
The complete, utter, without hesitation…
Repudiation of Bernie Sanders by the Democratic Party base was THE story of the night.
And there was no way to spin THAT….though they tried.ππ
Talking to these voters on the ground in South Carolina and across the country for the past year, while their issues varied and they shopped for a candidate, two things were constant: They were definitely voting, and their top priority was ousting President Trump in November.
— Errin Haines π΄π€ πΊπΈπ (@errinhaines) March 1, 2020
As the primary calendar shifts to more diverse states, the question of electability comes into clearer focus. There was never a conversation about electability without black voters.
— Errin Haines π΄π€ πΊπΈπ (@errinhaines) March 1, 2020
That his next stop is Selma, Alabama, tomorrow and not California or Texas is not a detour β itβs a strategy. Voting rights and voter suppression are on the ballot on Super Tuesday, in states like AL, VA, TN, AR. Georgia begins early voting on Monday.
— Errin Haines π΄π€ πΊπΈπ (@errinhaines) March 1, 2020
Joe Biden stood with Obama and Black voters stood with Joe Biden. pic.twitter.com/FR7TzUKbwJ
— Symone D. Sanders Townsend (@SymoneDSanders) March 1, 2020
For all those pundits who were pontificating about and predicting "the black vote" in SC for Sanders and Warren because (insert reasons) – bye Felicia. You should have listened to us. We knew. #VoteLikeBlackWomen https://t.co/Hp5xCvVzyp
— Denise Oliver-Velez π (@Deoliver47) March 1, 2020
And, I, too, am tired of those thinking that they need to tell Black voters what they are doing wrong.π π
How do folks think that we survived in this country for 400 years?π
Imagine coming to THIS country and thinking you know better for old, Southern black voters than they know for themselves. All the shit they've lived through, unspeakable horrors, and you come here and think you have a better handle on US politics and race relations than they do?
— Adrienne | Creative Consultant and Soap Queen 𫧠(@brownandbella) March 1, 2020
Most white Bernie Bros and their young black Bernie Bruhs think older black people are just sitting on their porch waving at traffic, illiterate weak dummies who say YASSAH and YASS BOSS and need to be told by them whatβs good. This is why Bernie will lose & will keep losing. π€·π»ββοΈ
— Veronica McDonaldπ£ (@Purify_toast17) March 1, 2020
With these numbers, Biden seems to have encouraged the type of turnout in SC that BS has been promising in other states.
Biden garnered only 40K fewer SC primary votes than Obama in 2008 and total SC primary votes are fewer than 6K less than 2008. https://t.co/7P2I4G1nFU
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) March 1, 2020
Some of these Kneegrows on television. He actually pursed his lips to say this on national televisionππ
Eddie Glaude, Jr. just said on Meet the Press that he never would have thought that African-American voters would be the firewall for the moderate vote in the Democratic Party. That that's just stunning news to him.
— David Darmofal (@david_darmofal) March 1, 2020
Meanwhile…
More proof that Sanders is more focused on fighting the Democratic Party than beating Trump and the Republicans. https://t.co/ZlyEzcdaic
— PragmaticObotsUnite (@PragObots) March 1, 2020
Saturday was an actual primary with a diverse population. People who had their own agency, and had their own thoughts about the election.
It is time for those not winning delegates to drop out. No more splitting of the vote.
Super Tuesday is upon us, and I think the results will be very interesting.
A message from John Lewis for all yet to vote:
.@repjohnlewis whose skull was cracked open marching for justice at the Edmund Pettis Bridge on #BloodySunday 55 years ago today has a message for America: βVote to redeem the soul of America… Vote like youβve never voted before.β
Heed his words.https://t.co/UaEPHk0Ith
— Bryan DawsonπΊπΈ (@BryanDawsonUSA) March 1, 2020
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1235050883769081858?s=20
https://twitter.com/Tennesseine/status/1235074590231195648?s=20
https://twitter.com/mmurraypolitics/status/1235076976836333570?s=20
https://twitter.com/PoliticsWolf/status/1235050567736496129?s=20
https://twitter.com/PragmaticObot/status/1235049295142776832?s=20
https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1235039063574564864?s=20
https://twitter.com/USseriously/status/1235052516737351680?s=20
Joe Biden wins Massachusetts. Elizabeth Warren finishes third π³π³π³
BYE! BYE! Bloomberg jumping into the race and white pundits lost their mind….omg, π³π³π³Bloomberg is in the race. But he found out folks don’t care how much money he has. Hell to the fkn NO! #SuperTuesday #RidenWithBiden
https://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP/status/1235041433972662272?s=20
https://twitter.com/Green_Footballs/status/1235011842650578946?s=20
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1235038478104059905?s=20
Breaking News: @AP projects Joe Biden to win Minnesota
Breaking News: @AP projects Joe Biden to win Arkansas
*Goosebumps*
https://twitter.com/NBCNewsNow/status/1235032574138994688?s=20
The media tried to tell us Joe Biden’s campaign was over with after Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses. My brother said the South Carolina Primary was @JoeBiden’s horse power just kicking in. #BlackVoters π #SuperTuesday
Run this race, Joe!
https://twitter.com/Lawrence/status/1235027104422457344?s=20
https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/1235024725467754498?s=20
Joe Biden wins Tennessee #SuperTuesday
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1235024604600487937?s=20
Joe Biden wins VA, NC and Alabama. #SuperTuesday
While….
ONE IN THREE
was 65 years old or older
https://twitter.com/spettypi/status/1234969189321973760
https://twitter.com/SistahScholar/status/1234808212706164736
https://twitter.com/harrisonjaime/status/1234823592686342149
π π π
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1234638392173965312
https://twitter.com/MonieTalks_1/status/1234690218428706816
https://twitter.com/MonieTalks_1/status/1234697588340817921
https://twitter.com/MonieTalks_1/status/1234706788861214720
https://twitter.com/GlennKesslerWP/status/1234519422607470593
https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1234569714459959296
https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1234552027243589632
https://twitter.com/agraybee/status/1234587373066956802
https://twitter.com/DanaHoule/status/1234554396928770049
https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1234650800858763266
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1234694072918474756
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https://twitter.com/PragmaticObot/status/1234632711484182528
https://twitter.com/NYCSightsSounds/status/1234631265548218376
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https://twitter.com/J0SMILES/status/1233526979254771713
https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1234569088598446080?s=20
This is a reminder for those who continue to elevate/legitimize/mainstream all these dubious, fork-tongued, clout-chasing, hustling a-hole clowns like Mehdi Hassan.. the guy, desperate for relevance, is another one of those 2020 minted versions of paid ratfuckers.. Heβs very much part of the destroy the Democratic Party disinformation effort.. Joy Reid has him on quite a bit.. and the danger is that it not only helps normalize & assign him credibility, it also presents him as a βfriendly, harmlessβ face, one of the βgoodβ guys & introduces him to a wider audience to freely push his insidious agenda, deliberately distorted narratives & paid propaganda.. provides him a huge mainstream audience heβd otherwise never have..
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1233247042232864769?s=20
Notice he skips right past the massively relevant Russia & Putin part, but makes sure to include βObama bows to Saudi Kingβ bit..
Wow π³π³
https://twitter.com/TravRobertson/status/1234512398427533313
https://twitter.com/politicalwire/status/1234558862621057025?s=20
Amy Klobuchar is ending her campaign. South Carolina primary SHOOK SHYT UP!
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1234548154403520514?s=20
https://twitter.com/theappeal/status/1234509872051322880?s=20
You arrive at my home at 6:30 am and I believe in exercising my 2nd Amendment Rights…
I would have done the same thing…
I don’t answer my door before certain hours and after certain hours…UNLESS I AM EXPECTING YOU.
PERIOD.
They should not have gone to her home..
https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1234510877195489280?s=20
Empty attempts at βband-aid over seriously infected gaping woundβ quick-fixes that arenβt fully thought out or had any invested effort or work done… and only to score some cheap brownie points in time for the elections, wonβt work..
Nobody, except some in the complicit media, thought it would …or paid it any attention..
OMG! POS thug!
https://twitter.com/Bill_Maxwell_/status/1234308905007599617?s=20
And there you have it.. as the world turns..
Or when crooked, addled, entitled, deludedly arrogant, malignantly narcissistic white supremacist psychopaths not only bullsh*t their way into notoriety.. grift & spend their way into indebtedness to hostile foreign entities who help install them in power, get away with their criminality..
https://twitter.com/lynnv378/status/1234469523614511104
https://twitter.com/lynnv378/status/1234468644249329666
https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1234311463486939136
https://twitter.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1233936336123547649
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1234173644873633794
https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1234169107718733826
https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/1234185927179866112
https://twitter.com/MikeCasonAL/status/1234183090249093122
https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1234258186993053699
https://twitter.com/kristenresists/status/1234343350062534657
Although the Bernie Bros don’t know it, we pay close attention to politicians’ actions. Bernie not showing up in Selma for the “Bloody Sunday” event sent a message indicating that he thought showing up didn’t matter. It did, as the Alabama Democratic Primary vote showed.
https://twitter.com/vetthebern/status/1234341274791989253
https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1233934290444017664
https://twitter.com/wyethwire/status/1233959275552268288
good point.
https://twitter.com/LachlanMcIntosh/status/1233966975027679232
Good Morning, Everyone πππ