https://twitter.com/lucasbros/status/714218466589286400
Some Bernie Sanders supporters have had enough of CNN’s shenanigans when it comes to providing unbiased coverage of the 2016 presidential primaries. The latest call-out comes from the network “whitewashing” the gray-haired candidate’s supporters.
Earlier this year, CNN called Alaska “the most diverse place in America,” but changed its tune on Sunday when Sanders won the state’s Democratic presidential caucus, as well as the Washington and Hawaii caucuses:
In Alaska, he was winning by nearly 60 percentage points with 73 percent of the delegates in at 6:40 p.m. ET. In Washington state, he was ahead by more than 50 points with 31 percent of the delegates in. If that margin holds, he’ll outpace then-Sen. Barack Obama’s performance in Washington in 2008. These caucus states — largely white and rural — are the type of places Sanders traditionally does well. In order to win the nomination, he must replicate this success in other, more ethnically diverse states that hold primaries, as he did in Michigan last month.
Many hopped on social media to highlight CNN’s flip-flopping while also accusing the network — owned by Time Warner — of being in Hillary Clinton’s back pockets. One meme floating around said CNN’s biased Bernie Sanders coverage may have something to do with Time Warner “being the eighth largest contributor to Hillary Clinton.”
well this is awkward @CNN says that #berniemademewhite pic.twitter.com/nZZFp8wfQD
— christopher redmond (@Chris420Redmond) March 27, 2016
Bernie’s fans are now trending #BernieMadeMeWhite to point out the tale that CNN is spreading, which is that Bernie Sanders is only capable of garnering Caucasian votes.
They used to be #sikhsforbernie but after that #WAcaucus rally…. #BernieMadeMeWhite @vivabernie @People4Bernie pic.twitter.com/R5xlpSHNHN
— Ricky Ly, TastyChomps Orlando Food Guide 🔥🍊☀️🐊 (@TastyChomps) March 27, 2016
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This isn't a picture of two friends, it's actually a before and after voting for Bernie pic. #BernieMadeMeWhite pic.twitter.com/lHH9QJvTfB
— DollyPartonSocialism 🥑 (@DPsocialism) March 27, 2016
The white population in the United States has inexplicably quadrupled since Saturday. #BernieMadeMeWhite
— Devin ☕🌞🌻 (@devinhardin6) March 27, 2016
Used to be @Latinos4Bernie but now #BernieMadeMeWhite so they are now white @Millenials4Bern ¯_(ツ)_/¯ @vivabernie pic.twitter.com/o0zaZ6xcHO
— Ricky Ly, TastyChomps Orlando Food Guide 🔥🍊☀️🐊 (@TastyChomps) March 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/714212560166326272
All Bernie supporters to the bogus media narrative that only whites vote for him. #BernieMadeMeWhite pic.twitter.com/0CaLI9k9bP
— Soldierette!! (@DCSoljaGurl) March 27, 2016
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https://twitter.com/MissyKrissy412/status/714234049624219650
Doesn't matter. Hawaii is a lily white state that borders vermont. #BernieMadeMeWhite
— (political) Purity Tester (@WAProgressive) March 27, 2016
"@BernieSanders cant win diverse states", except 3 of the 10 most diverse in the US that he won by LANDSLIDES yesterday #BernieMadeMeWhite
— Angry Bernie Sanders (@AngrySenSanders) March 27, 2016
Before #BernieMadeMeWhite I was a Blackfoot woman farmer who spoke at the UN on Indigenous Farming vs. GMO's Ooohps! pic.twitter.com/fyo3GEZY6V
— melissa jacobs (@deathrep) March 27, 2016
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