Bernie Sanders plays Clue: It was murder, by conservative voters, in the 'Deep South'

Bernie Sanders certainly looked remarkably lifelike for most of Thursday night’s #DemDebate in New York, but he did acknowledge that his campaign was murdered in the Deep South, the most conservative area of the country.

.@BernieSanders: "Hillary Clinton cleaned our clock in the Deep South" pic.twitter.com/CoIek7hWez

— POLITICO (@politico) April 15, 2016

Sanders: Clinton "cleaned our clock" in the Deep South but says current terrain is more favorable to him

— Caren Bohan (@carenbohan) April 15, 2016

.@BernieSanders: We got "murdered" in the Deep South. But we are out of there and heading to the West.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 15, 2016

"We got muhduhed dere," Sanders says of the deep south.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton supporters like Democrat strategist Donna Brazile didn’t show much remorse, but they did wish that Sanders would quit disparaging them.

https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/720807807239458818

Please stop ignoring the poorest region & the ppl who still believe in the hope of America. I'm a proud Southerner. https://t.co/OkYDjBjCRp

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) April 15, 2016

So what exactly does Senator Sanders mean when he says "deep south"?

— Karen Finney (@finneyk) April 15, 2016

Deep South is code for….

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) April 15, 2016

"Hillary Clinton cleaned our clocks in the Deep South. We got murdered there," Sanders says

Clinton raises eyebrows, takes notes at podium.

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) April 15, 2016

Ugh @SenSanders just stop with this: Sec. Clinton cleaned our clock in the Deep South, the most conservative part of the country.

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) April 15, 2016

Sanders: Clinton "cleaned our clock in the Deep South." BUT THIS ELECTION ISN'T OVER. 100 million ppl STILL haven't voted! Let people speak!

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) April 15, 2016

just odd for Bernie Sanders — the 50 state candidate — to be dismissing the south like that

— Sam Stein (@samstein) April 15, 2016

Senator Sanders again dismisses Democratic voters in the South as if they don't count.

— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) April 15, 2016

So voters in the deep south matter less? Asking for a friend.#DemDebate

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) April 15, 2016

Who's telling Sanders this Deep South line is a good idea?

— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) April 15, 2016

"We're out of the deep South now" — Sanders. Translation: Whew!

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) April 15, 2016

Sanders: "We are out of the Deep South now"

Never explains that the March 15 states of FL/OH/IL/MO weren't the "Deep South"…

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) April 15, 2016

Ohio was the deep south?

— R. Paine (@ArrghPaine) April 15, 2016

Again with Bernie swiping at “the deep South” and boasting that he won places like Utah

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 15, 2016

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/720807924159889408

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/720808153395433473

Bernie, tread lightly on this "Deep South" talking point. Everyone knows DS = largely blk in Dem primaries. Don't go there… #DemDebate

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) April 15, 2016

Writing off her wins In the Deep South=writing off a lot of black voters. Does he really want to do that?

— Beth Fouhy (@bfouhy) April 15, 2016

@jbouie remember when noted conservative Barack Obama cleaned up in the Deep South in the '08 primary?

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 15, 2016

hey I heard "deep south" dems got a shoutout tonight I assume y'all are being sweet and encouraging since we have it kinda rough so thanks

— Matterless (@Matterless) April 15, 2016

"Deep south" pic.twitter.com/eqfzG28CFI

— danielbenaim (@danielbenaim) April 15, 2016