When people watch MSNBC, they have expectations that their liberal biases are going to be validated. And even though Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Kamala Harris have already officially declared their candidacies for 2020, on Wednesday MSNBC decided to give some attention to “2020 Democrats to Watch.”
It didn’t take long for MSNBC viewers to ascertain that all 15 pictured were white men.
Why is MSNBC so hung up on pleasing the white male patriarchy?
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/EhkzbpAS7C
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 13, 2019
What’s wrong with this picture is they’re all horrible candidates, only three of them even have a chance of making it through the primaries (unless Eric Swalwell brings out his legit nukes), and Sen. Sherrod Brown is pictured twice. Was there something else?
Yes, Sherrod Brown and Seth Moulton are identical twins. None of these white dudes have declared their candidacy.
But worse, this graphic was put up while they were saying the Green New Deal is just not suitable for the Midwest…as if to say only white dudes can save Dems.
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 13, 2019
are they fucking kidding?
— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) February 13, 2019
That was a serious graphic put up during the moment when their political director said the Green New Deal was a little “too coastal” for the midwest.
Not kidding. I heard it in real time and started yelling. Then I went back and watched and holy shit.
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 13, 2019
So why no women, and no Cory Booker and no Julian Castro and no Pete Buttigieg?
They’ve already announced. The picture is for the people that haven’t yet
— FrustratedSocialist (@Rtaylor515) February 14, 2019
And yet. Eric Holder isn’t on that graphic.
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 14, 2019
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Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/7ioWEU4lD6
— Frances Langum (@bluegal) February 13, 2019
I understand the outrage. It looks to be potential candidates who have not yet declared.
The double appearance of Sherrod reminds me of my 15-year-old daughter's verdict after she first met him in 2003: "He sure fills up a room."
— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) February 14, 2019
If that tweet from Connie Schultz made you a little queasy, remember that she left her post at the Cleveland Plain Dealer so she could date candidate Brown without a conflict of interest, so yeah, they’re hubby and wife.
Isn't that the list of people they expect to possibly run but haven't declared? Looks like it.
— Madame President 2020 (@PalmettoProgres) February 13, 2019
But that isn’t what they were talking about. They were talking about the Green New Deal and how it was “too coastal” for the Midwestern set. So do you think perhaps the message is that white dudes are the only way to save Dems from themselves?
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 13, 2019
Besides the obvious absurdity of this visual there is a major error … it includes @BernieSanders … who is not a Democrat.
— Adam Quinton (@adamquinton) February 13, 2019
WTF?! Our front runners are all women. Where are they?!
— Jana Lynne Sanchez (@janasanchez) February 14, 2019
is this a joke?
— jcrpete (@jcrpete) February 14, 2019
it isn’t. It’s real. You can see it in context in the video in this post:https://t.co/UfSMPR7Opa
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 14, 2019
Add Mayor Bill de Blasio
— EeDiva (@EeDiva_) February 14, 2019
NO NO NO
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 14, 2019
What can we say? Should these potential candidates get a feel for the room and realize Democrats are going to be really, really hostile to any white man who tries to keep a woman out of office after Hillary was robbed?
More inherent racism from the Left and their propaganda wing.
— baby GOAT (@babyG_O_A_T) February 15, 2019
You mean the party of the blackface governor and KK wizard Robert Byrd may be racist.
— Jerry Wuchte (@jerrywuchte) February 15, 2019
People can complain about MSNBC’s graphic all they want, but poll after poll after poll shows Democrats want Joe Biden more than anyone, followed by Bernie Sanders and then maybe Beto O’Rourke.
But as Scott Adams claimed, maybe the media has already settled on Kamala Harris — they’re certainly enjoying helping her pick out her clothes.
Related:
Mark Ruffalo seeks help in stopping MSNBC’s white conservative hiring spree https://t.co/WhkhX6qpUw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 13, 2017
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