Thread by @VABVOX

I stayed off Twitter for 24hrs to try &reclaim my personal time &prioritize writing, finishing this next book,since my health is so dire.
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But also,Saturday I was utterly disgusted by the overt racism of white women claiming to be Dems/progs/left in my mentions.It was awful.
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#Cancer makes you both more patient & less so. I never curse or name-call on here, but I don't sit back & watch WOC being shafted by WW.
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The ugly truth I wrote about in my Nov 9 column on the worst election in my lifetime is white people--including 53% of WW--elected Trump.
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I've covered politics for 30yrs, since Bush1, so I never expected #GOP women with their fanaticism about #abortion to vote Hillary. BUT>
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>I absolutely expected every Democratic woman, even all the ones who didn't vote Obama, to vote for her. And more did than for Obama BUT>
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>At least some alleged Democrats voted for Trump. AND in my state alone 16% of Sanders supporters voted for Trump.So take responsibility.
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And by "take responsibility" I mean STFU when WOC are talking about WW. Stop jumping in to say "It wasn't meeeeeeee!!!!!" Listen to WOC.
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I've never felt compelled to jump into a black or Latina woman's mentions to assert I voted Hillary. My actions over time are clear.
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But also, IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO INFORM WOC. It's my place to LISTEN. We are in a battle right now for the soul of this country. LISTEN.
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#Racism + #misogyny won 2016.They drove the primary because Sanders relied on both, consciously or unconsciously & it drove the general.
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I am not saying Sanders is a #racist. But he IS a 76yr old who thinks all black people live in "the ghetto"--like my poor black 'hood.
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So while Sanders speaks to economic uncertainty, he also demanded that the first black POTUS be primaried in 2012 but not Bush2 in 2004.
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So while Sanders is not overtly #racist like Trump, he has yet to fully embrace POC & that racism isn't all (at all) about Wall Street.
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Hillary listened between 2008 and 2016. She listened to black women especially who grabbed her by her pantsuit and said "Seriously?"
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The speech HRC gave to AME conference here in Philly last yr to 20k black men & women & about 30 of us white journalists was incredible.
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That speech on race & the one HRC gave in Harlem, her private meetings with women whose kids had been killed by police--those mattered.
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POC didn't just"vote Dem"as some claim.POC are just as capable of sitting out an election as white hipsters.HRC had to EARN their votes.
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But POC--esp WOC--also knew what was at stake with Trump.They weren't about to play some 3rd party bs games. 86% of 3rd party votes? WP.
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And now, as people ARE running for 2020 already AND the DNC has its head up its collective ass yet again, we are talking white people.
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I am not voting for white men in 2020. I will vote for women of any race and men of color but I will not vote for white men. Period.
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Dems MUST understand that for those of us who are independents (I'm a Socialist) who vote with you in POTUS elections, WOMEN ARE NEEDED.
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This reliance on whites as a voting bloc is lunacy.WHITE PEOPLE DON'T VOTE DEMOCRATIC. Grow the POC & female base. THAT'S who votes Dem.
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DNC/Democrats are still talking about "Reagan Dems" in 2017. THAT WAS 37 YEARS AGO. Those folks are REPUBLICANS. Move on.
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Yes, Democrats lost white women by 3%. THAT is recoverable. Unlike the 19% by which Dems lost white men. Focus on women & POC.
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If white men want to stop being #racist & #misogynist as a class, you are welcome to join us. We WANT you to join us. PLEASE join us.
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But Democrats need to know who their base is and NOT dismiss them nor abuse them as I witnessed at the DNC Oct.21 as well as on Twitter.
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If you are white and you are prioritizing yourself over POC at this point in historical time and this administration, ask yourself why.
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If you are male and are prioritizing yourself over women at this point in historical time and this administration, ask yourself why.
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If you are str8 and are prioritizing yourself over #LGBTQ at this point in historical time and this administration, ask yourself why.
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If you are non-disabled & prioritizing yourself over #disabled at this point in historical time & this administration, ask yourself why.
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Some Sanders folks are spending their time attacking POC & women & LGBTQ on here & FB. You are the bots we were warned about. Go away.
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We are at a critical time in this nation's history.Women,POC, #LGBTQ, #disabled,immigrants--under constant threat.WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
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So when you feel the urge to NOT be accountable for the race or sex whose privilege you wear every day,STOP.Imagine being POC or female.
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It's hard to admit white folks own the Tiki torch folks. Black people do not. So WP: You're either fighting #racism or perpetuating it.
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There is no time to be anything but mindful of who's in the White House & what he's doing. He's hurting women, POC, #LGBTQ, #disabled.
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Whether you fit one of those categories or not, you know folks who do.(I fit three.) But I am not fighting just for me. I FIGHT FOR YOU.
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Biden & Sanders are NOT America's future. Step away from these old white guys toward women & POC in the most diverse nation on earth.
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Stop thinking only white men can speak for all Americans. Stop thinking with #racist & #misogynist inculcation. Be intersectional.
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241 years and we've had one POC as POTUS and no women.
Get rid of EC, make ALL votes matter & elect a woman as POTUS in 2020.
Please.🌿
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Folks are asking me about that HRC speech: Here it is:
Hillary Clinton FULL SPEECH 7/8/16 AME Church Conference