Asked how he would address Islamophobia as president, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at Thursday’s MSNBC town hall pivoted from criticism of Donald Trump’s general rhetoric on Muslims to the “obstructionism and hatred” faced by President Obama and “the idea of making him a delegitimate president.”
“People can agree with Barack Obama, you can disagree with Barack Obama,” Sanders said. “Anybody who doesn’t understand that the kind of obstructionism and hatred thrown at this man, the idea of making him a delegitimate president by suggesting he was not born in America because his dad came from Kenya.”
Sanders noted that his father was born in Poland but that “no one asked me, whether I’m a citizen or not.”
“What’s the difference? Maybe the color of our skin,” he said.
I’m all with this Bernie —
But where was this kind of talk 7…6…5…4…or even 3 years ago ? ? ?
He’s right, of course. But now, what began as a racist dogwhistle aimed specifically at Obama has taken on a lunatic life of its own, with Ted Cruz now under the birther microscope. Which, you know, couldn’t have happened to a nicer sociopathic douchebag.
Well, Cruz was actually born in a foreign country. And his mother either wasn’t a US citizen at the time, or else she committed election fraud in Canadia. So…I like butter and salt on my popcorn.
I also want caramel on mine.
Maybe he’s born with it.
♫ “Maybe it’s Maybelline!” ♫