Remember #OscarsSoWhite? I’m now thinking, #DebateSoWhite! The contrast in the demographic makeup of those who made it to Thursday night’s debate stage as opposed to those who stood there only a few short weeks ago was enough to give viewers a near fatal case of whiplash.
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The 5th 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debate: Kamala Harris Showed Up for Black Women
Harris won the debate when she fired off these seventeen words: “A criminal is living in the White House,”“Justice is on the ballot,” and “Show up for me.”
The 4th 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debate—Black Women, and Victims of Police Brutality, Were Ignored Again.
If the Democrats are to win this election, it will not be by flipping Trump voters; it will be because they gave their own side reasons to leave home or work, go to the polls, possibly fight off attempts to suppress their votes, stand in long lines and vote in droves.
The 3rd 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debate — Kamala Harris Won—and Black Women Did Too.
By Michelle D. Bernard, Published in Politico Magazine, June 27, 2019 Kamala Harris won—and black women did too. Michelle Bernard is a political analyst, lawyer, author and president and CEO of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy. Fifty years after the election of Shirley Chisholm as the first African-American woman to serve […]
The 1st 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debate—The Dark Horse of the Night was John Delaney.
The odds are anyone’s guess, but Delaney could prove to be the younger, gaffe-free, liberal, work-yourself-up-from-the-bootstraps, white, male, working-class alternative to Joe Biden.
Election 2020: Democratic Debate Preview | Pol Watchers’ Key Issues
June 26, 2018 Jeff D’Alessio With the Illinois primary still another 265 days away, the Democrats’ process of picking a nominee to run against Donald Trump takes center stage tonight with the first of back-to-back two-hour, 10-candidate debates in Miami (8-10 p.m., NBC). For a preview, Editor JEFF D’ALESSIO asked political junkies on both sides […]
The Partisan Comparisons of Al Franken and Roy Moore
Al Franken’s sexual misconduct allegations vs. Roy Moore’s sexual abuse allegations—are politics confounding the issues? Michelle Bernard joins Joy Reid and her panel debate this controversy. VIDEO HERE: Air Date: November 26, 2017
“The New York Times” Slammed for Warm Nazi Sympathizer Profile
Michelle Bernard joins MSNBC’s “AM Joy” to discuss The New York Times‘ coverage of a Nazi sympathizer, white supremacist, and marcher in the Charlottesville rally and asks whether in doing so, The Times is guilty of normalizing racism. VIDEO HERE: November 26, 2016
Is Donald Trump Advised by Conservative News Pundits?
Michelle Bernard joins MSNBC’s “AM Joy” to discuss whether allegations that Jeanine Pirro, Sean Hannity and other conservative media personalities have Donald Trump’s ear on far-reaching subjects. VIDEO HERE: Air Date: November 26, 2017
Iran, Tillerson and the Future of the Nuclear Deal
Michelle Bernard joins “AM JOY” to discuss Rex Tillerson’s efforts to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, while Donald Trump publicly challenges it. VIDEO HERE: Air Date: October 15, 2017