During the November midterm elections Bernie Sanders' Vermont Senate seat was up for grabs and he had to fend off more challengers than usual this time around as two extremely anti-Bernie Hillary Clinton supporters wanted to put a "REAL Democrat" in the Senate but instead they failed miserably.
The first of the candidates is Jon Svitavsky, an activist for the homeless population of Vermont. While this may make Jon a somewhat attractive candidate, further research shows some rather troubling statements from Svitavsky. The Democrat has labelled notable black politicians Ben Carson and Condoleeza Rice as "Oreo's" - meaning black on the outside and white on the inside. Perhaps more troubling is the fact that he states that Rice should be "hung from the neck until she dies".
The second candidate challenging Sanders is Nigerian-American Folasade Adeluola, who claims to be a 'Clintonian Democrat who wants to retire Bernie Sanders'. A quick search of Adeluola's Twitter account shows strange posts from an apparent Democrat, liking and retweeting several Donald Trump tweets such as a video Trump posted of one of his rallies titled "God Bless The USA!" and a tweet in which Trump mulls whether or not protesters of his presidency are paid actors.
Another post that brings questions about Adeluola's actual political beliefs is a thank you card from First Lady Melania Trump in which she and Donald both signed. The card states that Folasade is a friend of theirs and has been dedicated to helping Trump's strategy of 'Making America Great Again'. This could be evidence that Folasade isn't everything that she claims, or this card could be a generic gift sent out to many Trump supporters.
Combined, Adeluola and Svitavsky gained 1.2% of the vote, 0.7% and 0.5% respectively. Hilariously, both candidates ran as Independents after slamming Sanders for remaining an Independent himself and not joining the Democratic Party. Sanders was due to have four challengers, all Hillary Clinton loyalists, but journalist Al Giordano dropped out due to health reasons and Clinton aide Philippe Reines claimed he was 'joking' after tweeting that he would move to Vermont in order to challenge Sanders.
The first of the candidates is Jon Svitavsky, an activist for the homeless population of Vermont. While this may make Jon a somewhat attractive candidate, further research shows some rather troubling statements from Svitavsky. The Democrat has labelled notable black politicians Ben Carson and Condoleeza Rice as "Oreo's" - meaning black on the outside and white on the inside. Perhaps more troubling is the fact that he states that Rice should be "hung from the neck until she dies".
Combined, Adeluola and Svitavsky gained 1.2% of the vote, 0.7% and 0.5% respectively. Hilariously, both candidates ran as Independents after slamming Sanders for remaining an Independent himself and not joining the Democratic Party. Sanders was due to have four challengers, all Hillary Clinton loyalists, but journalist Al Giordano dropped out due to health reasons and Clinton aide Philippe Reines claimed he was 'joking' after tweeting that he would move to Vermont in order to challenge Sanders.
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