Democratic strategist Symone Sanders has either changed her mind or is color blind.
The 29-year-old CNN political analyst and self-proclaimed “rabid feminist” has joined Joe Biden’s newly launched presidential campaign as a senior adviser despite her previous thoughts on leadership in the Democrat Party.
Sanders was being “aggressively” recruited by Biden about a month before he announced his 2020 presidential bid, the Associated Press reported, and her addition to the campaign “adds a younger diverse voice to Biden’s cadre of top advisers, which has been dominated by older white men. ”
But following the 2016 election, Sanders had declared that “we don’t need white people leading the Democratic Party right now” when asked about rumors that former DNC chairman Howard Dean could run again for the position that year.
“The Democratic Party is diverse, and it should be reflected as so in our leadership and throughout the staff at the highest levels from the vice chairs to the secretaries all the way down to the people working in the offices at the DNC,” the African American political strategist told CNN’s Brianna Keilar at the time.
Ex-Sanders spox ‘stands by’ her racial rhetoric: ‘We don’t need white people’ leading Dem Party https://t.co/IYwe9PgVXN pic.twitter.com/hDAdAZa0uN
— Peter Feaman (@PeterFeaman) November 25, 2016
“I want to hear more from everybody. I want to hear from the millennials and the brown folks,” she said.
But Sanders, who has a history of questionable comments about white people, went on to serve as press secretary for independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign.
She took to Twitter on Thursday after Biden’s announcement to share the news of her new position as senior adviser to the white male Democratic former vice president.
.@JoeBiden & @DrBiden are a class act. Over the course of this campaign, Vice President Biden is going to make his case to the American ppl. He won’t always be perfect, but I believe he will get it right. PS – all stock photos aren’t created equal ?. https://t.co/JXvgEGHaRI
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) April 25, 2019
“He won’t always be perfect, but I believe he will get it right,” she said of Biden.
Nothing says confidence like joining a campaign with the statement, “He won’t always be perfect.” https://t.co/bPN0uMpqDF
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 25, 2019
Sanders was reportedly being recruited by other Democratic 2020 candidates, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, California Sen. Kamala Harris and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. Interestingly, Bernie Sanders was not reaching out to the former staffer, according to Associated Press.
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile praised Biden’s choice as “one of the best moves” made by the campaign and praised Sanders as “battle-tested.”
“She understands how to build a coalition, and that women of color are the backbone of the Democratic Party,” she said, according to AP.
Just last month, Sanders reportedly donated $250 to the campaign of South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, according to Federal Election Commission filings, Politico reported. The report prompted a reply from Sanders on Twitter, saying she also donated to the campaigns of Gillibrand and Texas Democrat, Julián Castro.
Lol yes. I also donated to Castro and Gillibrand because I believed then and do now that they all should have their shot on the debate stage. Lots of folks donated to a lot of campaigns for this very same reason. Couldn’t be happier to be on #TeamBiden https://t.co/dphwT2VuUA
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) April 25, 2019
She also declared that she “couldn’t be happier to be on #TeamBiden.”
Considering her past remarks, her comment raised plenty of eyebrows on Twitter.
You know, I can’t help but to pick up on a consistent theme in the political commentary from newly-announced Biden senior advisor Symone Sanders pic.twitter.com/bAoPeHaTUr
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 25, 2019
Either she doesn’t realize Biden is a white man, who would be leading the Democratic Party if he wins, or she doesn’t care because his money is green.
— ??#IAmTheNRA Rosenblum (@StevenRosenblum) April 25, 2019
Unless the paycheck is right. Right?
— Cat Mc (@216Cat) April 25, 2019
The identity-politics primaryhttps://t.co/3YY9hnHZKY
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) April 25, 2019
That was before he paid her.
— david loyd (@chiefwalkalot) April 25, 2019
Biden hires former CNN talking head bigot, Symone Sanders for senior campaign advisor. This explains his race baiting roll out video.
— Mark (@StMarksInk) April 25, 2019
Loss of folks will deny their true feelings/opinions to get a job.
— Bmik (@bramik0) April 25, 2019
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