Sanders Comments About White Poverty Recieves Backlash from #RealFans

March 8th, 2016

FLINT, MI — The two remaining contenders for the Democratic Party nominee sparred it out over a host of economic, social, and environmental issues during the party’s seventh presidential debate on Sunday night. One of the highlights of the debate, which was broadcasted live on CNN, was a controversial comment from Bernie Sanders about white privilege and the economic advantages Caucasians receive in America.

“When you are white, you don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto. You don’t know what it’s like to be poor. You don’t know what it’s like to be hassled when you walk down the street or you get dragged out of a car,” commented Sanders when asked by CNN anchor Don Lemon about possible “racial blind spots” the candidates may have.

The statement sparked backlash and controversy amongst fans from around the country.

“Don’t know what it’s like to be poor? Is he serious?” said George Palmer from Grand Rapids, MI when asked about the comment after the debate. “My bank account hasn’t been in the green since my sophomore year of college when my cousin dragged me up to Syracuse, New York to see Blues Traveler, Phish, and Widespread Panic play H.O.R.D.E. Festival.”

“It seems like every time I’m about to pay off my credit card from summer tour, they go ahead and announce the next run of dates,” observed one fan. “Does he know how much it costs to do three days at Red Rocks? These are the serious issues these candidates should be talking about.”

It comes as a shock that Sanders seems to have forgotten the gross amounts of money that white, middle class males spend every summer traveling across the country, smoking dope, and listening to improvisational jams together considering that the presidential hopeful called the drug band Phish “one of the greatest bands in this country” at a rally in Maine last week.

“I don’t think Bernie is a #RealFan,” remarked Rob Foster who took to social media after watching the exchange at his house in Columbus, GA on Sunday. “If he was, he’d know that what a ghetto the Dick’s camping area has become over the last three years. Wooks walking around with their fingers up everywhere trying to score tickets, guys in dreadlocks getting tackled by undercover. I fear for my life in that place.”

There next Democratic Party debate will be held on Wednesday in Miami, Florida and is meant to be geared towards Hispanic voters. Likely topics to be covered include the decline in the quality of burrito available on lot and gate crashing.