@SenSanders Bernie Sanders.— Jeffrey Cawthorne (@zo7vette) November 29, 2017
Um... I get that he has a hardcore following, but his own attitudes toward women, from his weird early writings to his physical dismissal of women in his presence (including his own wife) make that an incredibly dubious prospect.— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 29, 2017
I didn't answer your biased reporting about Bernie during the last 2 years @JoyAnnReid. But don't ever use me to demean my husband. I am very happy & very proud to be Bernie's wife. Your perception couldn't be more wrong. Have you ever talked with him? You've never spoken w/me. https://t.co/SZG7uV8cfO— Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) November 29, 2017
Reid has been wrong about quite a lot recently. She thought that Russia was still Communist, the Czech Republic was part of Yugoslavia and that Trump married "Soviet" women, among other gaffes. But everyone makes mistakes. None of us are perfect. My problem with Reid isn't that she makes mistakes. It's that she embodies a hectoring self-righteousness that no matter where it comes from, is not good for American politics. Smearing someone as a sexist because he had the audacity to run and lose against Clinton is nonsensical.