UPDATE (11:45 p.m., 10/7/16): The race angle is quickly becoming a Democratic talking point:
The reason, obviously, is that the GOP doesn't care if it alienates nonwhites. It cares if it alienates white women.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) October 8, 2016
Trump been saying bigoted stuff for the last yr. The sexist comments released are getting more traction because it effects white women.
— Eliel Cruz (@elielcruz) October 8, 2016
“We are simply shocked that Donald Trump would say such things about white suburban women in battleground states.”
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) October 8, 2016
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Former Bernie Sanders press secretary Symone D. Sanders took to Twitter this evening, in the wake of revelations that Donald Trump boasted about groping and forcibly kissing women on a hot mic, and injected race into the discussion of the unraveling GOP campaign:
You apparently can say whatever you want about Mexicans, Hispanics & Black people, but the Republican Party draws the line on white women.
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
Ms. Sanders, who left the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign in late June, went on a lengthy Twitter tirade, some of which is reproduced below:
I was outraged when Donald trump called Mexicans rapists. That had me hot. I said he was unfit when he attacked judge Curiel.
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
I had problems with Donald Trump when he first burst onto the scene with his inflammatory and fear mongering rhetoric. He's been an a-hole
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
I was offended and took issues with Donald Trump's "outreach" to the black community and his characterization of our neighborhoods.
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
I AM STILL MAD TRUMP STARTED & CONTINUES TO FUEL THE BIRTHER MOVEMENT. Basically…he's a new aged racist. I've been mad about that.
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
When Trump tried to slut shame Alicia Machado for speaking her truth…I SAID HE HAD TO GO!!
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
When Trump repeated his lies about the Central Park 5 I wondered what would finally cause GOP concern. Then he talked about white women…
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
It took a year of Donald trump's racist and sexist campaign for a tape to surface of him talking about p***y for the GOP to be "sickened?"
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
I'm sickened by the GOP. This is a damn joke. And…some GOP lawmakers aren't even using the word ASSAULT tonight? Ok…
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
Oh lest we not forget Trump attacked veterans & https://t.co/3wtpHFSYoJ. Tonight what's deplorable is the leadership of the GOP. ✌🏾️
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) October 8, 2016
