MSNBC sent heads crashing to desks during a recent segment featuring a graphic depicting 2020 Democratic presidential contenders.
The network was mocked on social media after a graphic was presented during a panel discussion Wednesday on the potential candidates for the 2020 presidential race.
The image showed a field made up exclusively of white men.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/EhkzbpAS7C
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 13, 2019
While Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren are part of a “diverse” group of Democrats who have declared their candidacy, the MSNBC panel was discussing contenders who have not yet made a public decision about running.
The graphic only noted that the men pictured were “2020 Democrats to watch,” not clarifying that the 2020 Democratic presidential field “already features more women and minority candidates than ever,” according to CNN.
“We’re going to see an intensifying trend toward an electorate that is more diverse, better educated, and possibly, this time, even 60 percent or more of the voters will be women,” @RonBrownstein says about the Democratic electorate in 2020. https://t.co/IXC9sRHBhy pic.twitter.com/VOzxKSTV6q
— New Day (@NewDay) February 12, 2019
Twitter users reacted to the MSNBC segment hosted by Kristen Welker with a mixture of disbelief and collective head-shaking.
WHUUUUUT https://t.co/9i3NUAKbEk
— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) February 13, 2019
When will they ever learn…. https://t.co/hiKlgYo0Fl
— mary dudziak (@marydudziak) February 14, 2019
— Jim Pugh (@dr_pugh) February 14, 2019
One comment noted an interesting observation about the men in the graphic.
Worth noting that these are the ones who are still weighing a run. As per usual, the women have made a plan, launched and are talking to voters while still doing their jobs in the Senate. https://t.co/c5oBdJpMmw
— Christina Reynolds (@creynoldsnc) February 13, 2019
Others noted how Ohio Sen. Sherod Brown was pictured twice.
Yep. He’s standing in for Seth Moulton. Among other things. 🙂
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 14, 2019
They used Sherrod Brown’s picture twice instead of using Seth Moulton’s picture
— Michael Stinnett-Kassoff (@MichaelDavid_SK) February 14, 2019
6) Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat.
— (((BuffaloMeg))) (@mwolfers) February 14, 2019
Some Twitter users wondered if there was a message being sent by MSNBC with the timing of the graphic being displayed.
Yes, Sherrod Brown and Seth Moulton are identical twins. None of these white dudes have declared their candidacy.
But worse, this graphic was put up while they were saying the Green New Deal is just not suitable for the Midwest…as if to say only white dudes can save Dems.
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 13, 2019
But that isn’t what they were talking about. They were talking about the Green New Deal and how it was “too coastal” for the Midwestern set. So do you think perhaps the message is that white dudes are the only way to save Dems from themselves?
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 13, 2019
Here is the video from which I captured the graphic. You decide why they thought it a good idea to flash this thing in the middle of dissing the green new deal.https://t.co/UfSMPRppNK
— Karoli (@Karoli) February 14, 2019
But many just agreed that there was just so much “wrong” with the picture.
You gotta try really, really hard to be this wrong. https://t.co/FpXKAAaab0
— Greg (@waltisfrozen) February 13, 2019
Is this real?!?
— Puddness (@MNiemczyk001) February 14, 2019
Narrator: There was a lot wrong with this picture. https://t.co/sWnMZLU0Q7
— (((Amy Vernon))) (@AmyVernon) February 13, 2019
OMG – this can’t be real. Please tell me this didn’t really air.
— healthcare, gun sense voter (@aliinwa) February 14, 2019
that is not the context of the graphic. Far from it. And even if it was…. Are you trying to tell me there are ZERO other women or POC who might be considering it. Please….
— feral (@shuboogie) February 14, 2019
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