Vivian Bishop: ‘I lost a delegate spot because they didn’t believe I supported Clinton’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sometime this week, the state Democratic party will release the list of delegates headed for the national convention in Denver this summer.
But already, we know the names of some of those defeated in a weekend round of voting. For instance, Vivian Creighton Bishop, wife of U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, was rejected as a Hillary Clinton delegate.
Her husband is co-chair of the Barack Obama campaign in Georgia.
The Albany Herald quotes Vivian Bishop as saying she lost because her fellow Clinton supporters doubted her sincerity, and because the Saturday selection convention in the 2nd Congressional District was abruptly moved from Columbus to Americus.
She can’t win, it seems. Earlier this year, the congressman’s wife said she was accosted because she wasn’t supporting the black fellow in the presidential primary.
Here’s what the Herald reported from the weekend vote:
“There were some comments from those in my opponent’s camp, that they didn’t believe I was truly a supporter,” she said.
In addition to media attention, her decision to support Clinton has garnered criticism from members of the black community and occasional harassment, she said.
“I think that’s silly, very immature and very misinformed. I certainly would not support (Obama) just because he’s black,” she said. “Just as I would not support Hillary Clinton because she’s a woman.
“I think it’s unfair for them to have to use that race card, like, ‘she’s not really for Hillary; she just wants to get there and support Barack.’ Hillary knows that and my husband knows that that is not true.” (source)
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