Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign megathread

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Here we f**king go again.

Why couldn't Bernie do the world a favor and leave us alone?

Trump would demolish this fool in the general.

Yes, Trump would demolish the most popular politician in the country, but surely a Clintonite like Harris or Gillibrand would do better 🙄

I know I'm not the first person to say this, but I'm starting to see 2020 as 1980, and I think Sanders is a direct parallel to Ronald Reagan - people say he's "too old", "too radical", etc, but in the end he ends up being just what the electorate wants after 4 years of a failed President.

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Here we f**king go again.

Why couldn't Bernie do the world a favor and leave us alone?

Trump would demolish this fool in the general.

Yes, Trump would demolish the most popular politician in the country, but surely a Clintonite like Harris or Gillibrand would do better 🙄

I know I'm not the first person to say this, but I'm starting to see 2020 as 1980, and I think Sanders is a direct parallel to Ronald Reagan - people say he's "too old", "too radical", etc, but in the end he ends up being just what the electorate wants after 4 years of a failed President.

How is Harris a Clintonite? I want you to go to her page, look at her policies and explain why she's a "Clintonite".

Look at her record rather than her current stated positions, and it's quite troubling from a progressive standpoint. I feel she's largely shifted left in order to help her chances, rather than had  a genuine change of heart.

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I can't wait to never have to here about Bernie Sanders ever again. It will be a blessing!

When he leaves office in 2029, sure.

As much as I love Bernie, some of y'all are getting a bit ahead of yourselves here. he literally just announced he's running, let's not pretend he's a shoo-in to win the nomination, let alone the general election.

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Sanders/DeVito 2020

But is America ready for a Vice President with a magnum dong?

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Bernie got owned!



https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1101953428023054336

Bragging about crowd size is the equivalent of saying your penis is bigger than your opponent's.

Who the hell cares???

https://twitter.com/ZerlinaMaxwell/status/1101556901505044480
https://twitter.com/Selena_Adera/status/1101918983928860672

The man who was fighting for civil rights back at the same time that Hillary Clinton was endorsing and supporting a presidential candidate who was supported by the KKK and opposed the CRA is a bigot? K.

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LOL

If this is the best attack they can come up with now, Bernie's going to cruise to the nomination.

Pathetic!

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https://mobile.twitter.com/thehill/status/1114971900269219841

No serious person supports open borders in the first place.


It's just a scare word.

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https://twitter.com/armandodkos/status/1116729619204513800

I'm getting tired of this ridiculous attack from deranged neoliberals.
Sanders has NEVER given up on civil rights/social justice, throughout his entire career his views on the issue have remained the same. he has always been committed to social justice and equality for all.
He marched with MLK, strongly supported Jesse Jackson in his presidential campaigns, and has spoke out against racism, mass incarceration, and social injustice from the very beginning of his career.
Suggesting that because he moved to a very white state means he gave up on civil rights is just completely nonsensical, given his record.
And if you're suggesting he moved to Vermont because he didn't want to be around minorities - firstly I would need some proof of that (spoiler: you have none), and secondly I'd like to know why you apparently believe someone had to live in a mostly black area to be a strong supporter of civil rights.
Whites in New England were undoubtedly one of the most pro-civil rights demographics in the country at the time, and Vermont has been a hotbed of social progressivism for a very long time.
At least Sanders hasn't locked up minorities for drug offenses like your queen Kamala has - and I'm aware this is a little off topic, but she's (thankfully) not going to win the nomination. Sanders has a far better chance of being the nominee than she does.

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https://twitter.com/paulheintz/status/1117083572152799240


Major hypocrisy for the fake populist. Now a living millionaire whose representing well to do leftists in Williamsburg.

Being a millionaire doesn't automatically mean he's a "fake populist".

News flash: most major political figures are far wealthier than the average American.

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https://twitter.com/agraybee/status/1117894288195481600

Yeah, anyone who isn't a sociopath should find "stopping the pharmaceutical companies' greed" appealing.

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So a pledge called 'We Are Indivisible' making the rounds. Basically a pledge to support the eventual Democratic nominee regardless of who it is.

Sanders has been the first to sign https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-first-to-sign-pledge-to-rally-behind-whoever-wins-democratic-primary

But muh he's not really a Democrat!!1!1!1!1!

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Another day, another example of the lying media manufacturing consent.

Here is a more recent poll for you ....

I don't mean to sound ignorant, but it's utterly baffling that the candidate with the least progressive record on civil rights and social justice issues is overwhelmingly leading amongst minorities. I assume they just see him as that cool dude who was Obama's VP and haven't actually examined his record.

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One of my friends has been mad at Bernie supporting Warren. Do y'all think that a faction of BernieBros in 2016 will vote Warren in 2020? (I'm talking about the people that wanted Warren to run in 2016).

People that support Sanders but not Warren cannot logically call themselves progressive.

Thank you!

It's not that hard. Most progressives who support Sanders (myself included) would be ecstatic if Warren were nominated.

Ecstatic no. Relived that it's not someone worse, yes.

What policy differences does Warren have with Sanders?

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Sanders has secured the black vote.

This post seems vaguely racist to me.

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Taking a picture with a black person and holding up a piece of fried chicken is more than just a little bit tone deaf. I'd have expected Trump to do this sort of photo op first (the whole taco bowl stunt is similar though), but someone else beat him to it.

Except I assume that black man works at a place that sells fried chicken...

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https://twitter.com/tommyxtopher/status/1134207499287105537

"Lack of support", he held countless rallies for her and told his supporters to vote for her.


He did everything he could to get his supporters to vote for Hillary, but that couldn't save her because she was just a terrible candidate.

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Crazy Bernie proposed cancelling all student loan debt. I think we're just about done here. Really amazing how low quality this gigantic field is. Rivals the non-Trump 2016 GOP.

Tell me how this is a bad idea? If we could afford a $2.3T tax cut, why can't we afford to relieve $1.5T of student debt?

We can afford both, but neither is a good use of public wealth. This is toxic stuff. Democrats will rue day the day that Warren introduced this no-good, awful, very bad idea to the electorate.

Why is cancelling student loan debt a bad use of public wealth, in your opinion?

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https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1144687219212455936


Hope the brocialists are having a meltdown now that a black women is stealing the thunder from Saint Bernard Sanders.

I hope you'll be having a meltdown when straight white male Joe Biden wins the Democratic nomination and then loses the general, leading to an actual progressive being nominated in 2024.

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https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1144687219212455936


Hope the brocialists are having a meltdown now that a black women is stealing the thunder from Saint Bernard Sanders.

I hope you'll be having a meltdown when straight white male Joe Biden wins the Democratic nomination and then loses the general, leading to an actual progressive being nominated in 2024.

You think Biden'd lose?

It's 50/50. He has a low floor and a high ceiling.

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Bernie has a 0% chance at this point.

The only question at this point is whether he will do so badly (less than 10% in the first four states) that he'll basically have to drop out or if he will be able to scrap up 15% everywhere and justify symbolically staying in until the convention as he has announced his intention to do.

We saw the Bernie playbook in 2016. We heard his one speech. There are no tricks left in his bag and even the old tricks don't work as well because all the other candidates are doing them too. Nothing is going to save him.

I don't see him dropping out though. He might even stay in until the convention again.

He didn't drop out in 2016 because he knew Clinton would pivot to the center the moment he was gone. That won't be the case this time.

What do you think will signal that it's his time to drop out?

Should Harris & Warren drop out for being unelectable in the GE?

Shop Biden, Warren & Harris drop out for having much lower individual donors & hence grassroots support than Bernie.

Sanders is No.2 in the average of all polls, had a stellar fundraising, highest individual donors, did no major errors in the 1st debate & he is being asked to drop out.

The media & most elites will hate him anyways but Sanders will be taking this to the convention, either as the nominee or as one of the few with a fractured mandate.

Why do you have an issue with Warren when she's identical to Sanders on the issues?

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Bernie batting out for working class rapists! Good job pandering to female voters.

https://twitter.com/TheStagmania/status/1148703777081450496

What Sanders said here should not be controversial with anyone, he's saying the criminal justice system is rigged against minorities and the poor/working class in favor of the rich. that is objectively true. and as for the assertion that he was defending working class rapists... you literally pulled that idea out of your ass.

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Yeah, the list is pretty great.  Read the descriptions.

https://berniesanders.com/anti-endorsements/

It goes to show that Sanders hasn't sold out to millionaire and billionaire donors like most other politicians would.

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https://twitter.com/Wilson__Valdez/status/1150784181783453696


Hahaha, what a blabbing joke Bernie campaign is!

What's so funny about that?