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brooklynite

(94,638 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:03 AM Aug 2020

'We have to get rid of Trump': Pro-Bernie group launches effort to boost Biden

Source: Politico

A left-wing group that opposed Joe Biden in the primaries is launching a six-figure digital campaign aimed at persuading progressive voters in battleground states, especially Bernie Sanders supporters, to cast a ballot for the former vice president.

But don’t expect it to air rose-colored ads about Biden: RootsAction.org, POLITICO has learned, has recruited some of the biggest critics of Biden within the Democratic Party to make an unvarnished case for why they’re voting for him despite their disagreements.

“Our organization fought fiercely in the primaries for Bernie and against Biden,” said RootsAction.org co-founders Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon in a statement. “But the general election is far less about Biden than it is about Trump — the most dangerous president in modern U.S. history, who opposes virtually every policy and principle that progressives are fighting for.”

The group said leftist professor Noam Chomsky, former Sanders surrogate Linda Sarsour, ex-Sanders adviser Winnie Wong, longtime Sanders ally RoseAnn DeMoro, Medicare for All advocate Ady Barkan, Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin and ex-Sanders campaign co-chair Rep. Ro Khanna are among those who have signed onto its “#VoteTrumpOut” initiative.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/05/bernie-sanders-group-boosts-joe-biden-391575

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'We have to get rid of Trump': Pro-Bernie group launches effort to boost Biden (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2020 OP
Take Trump to the Dump bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #1
Too late. betsuni Aug 2020 #2
Many of those people who refused to support Clinton wholeheartedly in 2016 have the blood.... George II Aug 2020 #5
"But the general election is far less about Biden than it is about Trump" betsuni Aug 2020 #6
Give me a break. That is the most rediculous statement to make. vsrazdem Aug 2020 #7
77,000 votes, sir. SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND VOTES! George II Aug 2020 #8
It is absolutely true mcar Aug 2020 #10
That is like blaming the low turn out of African Americans in swing states being blamed vsrazdem Aug 2020 #14
How much of that low turnout is attributable to voter suppression? mcar Aug 2020 #15
Yes, how many. My point exactly. You don't know. But blaming people who voted for Stein, or vsrazdem Aug 2020 #16
theirs was a deliberate act of spite WhiteTara Aug 2020 #22
They are what they are, human beings who are not responsible for the deaths of 155,000 people. vsrazdem Aug 2020 #23
No, George II is correct obamanut2012 Aug 2020 #17
No, he is not. vsrazdem Aug 2020 #24
+1 LongtimeAZDem Aug 2020 #21
What remarkable insight. I wonder what inspired them. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 #3
This should have been a foregone conclusion. Is there any alternative? Note in the course of their.. George II Aug 2020 #4
Makes me wonder what might have been if they did this four years earlier. beastie boy Aug 2020 #9
Well that's mighty big of them, isn't it? NurseJackie Aug 2020 #11
Great report by a great reporter! JoeOtterbein Aug 2020 #12
It is Past Time for Sanders Haters to Stop McKim Aug 2020 #18
Remember Japanese holdouts of WW2? Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2020 #19
Good news to hear! FM123 Aug 2020 #13
The replies to this OP are baffling. pazzyanne Aug 2020 #20

bucolic_frolic

(43,229 posts)
1. Take Trump to the Dump
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:18 AM
Aug 2020

and put him in the Trump Dumpster!

It looks thus far like America is reaching a consensus. That's different than a poll, a vote, a majority, a conclusion. It's a reasoned outcome based on morality, reasoning, logic, and wisdom.

You can't fool people in the long run. They wise up.

betsuni

(25,560 posts)
2. Too late.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:23 AM
Aug 2020

"It doesn't matter whether you like Biden or not" puke:

The last election was ALL about the candidate, making it all about her and not policies while saying it was all about policies. IDIOTS..

George II

(67,782 posts)
5. Many of those people who refused to support Clinton wholeheartedly in 2016 have the blood....
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:17 AM
Aug 2020

...of 155,000 dead Americans on their hands.

betsuni

(25,560 posts)
6. "But the general election is far less about Biden than it is about Trump"
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:38 AM
Aug 2020

We were assured that in the 2016 general election the Democratic Party stood for nothing except "I'm not Tump."

IDIOTS.

mcar

(42,340 posts)
10. It is absolutely true
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:44 AM
Aug 2020

The purists who voted for Stein, Trump, or wrote in Bernie's name bear a share of this disaster.

vsrazdem

(2,177 posts)
14. That is like blaming the low turn out of African Americans in swing states being blamed
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 10:31 AM
Aug 2020

for covid deaths. This is stupidyt.

vsrazdem

(2,177 posts)
16. Yes, how many. My point exactly. You don't know. But blaming people who voted for Stein, or
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 10:42 AM
Aug 2020

Bernie supporters being resonsible for covid deaths is just stupid. How many of those Stein voters may not have voted at all of she wasn't running. Blanket statements of blaming and shaming people saying they are the cause of 155,000 deaths is ignorant.

WhiteTara

(29,719 posts)
22. theirs was a deliberate act of spite
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 12:07 PM
Aug 2020

and until Clinton decided to run for the presidency, she was one of the most admired women in the world/US and they helped put trump into office.

I'll never forget what they did. Of course, they are the same people who gave us *co in 2000. I appreciate their current alliance but they are who/what they are and will never truly be trustable.

vsrazdem

(2,177 posts)
23. They are what they are, human beings who are not responsible for the deaths of 155,000 people.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 02:10 PM
Aug 2020

That credit lays at the feet of donald trump and his inept administration. Not at whoever did or did not vote for him.

George II

(67,782 posts)
4. This should have been a foregone conclusion. Is there any alternative? Note in the course of their..
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:16 AM
Aug 2020

...announcement they couldn't find a single good thing to say about Biden.

Even The Lincoln Project, a group of republicans, have been running POSITIVE ads about Biden.

But remember, this is Politico, who if forced to will only grudgingly support Democrats.

beastie boy

(9,381 posts)
9. Makes me wonder what might have been if they did this four years earlier.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:33 AM
Aug 2020

Bernie and his supporters shot themselves (and America) in the proverbial foot very badly back then. Well, at least it looks like they have learned the lesson.

JoeOtterbein

(7,702 posts)
12. Great report by a great reporter!
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 10:03 AM
Aug 2020

Sad to see the Bernie haters are still trying to divide us for some very odd reason.

You would think they would applaud the support.

But their divisiveness will not work this time!

McKim

(2,412 posts)
18. It is Past Time for Sanders Haters to Stop
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 10:57 AM
Aug 2020

It is past time for Sanders haters to stop. This is tiresome and irrelevant. They should welcome this.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)
19. Remember Japanese holdouts of WW2?
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 11:07 AM
Aug 2020

Same concept. Except it’s a bingo hall and not a cave in the Philippines.

pazzyanne

(6,556 posts)
20. The replies to this OP are baffling.
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 11:11 AM
Aug 2020

If the Bernie supporters are joining the fight, why would we not accept their help whole-heartedly. I personally accept their help just like I accept the Lincoln Project, “Right Side PAC”, Republican Voters Against Trump, 43 Alumni for Biden, etc. This is an all out war for the future of our country. Anyone with the goal of removing tRump should be welcomed to the fight.

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