Democratic Primaries

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2019, 04:29 PM Mar 2019

Bernie in Brooklyn criticizes Trump by name

-- "I want to thank all of you for being part of a campaign, which is not only going to win the Democratic nomination, which is not only going to defeat Donald Trump who is the most dangerous president in modern history..."

--"Donald Trump wants to divide us up based on the color of our skin, based on where we were born, based on our gender, our religion and our sexual orientation. What we are about is doing exactly the opposite. We are going to bring our people together."

--"Unlike Donald Trump, who shut down the government and left 800,000 federal employees without income to pay their bills, I know what it is like to be in a family that lives paycheck to paycheck."

--"I did not come from a family that taught me to build a corporate empire through housing discrimination. I protested housing discrimination."

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/2020-campaign-selma-alabama-march/index.html

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Bernie in Brooklyn criticizes Trump by name (Original Post) Eric J in MN Mar 2019 OP

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #1

Sanders is correct when he says "Donald Trump wants to divide us up based on the color of our skin.. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #2

Yes, Bernie has a class-based message. Eric J in MN Mar 2019 #3

Uncle Joe

(58,363 posts)

1. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to Eric J in MN (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2019, 05:23 PM

Mar 2019

Thanks for the thread Eric J in MN.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

CrossingTheRubicon

(731 posts)

2. Sanders is correct when he says "Donald Trump wants to divide us up based on the color of our skin..

Reply to Eric J in MN (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2019, 05:31 PM

Mar 2019

based on where we were born, based on our gender, our religion and our sexual orientation."

No question about that. But I'm not so sure about the next part when he says:

"What we are about is doing exactly the opposite. We are going to bring our people together."

To this Democrat, it seems that BS is quite content to divide Americans. He does it on the basis of socioeconomic status rather and race/gender, but it is still the tactics of populist divisionism in my estimation.

Populism is populism not matter what segment of society is your boogeyman.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)

3. Yes, Bernie has a class-based message.

Reply to CrossingTheRubicon (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 3, 2019, 04:11 AM

Mar 2019

I like that about him.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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