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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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Bernie Sanders is finally firing back at the "Bernie Bro" narrative on behalf of his supporters. (Original Post) Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2020 OP
Nicely done. K&R CentralMass Feb 2020 #1
What I heard him say is ecstatic Feb 2020 #2
If only he would talk about the Bernie bro narrative on behalf of his surrogates! beastie boy Feb 2020 #3
What a pathetic and unaccountable answer. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #4
It breaks my heart evertonfc Feb 2020 #5
It is sad, Corgigal Feb 2020 #7
Democrats want to be right and Republicans want to win. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #8
Bernie has is base very locked up. showblue22 Feb 2020 #6
Excellent response. DanTex Feb 2020 #9
A straw man / false equivalence combo. ehrnst Feb 2020 #17
he needs to get real. heads need to roll, or this is just a lot of lip service, now that he is being mopinko Feb 2020 #10
Lol whose heads? TheSocialDem Feb 2020 #14
Great job by Sanders there. Bumperstickers Feb 2020 #11
I got thru the beginning of him saying, hey what about what is being done to our people. krissey Feb 2020 #12
He strikes me a very tolerant person. David__77 Feb 2020 #13
Yeah, tolerant of shitty people in his campaign... Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #15
Bernie came across very well dbolski Feb 2020 #16
 

ecstatic

(32,734 posts)
2. What I heard him say is
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:16 PM
Feb 2020

Ask Nina Turner and other campaigns' supporters do it too.

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

beastie boy

(9,479 posts)
3. If only he would talk about the Bernie bro narrative on behalf of his surrogates!
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:17 PM
Feb 2020

...Oh wait, they are all on the record! He can't deflect their behavior onto the 400 lb guy sitting on his bed.

Never mind!

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

W_HAMILTON

(7,874 posts)
4. What a pathetic and unaccountable answer.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:23 PM
Feb 2020

He needs to be firing back at his toxic supporters.

And, once again, if he claims his supporters are all such lovely people and these disruptive types are not really his supporters, why is it so hard for him to tell them off? Even the more reason to.

But everyone knows that this is not the case. They are his people and he encourages it and supports it. Look at the people he's hired. Look at the people he's hired and then had to backtrack from when their bigoted remarks went public. Look at the people he's endorsed and then had to backtrack from when their bigoted remarks went public. Look at the people he's bragged about endorsing him.

Stop trying to gaslight everyone -- we aren't stupid.

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

evertonfc

(1,713 posts)
5. It breaks my heart
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:28 PM
Feb 2020

to see my party potentially nominate a Democratic Socialist. One who has disparaged Democrats. This party is on the cusp of losing another election, losing House seats and making it difficult for people like Mark Kelly and you can forget about the SC Senate race. Once our party embraces Democratic socialism and nominates an individual who's views can not win in middle America- we own it for elections going forward. As my friend and 30 year veteran of Florida campaigns told me weeks ago - " Nominate Sanders and Trump owns Florida". So frustrating.

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

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
7. It is sad,
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:30 PM
Feb 2020

and I understand.

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

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
8. Democrats want to be right and Republicans want to win. nt
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:32 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

showblue22

(1,026 posts)
6. Bernie has is base very locked up.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:29 PM
Feb 2020

He doesn't need to worry about them at all. He needs to give centrist democrats (if that's what they're called) a reason to vote for him besides against Trump. I have not seen him reach out to me.

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

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
9. Excellent response.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:38 PM
Feb 2020

Really, the whole idea of holding Bernie responsible for what random anonymous people on the internet do was always stupid.

As was the idea that somehow it was only Bernie supporters saying offensive things.

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

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
17. A straw man / false equivalence combo.
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 09:52 AM
Feb 2020

A twofer!

A defense looking for an attack...

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

(70,258 posts)
10. he needs to get real. heads need to roll, or this is just a lot of lip service, now that he is being
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:39 PM
Feb 2020

backed into a corner.
if you want the nom, bernie, lead.

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

(191 posts)
14. Lol whose heads?
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:34 AM
Feb 2020

Give me a break, you got the GOP doing what they are doing right now and your this mad at some surrogates taking some issue-oriented strong principled stances? Bernie will do what he can i am confident if someone really crossed a line.. not many lines being crossed though if we are being honest.

And to be clear I’m not defending the online non-attributable non defendable stuff

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Bumperstickers

(199 posts)
11. Great job by Sanders there.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 11:45 PM
Feb 2020

Very presidential.

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krissey

(1,205 posts)
12. I got thru the beginning of him saying, hey what about what is being done to our people.
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:18 AM
Feb 2020

I already saw a printed version this morning of a whole lot of shifting blame elsewhere. Everywhere but where it belongs.

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

David__77

(23,539 posts)
13. He strikes me a very tolerant person.
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:27 AM
Feb 2020

...

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Happy Hoosier

(7,406 posts)
15. Yeah, tolerant of shitty people in his campaign...
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 12:46 AM
Feb 2020

Ugh...

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

dbolski

(52 posts)
16. Bernie came across very well
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 01:01 AM
Feb 2020

I love what I'm seeing from him lately.

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