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Sanders says he can win over Trump supporters by channeling 'legitimate' anger
United Press International ^ | December 27, 2015 | Andrew V. Pestano

Posted on 12/27/2015 1:14:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Bernie Sanders said he thinks he can win over Donald Trump supporters because he can also channel the "legitimate" anger of "working-class people."

In a CBS interview released Sunday, Sanders said many Trump supporters are people who are angry and fearful due to decreasing wages and the rising costs of tuition, among other issues.

"What Trump has done with some success is taken that anger, taken those fears, which are legitimate, and converted them into anger against Mexicans, anger against Muslims," Sanders said, adding that he would use that anger to support things like an increase in the minimum wage....

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TOPICS: Arkansas; Maryland; New York; Texas; Vermont; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arkansas; berniesanders; election2016; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; martinomalley; maryland; newyork; sanders; tedcruz; texas; trump; vermont; wipewater
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1 posted on 12/27/2015 1:14:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe, but only if the Trump supporters refuse to pay attention to Sanders’ record and the positions he’s taken in the past.


2 posted on 12/27/2015 1:15:36 PM PST by Oceander
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well let me know how that turns out, Bernie.

You dim-bulb.


3 posted on 12/27/2015 1:15:39 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry Bernie, Trump supporters would never be won over by you, they are not Communists.


4 posted on 12/27/2015 1:17:11 PM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Stalinists lie. ALWAYS


5 posted on 12/27/2015 1:17:21 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Leftists think they have the market on disaffection cornered.

They cannot imagine that their stupid ideas have become the reason for ‘legitimate anger’.


6 posted on 12/27/2015 1:17:29 PM PST by skeeter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not when he ruled Hillary’s emails a non-issue.


7 posted on 12/27/2015 1:18:09 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bernie re-telling the media lie.

Fact: average people want what Trump offers.
The ‘angry’ people want more.


8 posted on 12/27/2015 1:18:21 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sander’s “gimmedat’s” anger over Trump’s “We’re the one paying the GD bills” anger. This could get interesting ;’}


9 posted on 12/27/2015 1:18:44 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’d vote for Satan himself before I’d vote for that Woodstock burnout.


10 posted on 12/27/2015 1:20:33 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: Oceander

and the positions..

and ANY OF the positions.

there :)


11 posted on 12/27/2015 1:20:39 PM PST by dp0622 (i)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Poor Bernie, he’s a lot like Heb isn’t he? I wonder if they are going to be on the same ticket, Bernie/Heb for America....LMAO!!!!


12 posted on 12/27/2015 1:20:46 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (.."THE FORCE AWAKENS"!!! TRUMP; TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP 100%....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Every time he opens his mouth he keeps digging his own political grave.

That's what we already got with Obama you old fool. Why would anyone want more.

And we're not tired of hearing about those dam emails Bernie.

13 posted on 12/27/2015 1:25:01 PM PST by McGruff (Merry Christmas)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not bloody likely, since we working class people are supporting the non-working class with our taxes-the ones socialists like Bernie pour onto wasteful welfare programs-he is delusional...


14 posted on 12/27/2015 1:25:46 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Oceander

They’re refusing to pay attention to what Trump said in the past, too, so it won’t be hard for them.

This actually is a problem for Republicans, because about a third of GOP primary voters are actually Democrats, since we have so many open primaries. I think those voters will probably not vote in the Republican primary (you can only vote in one primary) and probably will vote for Bernie, who is promising them everything they could possibly want.

Many surveys have said that Hillary is so unpopular that Bernie might win in several primaries, and if he wins there, he’ll win in the general elections because many Trump voters will vote for him.


15 posted on 12/27/2015 1:26:00 PM PST by livius
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did he just go out for a couple of rounds of Doubles with Hilda? Was he sober when he said this?


16 posted on 12/27/2015 1:27:42 PM PST by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Pretty sad that Bernie was against TARP while Trump said they were better off if it passed.


17 posted on 12/27/2015 1:29:33 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why would Sanders want Trump supporters since he and other leftists consider them to be hayseed hick, gun toting rednecks. Sorry Bernie, but everyone, including Trump supporters, know you’re a socialist. No sale buddy. Keep fooling the sheep on the Democrat farm. They’re the only ones who buy your act!


18 posted on 12/27/2015 1:30:43 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: McGruff
"We're going to win because first we're going to explain what Democratic socialism is."

-- Bernie Sanders

When are you going to get started on that project, Bernie?
19 posted on 12/27/2015 1:30:43 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, if Bernie said he would close the borders and temporarily cease muslim immigration......


20 posted on 12/27/2015 1:32:07 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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