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Why Trump is tempting for berned Bernie supporters
The Sacramento Bee ^ | June 7th, 2016 | esmith@sacbee.com

Posted on 06/07/2016 3:11:08 PM PDT by Mariner

Maybe it’s umbrage fatigue. Maybe it’s resignation. All I know is it’s becoming harder and harder to get worked up about every self-serving, racist thing that escapes the orange-tinged lips of Donald Trump.

Most of his supporters certainly don’t seem to care. Just last week, I watched a group of them defend the presumptive Republican nominee, sneering at protesters who were chanting “Trump is a racist!” outside a rally at the Sacramento International Jet Center.

“Well, he’s also going to be our next president!” one supporter spat.

And that’s entirely possible – as scary as that is to admit. When voters in California and five other states head to the polls on Tuesday, Trump is sure to get millions of votes in this left-leaning state.

Somewhat less certain is what will happen with Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Polls had them running neck in neck in California, but the Associated Press reported Monday night that Clinton had enough delegates to win the nomination.

Soon, Sanders supporters will find themselves without a tribe in a year of tribal politics. They’ll have to decide whom to vote for in November. The logical choice would be Clinton. But some are threatening to vote for Trump.

Yes, Trump.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: becauseheisaliberal; demsfortrump; feelthebern
The Author Erika Smith says some nasty things, very nasty things about Trump supporters in this opinion article.

I posted her email just in case Freepers want to respond.

1 posted on 06/07/2016 3:11:08 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

Trump is enough of a non-conformist, non doctrinaire conservative OUTSIDER to appeal to Bernie’s more flexible supporters who for a myriad of reasons can’t stand Shrillary.


2 posted on 06/07/2016 3:14:04 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Don Corleone

Look for those Bernie supporters to either vote for Trump or stay home.


3 posted on 06/07/2016 3:21:45 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Mariner

“If America became Mexico again, this is what it would look like:
•The median poverty rate would be 46.2 percent (up from 45.5 percent last year)
•In rural areas, the poverty rate would be 76.2 percent
•Americans categorized as poor would earn $157.70 per month
•The middle class would have a quarterly income of between $2,000 and $4,000
•Entrepreneurship would be nearly impossible due to a convoluted tax system and the administrative complexities of registering a business
•Between 2007 and 2014, 164,000 people would have died in a drug war, more than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined during the same period

If America became Mexico, millions would likely cross the Canadian border in search of a better life.

This would likely create a Canadian version of Donald Trump calling for a wall.”

http://www.infowars.com/make-america-mexico-again/


4 posted on 06/07/2016 3:22:47 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Mariner

Go Bernie!


5 posted on 06/07/2016 3:26:06 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: combat_boots

Thanks for the link!


6 posted on 06/07/2016 3:34:48 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Mariner
Most of his supporters certainly don’t seem to care. Just last week, I watched a group of them defend the presumptive Republican nominee, sneering at protesters who were chanting “Trump is a racist!” outside a rally at the Sacramento International Jet Center.

“Well, he’s also going to be our next president!” one supporter spat.

The manipulative language is too much. Maybe the protesters were the ones "sneering" and "spitting," rather than just chanting.

Chances are, if somebody can't express their opinion in less slanted terms, they may not have much to say.

7 posted on 06/07/2016 4:08:08 PM PDT by x
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To: Mariner

the D propaganda machine is SUCCEEDING in portraying Mr. Trump as a mean, terrible “racist”

this will hurt him in the general election
even if 99 percent or even 101 percent FALSE


8 posted on 06/07/2016 4:16:57 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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Because these are the types who really don’t know the difference between socialism and capitalism?


9 posted on 06/07/2016 5:36:34 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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“Because these are the types who really don’t know the difference between socialism and capitalism?”

But they all understand “free $hit!


10 posted on 06/07/2016 5:41:05 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: faithhopecharity
"the D propaganda machine is SUCCEEDING in portraying Mr. Trump as a mean, terrible “racist”

Like Goldwater before him, it only succeeds because the Republicans pile on with the Dem meme.

11 posted on 06/07/2016 5:54:01 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: vette6387

Sadly...and in the same way that zombies understand “BRAINS”.


12 posted on 06/08/2016 3:41:10 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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