Posted on 03/23/2025 2:27:44 PM PDT by Libloather
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., got up during a pre-taped ABC "This Week" interview that aired Sunday, and accused Jonathan Karl of asking a "nonsense" question about whether Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., should run for Senate.
Right after calling Ocasio-Cortez "extraordinary," Sanders would not answer a question about whether he would like to see her in the Senate. Speculation has ramped up about AOC challenging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a primary after Schumer supported a government funding bill to avoid a partial shutdown.
"Right now, we have, as I said, just a whole lot of people in the Congress. OK, Jonathan. Thanks," Sanders said as he got up from his seat.
Karl told the senator that he had one more question for him.
"Well, I ask you – you know, you want to do nonsense, do nonsense. No, I don't want to talk about inside the Beltway stuff. I got 32,000 people," Sanders said, referencing the crowd that gathered Friday in Denver for an event with AOC.
Karl convinced Sanders to come back and sit down.
"Well, fine. But I don't want to talk about this. What was the last question?" Sanders asked.
Karl then asked about Sanders' future in politics.
"Right now, I am very proud that the people of the state of Vermont sent me back to the Senate with 63% of the vote," Sander said. "Right now I'm Vermont's senator. That's what I do, and I'm very happy to do it. I am 83 years of age, so. And I'm tired."
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But I do give her one plus. When compared to the most powerful dems in and out of Congress she has held an actual job.
I will be 85 next month, and I can mow my large lawn with a push mower. Sanders looks older than his age and has a bad posture of an old man.
Those crowds are mostly women, you could tell by the sound of the crowd.
Where, if her coworkers can believed, she stole the other bartenders' tips.
So yes, great preparation for public office
And student loans, which last I saw, she was still not paying off. Another resume enhancer for a democrat "public servant"
hmmmmmm ... apparently even a die-hard kommie like Senator Bernie considers it nonsense to contemplate AOC being in the Senate as a colleague ...
She should be all in for “no tax on tips”!
Btichy low IQ bar Wench to take on diminished aging Senate Minority leader....could be the fight of the century with no holds barred.
Okay. Can’t have everything.
Okay, Bernie, you are supposed to be a professional. You should have been ready for that question. Sample responses:
“I hope not, we need both of them in Congress right now.”
“AOC’s future is unlimited. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her as our first female and first Latina president.”
“How about them Mets?”
Walking out shows fear.
85. Hang in there. Gives me something to admire rather than just looking back.
Best.
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