Posted on 03/25/2025 8:24:35 AM PDT by Twotone
BURLINGTON, VT — The future of one of America's more well-known political figures was cast in doubt this week after news broke that the paid attendees of Bernie Sanders' rallies had voted to unionize.
The socialist icon who had built a large following over the last decade due to his anti-capitalist policies and large payroll of well-compensated supporters told his staffers that his campaign prospects were "in trouble" now that he would be forced to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with his paid rallygoers.
"These leftists are tough negotiators," Sanders reportedly told an aide. "For some reason, these commies think that banding together to demand equal pay and benefits from their wealthy employer is the right plan. They even told me if I don't give in to their demands, my entire rally crowd will go on strike. I'll be ruined!"
One member of the traveling rally crowd confirmed the threat. "We won't sit here and be treated like peasants," said Geoff Talbot, a paid Bernie supporter since 2016. "We've been slaving away for Bernie for years, and it's time for us to get what we deserve. We simply want him to pay his fair share, and we're willing to play hardball to get it. It would be a shame if he had to speak in front of a sea of empty seats. You saw what happened with Biden? That was nothing."
At publishing time, Sanders's office confirmed that the Vermont senator had agreed to double his rallygoers' pay and provide them with paid time off and a competitive healthcare plan.
That would be karmic
but it would only be a matter of time ,LOL
This is one of those headlines that, just for a moment, I entertained the possibility that it might actually be true BEFORE I looked to see if it was B. B.
“”” it might actually be true BEFORE I looked to see if it was B. B.”””
The Babylon Bee is much like the movie Idiocracy. It’s meant to be satire and humor but it is now dangerously close to reality.
Had me going for a minute...
Bernie would just be reaping what he sowed.
The democrat protest and speech audiences are already union members. Largest percent are in teacher unions and why the protests have larger crowds during the summer.
Only government controlled unions were allowed in the Soviet Union.
Genius.
LOL. I would pay for ringside seats to see Bernie’s paid rallygoers go on strike and picket his rallies.
And Bernie would have to refuse to cross a picket line.
Got me too.
The Bee stings again with another headline so close to the truth that it’s almost not satire.
THE STAFF AT THE BEE IS BEYOND SMART.
THEY ALL HAVE A WICKED SENSE OF HUMOR.
At publishing time, Sanders’s office confirmed that the Vermont senator had agreed to double his rallygoers’ pay and provide them with paid time off and a competitive healthcare plan.
ROFL
Bernie Followers have to get out of the basement at some point. The parents have to be downsizing soon and moving into other accommodations.
They want an annual salary not just the seasonal rate.
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