Posted on 04/29/2017 10:57:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Senator Bernie Sanders has said it is “likely” he would have beaten Donald Trump in the 2016 election, but that “it doesn’t matter” now that Mr Trump is president.
He was speaking on Showtime’s The Circus when he was asked about populism in the US and how Mr Trump had tapped into it to win.
“What I recognised was pain. All over this country people are hurting and they are hurting very badly. Trump understood that, by the way, and that's why he said, 'The whole system sucks. I'm going to blow it up,’” Mr Sanders said.
Mr Sanders has been an outspoken critic of the president's policy on the environment, healthcare, the economy, and a host of other issues.
Mr Sanders’ campaign run garnered millions of supporters however he ultimately lost the Democratic Party’s nomination to Hillary Clinton....
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Wonderful. Thanks. I notice the book is avail at the local library. Will let you know what I think of it. Cheers.
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