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'People will sit at home': Sanders supporters threaten to boycott election if Democrats pick Biden
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 1/17/2020 | Naomi Lim

Posted on 01/18/2020 9:10:30 AM PST by rktman

Bernie Sanders supporters are warning that a lack of enthusiasm for Joe Biden could bring about the same result that nominating another establishment Democrat did four years ago: electing Donald Trump.

Sanders backers fret the socialist Vermont senator, 78, is being consistently ignored and underestimated by Beltway insiders and a Washington-based press corps — the same bunch, in their view, who failed to predict Trump's 2016 White House win and were sure Hillary Clinton, who beat Sanders for the Democratic nomination, would easily prevail.

They're particularly steamed Sanders, a socialist who has been in Congress since 1991, isn't getting his due though he's proven to have staying power in public opinion and fundraising, even after suffering a heart attack last October. As of last week, he leads a tight four-horse race in Iowa ahead of the first-in-the-nation caucuses on Feb. 3, raising a record figure of $34.5 million in the final financial quarter of 2019 for a total of $96 million.

Nominating a career center-left candidate such as Biden, the former vice president and 36-year Delaware senator, would dampen enthusiasm by the liberal populist grassroots, Sanders backers contend.

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To: rktman

Sit at home?

Isn’t that what they do all of the time anyway?


21 posted on 01/18/2020 9:54:53 AM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: dp0622

Two more than I got.

https://heavy.com/news/2019/06/bernie-sanders-house-home-photos/


22 posted on 01/18/2020 9:55:04 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Sit home, please! Do NOT go to the polls and write him in!


23 posted on 01/18/2020 10:00:13 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Leep

Or Romney?


24 posted on 01/18/2020 10:00:42 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: wastoute

10% of Bernie supporters voted for Trump??? That’s insane.


25 posted on 01/18/2020 10:01:28 AM PST by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Of course they know he’s gonna win . that’s why the last hail Mary the deep state has 2 options: this impeachment garbage or the jfk way..


26 posted on 01/18/2020 10:03:21 AM PST by max americana (Fired ONE libtard at work at every election since 2008 because I enjoy them crying)
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To: rktman

but, but, but.......

Hillary still won the popular vote

Bloomberg will not


27 posted on 01/18/2020 10:03:36 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: JimRed

Well they can now phone in their vote. 1-800-dum-bass. They’ll record your vote appropriately. :-)


28 posted on 01/18/2020 10:03:48 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Do any of his rabid followers who are just getting by ask him why he doesn’t share the keys?

Or the money from his salary and book?

To each according to his needs...

I guess not.


29 posted on 01/18/2020 10:04:04 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: DPMD
There is little reason to believe that Nominee Sanders would cause a split in the dem party. It would be hilarious but illustrative to see how, if sanders is nominated, democrats declare him the best thing since sliced bread. the worship would be universal, however nauseating. It would just be democrats being themselves.

The difference with Bernie is he really believes his "reform" ideas and he'd be extremely dangerous to the entrenched powers. He's like the polar opposite of Pres. Trump, but equally dangerous to the Uniparty.

30 posted on 01/18/2020 10:05:17 AM PST by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: jmacusa

That too. Foremost. Joes mind is addled. He never did have the brains for anything but corrupt politics. It’s all he’s ever done since high school. That mixed with dementia will make this election an ugly rout by Trump n

They know it

Watch the senate. It’s their only hope. They’ll steal it.


31 posted on 01/18/2020 10:05:26 AM PST by stanne
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To: max americana

That little factoid only came out in the last few days. I bet they tried to protect that secret more than the nuclear codes.


32 posted on 01/18/2020 10:07:59 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Flick Lives

The Rats know they cannot nominate Bernie. Two thirds of their funding would not just evaporate. It would sublimate.


33 posted on 01/18/2020 10:09:44 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: rktman

Senile old Commie, or senile old pedphile... decisions, decisions...


34 posted on 01/18/2020 10:10:15 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: volunbeer
He could legitimately win the nomination, which spells certain defeat in the general.

Why would you assume Bernie spells certain defeat in the general? Bernie is ignorant and insane. His policy agenda is evil and incompetent. He is a perfect fit for today's democrat party, except for being white and heterosexual.

35 posted on 01/18/2020 10:10:28 AM PST by sphinx
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To: LIConFem
"I’m picturing a few thousand Sanders supporters with bandaged tongues."

I'm not sure how obvious it would be.


36 posted on 01/18/2020 10:15:00 AM PST by clearcarbon
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To: rktman

Awwwww, just like a good Commie!


37 posted on 01/18/2020 10:26:43 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: wastoute

“Trump could very well get 50 state’s EVs.”

On days when I’m feeling blue, I’m going to remind myself of this! :)


38 posted on 01/18/2020 10:27:04 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: rktman

#Walkaway


39 posted on 01/18/2020 10:27:40 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Notthereyet

Oh, I take nothing for granted - and I pray...A LOT! :)


40 posted on 01/18/2020 10:32:51 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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