Posted on 02/15/2020 2:13:11 PM PST by Kaslin
MESQUITE, Texas — North Texans voting in the second-largest Super Tuesday state in just two weeks arrived at the dirt-floored rodeo arena 13 miles east of Downtown Dallas to hear Democratic frontrunner Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally Friday night.
I have never been to a rodeo in my life but I do work in Washington, DC and I do hear a lot of bullshit, Sanders told the crowd of nearly 5,000 people before confidently announcing, Were gonna win Texas.
Polling released the same day tells a different story. The latest University of Texas/ Texas Tribune poll of Democratic voters in Texas found no candidate was close to winning a majority of delegates in the states complicated Democratic primary, stirring talks of a brokered convention this summer. While Bernie Sanders did lead at 24 percent (as more than one Sanders supporter informed me), former Vice President Joe Biden was closely behind at 22 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 15 percent, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at 10 percent.
Texas is a large, expensive state to win delegates in, leaving the door open for billionaires like Bloomberg, who has already committed $3 million to secure television spots in the San Antonio, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, Harlingen-Weslaco, and Houston markets. The Texas Democratic Party awards its 228 pledged delegates to candidates who win the most votes in each state Senate district, each with populations of about 806,000a lot of ground to cover for a single campaign.
Spending this lovely Valentines evening at the Bernie Sanders rally in Mesquite, TX pic.twitter.com/JHRdxoAiGs
— Madeline Osburn (@madelineorr) February 15, 2020
While there is a steady presence of Mike 2020 yard signs in wealthy North Dallas suburbs, Sanders’ Friday stump speech took on anti-Wall Street, anti-corporate, and anti-billionaire themes. When I asked attendees about who they would support as the Democratic nominee if not Sanders, the answer was always not Bloomberg.
In addition to Sanders usual racist and sexist insults toward Trump, the Vermont senator complained that, Donald Trump and his friends who believe in greed and corruption think that life is stepping one people in order to make as much money as you can. He then promised a federal $15 minimum wage to roaring applause.
Frustration with the Democratic National Committee was shared by both Sanders, who told the crowd his campaign was about taking on the democratic establishment, and rally attendees. Sharon Braden, 53, described Democrats as butt hurt for refusing to accept the party has shifted left. We dont need a centrist candidate. Thats what Hillary was. Theyre trying to do the same thing this time.
Melissa Horadan, 29, cited unfair treatment of Sanders by the mainstream media, particularly CNNs skewed debate question in which a moderator assumed Warrens premise that Sanders made sexist comments to her. Another voter, Katie Kasmir, 30, said she couldnt even find coverage of Sanders when scanning the Washington Post during the New Hampshire primary. Every article was like Mayor Pete, Klobuchar, over and over again and I was like Where is Bernie?
“The establishment is becoming very nervous…
This campaign is not just about Trump, it’s about taking on the Democratic establishment” pic.twitter.com/9NOo3HFDGe Madeline Osburn (@madelineorr) February 15, 2020
Channing Humphrey, an undecided African-American voter from Bedford, Texas said he was previously a Biden fan, even before Biden became Obamas vice president, but is dismayed by his performance as a candidate. Hes been too dependent on his early frontrunner status and is only running on polling better than Trump, Humphrey said. He hasnt promised anything new.
Bidens campaign strategy is heavily dependent on winning southern states, and his close second-place behind Sanders in Fridays poll is certainly significant considering his brutal losses in Iowa and New Hampshire. In 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who shared some of the same moderate, African-American support Biden now relies on, blew out Sanders in Texas with 65 percent of the vote, compared to Sanders’ 33 percent.
I think were going to do great in Nevada and South Carolina, Sanders told the rodeo arena before asking for their Texas vote. If we stand together and keep our eyes on the prize
no matter how big and how powerful the one percent is, we will defeat them.”
Dont get complacent. Theres enough brain mangled idiots who support such leftist tripe like Bernie the Red. Perhaps not in November but the future of the nation if this bunch ever comes to power will be a tilt towards darkness.
Ewwwwwww. Sanders was within a very few miles of me. Too close for comfort!
Ping.
Woof!
I met a corrupt kangaroo court small claims judge in Mesquite, TX once It was many years ago but since that’s the only reason I ever went there I’ll always associate the experience with Mesquite, TX!
A bespectacled cowboy playing a trumpet, and a damn fiddle.
Sounds exciting.
spectacle
Well, since I know the result on our side, I may need to vote for Bernie. He is the most beatable candidate in November and will drag down Dems nationwide. Operation Chaos 2.0.
Cant wait for the looks that I get at the polling place when I come in with a Trump 2020 t-shirt and then ask for a Demonrat ballot for the primary. :>)
“while the Liberals have to hire entertainment and give away free food and beer?”
only free stuff can attract people who think everything should be free ...
“... the crowd of nearly 5,000 people...”
I’m afraid I missed your point.
In Indiana you'll be asked to coverup or remove the political statement while within 200 feet of the polling booth.
Electioneering
Electioneering includes expressing support or opposition to any candidate or political party, or expressing approval or disapproval of a public question in any manner that could reasonably be expected to convey that support or opposition to another individual. It also includes wearing or displaying an article of clothing, sign, button, or placard which states the name of a political party or includes the name or likeness of any currently elected official. (IC 3-14-3-16)
State law authorizes a poll clerk to record the names of individuals who have signed the poll list and to make that record available to a political party watcher or pollbook holder who requests the information. The poll clerk must ensure that: 1) no voter is delayed in casting a vote as a result of the poll clerk preparing this record or providing the information; and 2) that the poll clerk does not engage in electioneering when providing this information. (IC 3-11-8-10.5; IC 3-11-8-29)
It is a Class A misdemeanor for any person to knowingly engage in electioneering within the polls or within the chute.
https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/2018%20Election%20Administrator%27s%20Manual.FINAL.pdf
Compared to Trump’s crowd size!
No; you people are NOT allowed up in the balconies.
A trumpet and a fiddle on the same stage is just wrong
When i saw the pic of the country band i thought maybe they sang an original song like.. Texas is Red But we Aren’t Communist.
Ok......ok
There was a recent decision in TX allowing it, on 1st Amendment grounds.
The white stripe that runs directly under the star field; for these morons it can be peeled back to show a blue/black stripe. Antifa my FRiend.
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