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Bernie campaign slams Warren as candidate of the elite - BS Always Goes Negative [View all]
I see a lot of threads that seem to buy into this BS talking point that BS may continue to campaign because he wants to promote his issues. We heard this talking point before. It is based on this idea that BS is running a campaign based on the issues.
Yet, what have actually seen? BS and his surrogates repeatedly attack the "establishment" and push this false equivalency between Democrats and the Republicans. Bernie's MO is to attack the character of his opponents. There is no question. BS is going to stay in race and do his best to undermine Democratic chances in the general election while pretending that his campaign is based on the issues. Even in the midst of catastrophe, his campaign will side with Trump against Democrats:
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As Bernie Surrogate Susan Sarandon, explained by worsening the results under Trump, this will help plant the seeds for a revolution: "Some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately, if he gets in. Then things will really, you know, explode," Sarandon said, referring to the political "revolution" Sanders preaches about on the trail.
Don't fall for BS's supposed struggle as to whether he will remain in the race. He will and he is just pretending to struggle so that he can be the center of attention. In the end, BS is going to stay in, and do his best to hurt our chances of winning the Presidency and taking back Congress, because if Democrats win, the people might actually be happy with a competent government.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/11/bernie-quietly-goes-negative-on-warren-097594
DES MOINES, Iowa — The nonaggression pact between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren is seriously fraying.
Sanders’ campaign has begun stealthily attacking Warren as a candidate of the upper crust who could not expand the Democratic base in a general election, according to talking points his campaign is using to sway voters and obtained by POLITICO.
The script instructs Sanders volunteers to tell voters leaning toward the Massachusetts senator that the “people who support her are highly-educated, more affluent people who are going to show up and vote Democratic no matter what” and that “she's bringing no new bases into the Democratic Party.”
“I like Elizabeth Warren. [optional]” the script begins. “In fact, she’s my second choice. But here’s my concern about her.” It then pivots to the criticisms of Warren.
Sanders’ campaign has begun stealthily attacking Warren as a candidate of the upper crust who could not expand the Democratic base in a general election, according to talking points his campaign is using to sway voters and obtained by POLITICO.
The script instructs Sanders volunteers to tell voters leaning toward the Massachusetts senator that the “people who support her are highly-educated, more affluent people who are going to show up and vote Democratic no matter what” and that “she's bringing no new bases into the Democratic Party.”
“I like Elizabeth Warren. [optional]” the script begins. “In fact, she’s my second choice. But here’s my concern about her.” It then pivots to the criticisms of Warren.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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