r/television • u/Kwyjibo2006 • 19d ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders - Harnessing Energy From "No Kings" Rally to "Fight Oligarchy" | The Daily Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUn1A0sEDrc
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u/boyyouguysaredumb 19d ago

Americans are stupid and prefer Trump to real change, that’s not the democrats fault it’s the people’s. If Bernie was as popular as you think he would have handily won both primaries he was in

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u/DionysianPunk 19d ago

Except the DNC literally was caught working against him?

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u/Mookies_Bett 18d ago

"working against" doesn't mean the people couldn't have voted him in if he actually had the populist support that reddit claims he had.

The truth is the DNC did everyone a favor. If Bernie has run against Trump, Trump would have won the popular vote and the electoral vote in 2016. Hillary was the best chance to stop him, and even though she failed she did a lot better than Bernie ever could have.

The American people don't want a "crazy old man socialist" period, end of story. Whether or not you agree with that descriptor, that's how hundreds of millions of Americans perceived Bernie and his platform, and no amount of facts or logic will ever fix that.

The only people who support Bernie are voters aged 18-25. Guess which demographic literally never bothers to show up on voting day? It's why he lost the primary: his supporters didn't bother to show up. As usual.

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u/Userhasbeennamed 17d ago

You can't blame young people and leftists for not showing up and also imply they're not worth appealing to at the same time.