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Mr Lasastryke posted...

red sox 777 posted...

For the same reason they elected him the first time around in 2016. Because he is an outsider, because he is sane, because he is fixing the economy.

they voted for him in '16 because they were butthurt about the dems screwing over bernie, not for any of those reasons.

also, trump literally called bernie "crazy bernie sanders" on twitter yesterday. if he's so concerned about winning over bernie voters, why would he say that? just because he's not going after him as harshly as he goes after the squad (by which i mean that he's not splurging 30 tweets in a row about how he's racist, anti-semitic and someone who fucks family members) doesn't mean he's particularly nice to him.

I mean, it's Trump. We expect him to attack anyone who attacks him. And Bernie has been criticizing him. But Trump's attacks on Bernie have never been strong - they've been clearly half-hearted.

And no, Bernie voters only ever wanted what's best for the country/for the poor and lower middle class. Both economically and more importantly, spiritually in the sense of providing people with a sense of civic fulfillment, that their voices are heard. And Trump remains the only politician, other than Bernie and maybe Warren, who will listen.*

*I think AOC probably should be included in the group of politicians who listen, but Trump can get away with attacking her because her public persona doesn't quite match that. But if she moves back more to her original focus and doesn't engage too much with her Squad colleagues, I expect Trump's attacks on her will diminish as he realizes it doesn't help him to do so.
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