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Bestoffuture
10/16/22 1:47:42 PM
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https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3690749-bernie-sanders-says-democrats-should-have-the-guts-to-court-some-trump-voters/

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DarthAragorn
10/16/22 1:48:26 PM
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Hmm how about no

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ScazarMeltex
10/16/22 1:49:04 PM
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No thank you. What could I possibly say that would convince someone who has signed onto to worship a full on fascist?

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GreenMario
10/16/22 1:49:11 PM
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But how do you get people to vote for you that don't want what you're selling? I don't see the point in compromising your principles.

Of course I also don't understand people who don't believe the government should be helping it's citizens.

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Jagr_68
10/16/22 1:49:50 PM
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Democrats should do alot of things but many of them go against party goals.

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DeadBankerDream
10/16/22 1:49:52 PM
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What we need is a Democratic party that has the guts to stand up to them say, yeah, were going to take on the greed of the insurance companies and the drug companies and Wall Street. And I think if we do that some of those people, Im not saying all, will say, you know what, Im going to stand with the Democratic Party because on these economic issues, theyre far preferable to right wing Republicans, Sanders said on NBCs Meet the Press.

I mean, to me that doesn't sound like courting Trump voters as much as it sounds like accepting whatever ants run across the hill when carrying out Bernie Sanders' politics.

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GreenMario
10/16/22 1:50:40 PM
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I'd love it if Democrats were more willing to confront big business but I also don't see how that's courting Trump supporters.

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Mearcstapa
10/16/22 1:55:25 PM
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Anyone that still supported him in 2020, after everything that happened up to that point, and especially after what happened in the immediate aftermath of the election, is way too far gone to ever be reached.

It's a waste of effort to even try.

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Skyrim_Guard
10/16/22 1:57:08 PM
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I'm not meeting fascist half way

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Scohen
10/16/22 1:58:10 PM
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I knew old man Bernie was a GOP plant.

he is pulling the perhaps we should be a bit more racist, sexist and anti abortion just to broaden our base? Shit.

might as well just become republicans then

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GrandConjuraton
10/16/22 1:59:40 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
I mean, to me that doesn't sound like courting Trump voters as much as it sounds like accepting whatever ants run across the hill when carrying out Bernie Sanders' politics.
I love Bernie, but it really does sound like his usual talking points. He's only framing it a little differently.

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Umbreon
10/16/22 2:00:38 PM
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We tried that.

They would have none of it, and then they tried to overthrow a fair election with domestic terrorism.

So nah. Not interested in meeting that party halfway.

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Scohen
10/16/22 2:02:28 PM
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Umbreon posted...
We tried that.

They would have none of it, and then they tried to overthrow a fair election with domestic terrorism.

So nah. Not interested in meeting that party halfway.

well said. They just abuse the meet half way rhetoric.

they just triple down on their hateful shit so we meet them halfway and they end getting everything they wanted


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celestia3
10/16/22 2:03:38 PM
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We already run on taking the money out of politics and standing up to corporations. That's been a part of the Democratic platform for the past several cycles. The fact that the Republicans refuse to listen to it (and that Bernie-Women's-Rights-Are-A-Non-Issue-Distraction Sanders doesn't pay enough attention to the Democratic platform to fess up to that) prove that there's no point in pretending they'll ever support us.

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scar_the_1
10/16/22 2:22:58 PM
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Umbreon posted...
We tried that.

They would have none of it, and then they tried to overthrow a fair election with domestic terrorism.

So nah. Not interested in meeting that party halfway.
When did the Democrats last try to actually address the material interests of the working class?

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CableZL
10/16/22 2:23:41 PM
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Democrats have actually passed laws that will help Trump supporters during Biden's presidency. Trump supporters don't care.

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cjsdowg
10/16/22 2:26:50 PM
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I like Sanders but this is some bullshit. Fuck them. If you still support Trump at this point you are supporting a literal fascist. This is not hyperbole, this is literally what he is.

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Taharqa_
10/16/22 2:28:06 PM
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I'm not meeting white nationalist fascists halfway.

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scar_the_1
10/16/22 2:28:13 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
I like Sanders but this is some bullshit. Fuck them. If you still support Trump at this point you are supporting a literal fascist. This is not hyperbole, this is literally what he is.
What is it specifically that Bernie is saying that is bullshit?

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CableZL
10/16/22 2:28:21 PM
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scar_the_1 posted...
When did the Democrats last try to actually address the material interests of the working class?

  • PACT bill helps veterans, including those in the working class
  • The Inflation Reduction Act helps lots of people, including those in the working class. Lots of tax credits are included in that bill for things that the working class needs. The solar tax credit increased and extended will make the largest tax credit I'll likely ever see even larger. There are also renewed tax credits for electric vehicles, energy efficient home appliances like HVAC systems, water heaters, heat pumps, etc.
  • Student loan forgiveness will help about 44 million people with their student loan debt, even after Republicans pushed the Biden administration to drop those whose loans are serviced by certain private lenders.

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scar_the_1
10/16/22 2:30:52 PM
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CableZL posted...
* PACT bill helps veterans, including those in the working class
* The Inflation Reduction Act helps lots of people, including those in the working class. Lots of tax credits are included in that bill for things that the working class needs. The solar tax credit increased and extended will make the largest tax credit I'll likely ever see even larger. There are also renewed tax credits for electric vehicles, energy efficient home appliances like HVAC systems, water heaters, heat pumps, etc.
* Student loan forgiveness will help about 44 million people with their student loan debt, even after Republicans pushed the Biden administration to drop those whose loans are serviced by certain private lenders.
Nice. What does the PACT bill do? Tax credits look a bit broad but if they hit the right demographic that sounds good. When's the student loan forgiveness coming? Feels like it's been talked about for ages.

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cjsdowg
10/16/22 2:33:39 PM
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scar_the_1 posted...
What is it specifically that Bernie is saying that is bullshit

She should court Trump voters.

Most things that Dems do helps Trump voters. They help Trump voters more then they help their own. HOWEVER these people don't want to be helped. What they want is for gay people, black people and women to have less rigths.

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CableZL
10/16/22 2:34:36 PM
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scar_the_1 posted...
Nice. What does the PACT bill do? Tax credits look a bit broad but if they hit the right demographic that sounds good. When's the student loan forgiveness coming? Feels like it's been talked about for ages.

The PACT bill ensures that veterans who were exposed to toxic substances will be able to get healthcare for the suspected after-effects of that. For example, some veterans were deployed to areas in Iraq with burn pits that emitted lots of hazardous chemicals into the air. Lots of them are experiencing strange health issues that might stem from that, but it has been difficult for them to get healthcare based on that. That's why people like John Stewart were pushing so hard for that bill to pass.

The student loan forgiveness application is live now, so anyone who qualifies can apply for it at this moment. I've seen some videos posted by people who said they were able to apply quickly on their phones while they were in drive-throughs at fast food restaurants.

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emblem-man
10/16/22 2:35:44 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
What we need is a Democratic party that has the guts to stand up to them say, yeah, were going to take on the greed of the insurance companies and the drug companies and Wall Street. And I think if we do that some of those people, Im not saying all, will say, you know what, Im going to stand with the Democratic Party because on these economic issues, theyre far preferable to right wing Republicans, Sanders said on NBCs Meet the Press.

The inflation Reduction Act literally allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices so that there can be lower prices.

The inflation Reduction Act literally increases funding of IRS so that they can better go after the rich who avoid taxes.

Do the Republicans care? Not one bit

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scar_the_1
10/16/22 2:36:27 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
She should court Trump voters.
Did he actually say that, or did the headline say it?

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CableZL
10/16/22 2:36:30 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Most things that Dems do helps Trump voters. They help Trump voters more then they help their own. HOWEVER these people don't want to be helped. What they want is for gay people, black people and women to have less rigths.
Yep. Republicans were going around the country calling Biden's infrastructure bill a socialist wish list. After the bill passed, those same Republicans are now wanting money from it to be spent in their districts. Some of them are even trying to take credit for said "socialist money" coming to their districts even though they all voted against it.

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lilORANG
10/16/22 5:38:28 PM
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Courting Trump voters doesn't mean becoming Deplorable yourself. It just means explaining liberal policies in terms they understand. Bc liberal policies are overwhelmingly popular across the country when they are proposed in non-partisan terms, but right-wing folk have been brainwashed to hate anything a dem might suggest.

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K181
10/16/22 5:42:26 PM
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I mean... okay... but how? Become more -phobic, more tolerant of fake strongmen, more identity driven, more shit?

Hardcore Trumpers don't care for logic or reason. They just want to troll the libs.

Edit: this is not to say that the Dems shouldn't court more rural voters, though.

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RchHomieQuanChi
10/16/22 5:44:44 PM
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I mean, on one hand, Fred Hampton was able to get racists on board with his movement by pointing them at the corporations, politicians and police that were fucking them over.

But at this point, I think the average Trump supporter is too far gone to actually act in their own self-interest. They care more about sticking it to da libz than building a better country.

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Will_VIIII
10/16/22 5:45:57 PM
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Nah, everything I needed to know about Trump voters I learned from the Charlottesville rally. This is reinforced with said individuals showing up at a recent DeSantis rally.

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Xatrion
10/16/22 5:46:57 PM
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Goppers are idiots, and cannot be reasoned with, or 'courted'.

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Scohen
10/16/22 5:48:57 PM
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Will_VIIII posted...
Nah, everything I needed to know about Trump voters I learned from the Charlottesville rally. This is reinforced with said individuals showing up at a recent DeSantis rally.

what happened in that DeSantis rally?

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AloneIBreak
10/16/22 5:52:55 PM
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Its like he actually wants to win elections or something.

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Alteres
10/16/22 5:53:38 PM
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the entire fucking article is like two paragraphs, yet still...

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Scohen
10/16/22 5:54:32 PM
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AloneIBreak posted...
Its like he actually wants to win elections or something.

he sure helped Hillary and Biden

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Choco
10/16/22 5:54:44 PM
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wow i can't believe bernie is an alt-right nazi now v_v

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Will_VIIII
10/16/22 7:18:07 PM
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Scohen posted...
what happened in that DeSantis rally?
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article263800438.html

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ultimate_reaver
10/16/22 7:19:22 PM
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he's right. next tweet

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ChocoboMog123
10/16/22 7:34:17 PM
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Look, I think there are some extreme right-wing voters who are racists, who are sexist, who are homophobes, xenophobes and I dont think youre going to ever get them, Sanders said.

But I also think there are millions of people in this country, working class people who look at Washington and they say, you know what, Im falling further and further behind. I cant afford health care. I cant afford to send my kids to college. I cant afford the outrageous cost of prescription drugs. Who is listening to me?
This is basically what CE wants, minus the tribalism. Have values and a platform so strong that you entice even entrenched voters. There's a frightening number of voters who said, "If I can't vote for Bernie I'm voting for Trump, since at least he's not an insider." They don't see the Democratic party doing anything for them because their platform is so broad.

Meanwhile, Dems can't even pass a bill to limit stock trading amongst politicians. That's not a messaging issue, that's a value issue.
Though the Dark Brandon stuff definitely seems like a good step forwards in messaging, just need a better candidate to rally behind. Biden's platform is generally better 1-to-1 than Obama's, but really need that charisma especially in 202X.

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ZMythos
10/16/22 7:39:16 PM
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Many poor/struggling conservatives don't realize that the GOP is why they're poor.

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Humble_Novice
10/18/22 2:00:20 PM
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ZMythos posted...
Many poor/struggling conservatives don't realize that the GOP is why they're poor.
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