Just curious, since people are making an issue of it...

[TDale313]

Does anyone know if the Ossoff campaign wanted Senator Sander's public support/help? If not, maybe the bashing is a bit unwarranted 🙄

[LisaM]

1. I don't know. I called the Sanders office in response to someone else's remark

that Senator Sanders hadn't even mentioned the race in a tweet, much less done any campaigning. If you want to call the Ossoff campaign and report back, feel free. I would love to know the answer.

[lies]

2. My feeling

is that unless EVERY OTHER Democratic Party politician was campaigning for him then there's no issue except the made-up one the anti-Sanders mob is trying to create.

So, we should make a list and any Democratic Party politician that didn't support Ossoff should be trashed the way people are trashing Sanders... sure let's run them out of the party for being traitors while we're at it...

Sooooooooo much fake outrage all directed at one person, by the same crowd that always attacks that same person.

I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling like the obsession people have with trashing Bernie is a huge turnoff - he is much more popular and trusted than the majority of the party after all.

[LisaM]

4. Hey, I didn't trash him, but if he is going on the road as a self-appointed spokesman for the Dems,

he should acknowledge the race. As should have a multitude of other people, to be fair. We were within a hair of winning it and the only national voice on the matter was Donald Trump.

Sanders, though, has been highly critical of the Democrats and how they've campaigned. Here is a golden opportunity. He either wasn't wanted (unclear), or he punted. I would like to know which. I think that is completely fair.

[lies]

11. Again

The focus on here has been calling him out by name in multiple threads for doing something dozens (hundreds probablys) of Democrats didn't do.

And the reason is just pure hate.

It's always the same people attacking him and ignoring the fact that while almost all Democrats are doing basically nothing for the party, Sanders is out on the road trying to get people engaged with the party.

And his thanks?

Being called every name under the sun by Democrats every day and for the most pathetic reasons possible.

This endless hypocritical attacking of Sanders is turning off people. And the main response here? We don't need those people anyway.

It's a recipe for 8 years of Trump.

[Tanuki]

3. This much I know....

https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-reload-for-georgia-runoff-but-party-divisions-remain-1492626238?tesla=y
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Meanwhile, Sanders is coming to Omaha to campaign for Heath Mello....

https://www.google.com/amp/journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/states-may-require-ultrasound-before-abortion/article_3e406d52-1489-5adf-b16c-c627a48ac03e.amp.html
...."Sen. Heath Mello, a Democrat who said he opposes abortion, signed on as a co-sponsor, calling the measure a “positive first step to reducing the number of abortions in Nebraska.”

“It seemed like a good compromise, without bringing in the constitutional issues seen in other states,” he said."....

[pnwmom]

6. So Sanders will campaign for an anti-abortion person but he wouldn't even bother

to find out what Ossoff's policies were, in a key race.

[Qutzupalotl]

5. There were five Dems in the race.

Why should he play favorites at that stage? Let's see if he helps (or is asked to) with the runoff.

[pnwmom]

7. Because the others were barely running and it was obvious they couldn't win. Each got less

than a half percent.

[Qutzupalotl]

8. Shouldn't the DNC have pressured the other Dems to drop out?

To consolidate the D vote?

[pnwmom]

9. Maybe. Do you know that it didn't? n/t

[Qutzupalotl]

10. That seems wiser than expecting an Independent senator to come in and save the day.

Do you know whether Sanders was asked to help?

[LisaM]

12. As I've said multiple times, no. I don't know that. I'd love to know.

But considering he's doing a whistle stop tour with the head of the DNC, commenting endlessly about what Democrats do wrong, and we are hassled every day with how the presidential campaign was so terrible and Hillary did everything under the sun wrong, it would be nice to see at least a comment.

[Qutzupalotl]

13. Wouldn't the head of the DNC be the logical person to ask for help?

It just seems like you're asking a lot of someone who isn't a Democrat anymore.