Sanders: I am an existential threat to the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.

[RandySF]

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[Cha]

1. Actually I've heard that before.

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Glad he has met the enemy and it is us.

[Me.]

26. Good One!

[TwilightZone]

45. +1

[uponit7771]

67. +1, same shit different year with this guy

[spooky3]

3. I would feel better if he said he was an existential threat to the Trump administration. nt

[catbyte]

4. +1000

That's why I just threw my support behind Biden. This kind of polarizing bullshit is unnecessary and counterproductive.

[spooky3]

7. yes

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[NNadir]

12. Not to disagree, but I think that number could use a few more zeros after it, at least 3 if not more

[treestar]

19. +1

[PatSeg]

25. Yes and quit making Democrats the enemy

We are divided enough and he keeps adding fuel to the fire.

[MH1]

44. + a million. But we know

that destroying the Trump administration is NOT his first priority.

[Fran2020]

5. Yes he is! Amen, Bernie. No more neoliberalism.

[Steven Maurer]

41. There really are no Reagan followers or Milton Friedman economics in the Democratic party...

Which is the actual definition of the word "neoliberal".

[evertonfc]

6. A Democratic socialist

dividing our party. No thanks

[OhZone]

8. Grammerly says -

He used too many words.

Just need to drop "corporate wing of the " to be more clear.

ha

[Squinch]

9. In what way? What has he ever done that threatens anything?

[AGeddy]

10. So I guess 70% of blacks in SC are part of the "corporate wing" of the party

What Bernie means is that he is opposed by the non-socialist wing of the party.


And he is frustrated that, after four years, he hasn't made any inroads and expanded his base.

[rzemanfl]

11. Existential threat yes....

[Hav]

32. Sounds like a purge is coming

or whatever those calling for a revolution fantasize about. Doesn't sound that much different than the rhetoric used by dictators. He seems to be a fan of those.

[George II]

13. He spends too much time and effort fighting the people he would have to work with IF he wins...

...not realizing its things that this that will do the opposite.

[treestar]

18. +1

[uponit7771]

68. +1,

[SunSeeker]

14. The Democratic Party had not ignored the working class and middle class.

What a pile of bullshit.

[ucrdem]

15. LOL, he's holding a rally today in Silicon Valley

It doesn't get any more corporate wing than that.

[JudyM]

43. He is rallying workers. The corporate wing refers to those who are doing the will of corporate mgmt.

Big difference.

[redstateblues]

58. "Doing the will of corporate management"? People have jobs. They have mortgages

This corporate masters straw men is BS(bull shit)

[JudyM]

61. You may have misunderstood. I was not talking about the employees.

[PupCamo]

64. you're my new hero

[treestar]

16. very divisive

why is he making a division with the "corporate wing" whatever that is?

Why did the Democrats let him run when he is so negative?

[Stuart G]

42. He is "making a division" in our party, because that is who he is.

Bernie divides. Let's say he gets the nomination. Is the so called, "corporate wing" going to support him? Are our rich donators going to help Bernie? Yes, we do have rich and corporate donators on our side. You need money to run an effective campaign. Lots of money. Lots and lots of money to run a national campaign against Trump. Will Bernie get money from the "corporate wing" if he is our nominee?
....So, Bernie has something very stupid about some of our largest donators. Is that wise?

[FirstLight]

17. *eyeroll* ...to everyone who take this as a PERSONAL attack:

Let me explain, he is talking about the Oligarchy that runs this country...the Electoral College, the 1% BOTH pretend to be either Dem or Repub, but what they really represent is MONEY and keeping ALL of it while we break our backs to work for crumbs.

I'm so tired of having to repeat this because everyone gets all upset because he is challenging the STATUS-QUO...and it deserves to be challenged!

[Yavin4]

20. Which one do you think that the Democratic rank file hates more...?

1. Corporate America?

or

2. Donald Trump?


Not getting this answer correct can doom a campaign for the nomination of the party.

[FirstLight]

23. I don't think it is an either/or question....

They are one & the same IMO

[Yavin4]

24. Wrong answer.

Democrats hate and fear Trump above everything else at the moment. Not understanding that one simple fact dooms any campaign for the nomination.

Corporate America may be Hydra, but Trump is Thanos.

[Fresh_Start]

27. +1 nt

nt

[Celerity]

48. SNAP

[TwilightZone]

49. Nope. We can't do anything about corporate America unless we get rid of Trump.

This isn't complicated.

Also, equating Trump to corporate America is laughable. In the CA world, he's just one idiot running a fake foundation.

[Squinch]

29. And what has BS ever gotten DONE that changes the status quo?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

37. Then why didn't he say that? He was specific.

[msongs]

40. bernie is part of the oligarchy but dont remind..existential threats and all. nt

[DanTex]

46. Thank you!

Great post.

I don’t understand how anyone would feel personally attacked by this. Corporations are not people.

[gollygee]

62. No, he's being intentionally divisive

That's what he does. He doesn't just divide the country. He divides the Democratic Party too.

[lapucelle]

63. No one is taking this as a personal attack. It's an attack on the Democratic Party.

If it's about the apocryphal "Oligarchy that runs our country", why does BS single out Democrats who are members of the fictitious Oligarchy?

The "what BS is really talking about" tactic doesn't work. His words are clear.

[Kurt V.]

21. true enough

[blm]

22. Financial industry only fears ONE candidate and that is Warren. Bernie has long

talked the talk, while Warren takes the fight to them and WINS.

[emmaverybo]

28. Delusions of grandeur.

[showblue22]

30. Does that mean he doesn't need our votes?

[Fresh_Start]

31. is there a mailing list or website for this corporate wing of the democratic party?

I'd like to understand what they have to offer compared to whining and identifying lists of enemies...

[redstateblues]

60. google straw men

[MineralMan]

33. Then, you will lose.

[Politicub]

34. The text at the bottom of the screen in hilarious in relation to what Bernie said.

He's not acting as someone would who wants to enlarge the coalition.

He doesn't recognize that lifelong democrats like me and so many of us have worked our fingers to the bone and gone through shoe leather to support our candidates.

That's the establishment. That's the grassroots. I am the establishment. And the democrats as an organization go back more than two hundred years. I'm proud of my party and resent that Bernie says so many toxic, demotivating things about the individuals who comprise it.

[FirstLight]

50. ...

Okay, you can certainly think you are the backbone
But the corporations and the ones who buy our elections would like you to continue thinking that, while they continue to move around power and money

[grantcart]

59. He is talking about the Obama wing of the party

In Sanders mind he is the only non corporate guy in the party

And he isn't bringing in anyone new.

He is getting fewer voters than he did 4 years ago

[grantcart]

57. Great catch

[Lunabell]

36. I am the working class

And I support Bernie's message. My wages as a nurse have been stagnant.

[frazzled]

65. So, if he took a $2,800 contribution to get elected and help you raise your wages

and did so "at a rich person's house," would you curse his name?

Good lord, this obsessive focus on rich people's houses is beginning to verge on Trump-level crazy.

[Lunabell]

69. You don't have to be so rude

How about a little commiseration for a hard working nurse on the front lines of life saving efforts. You're lack of empathy is very telling.

[frazzled]

70. The comment about rich peoples' houses wasn't directed at you

It was referring to the tweet and the candidate who said it. Sorry, I should have been more specific.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

38. This is just another example of Sanders' excessive vanity.

In his mind, he's the most important person in the country. This isn't new either. He's had this attitude his whole career.

[blm]

51. Exactly.

[zackymilly]

39. Bernie should fire his make-up artist. Way too much blush making him look red. n/t

[Blue_true]

47. As opposed to allowing the palor in his skin to show?

They seem to have made a calculated decision that too much blush is the better alternative image wise.

[polichick]

52. That's why they came out guns a'blazing this past week...

There’s a lot of money invested in the status quo.

[gollygee]

53. "Corporate wing of the Democratic party"

That's just stupid propaganda. These wings are imagined. There are people who know how to govern, and people who just throw out promises they couldn't possibly keep under any circumstances, but being sensible doesn't make you a "corporate wing."

[krawhitham]

54. An existential threat to the Democratic Party more like it

[LaurenOlimina]

55. good.

[Bucky]

56. I like so many of his ideas

But we need free enterprise tamed and put in service of the public good, not eliminated. Capital is a force of nature, no different than labor or natural resources. We're not out to destroy it. We only want its energy channeled for the benefit of all.

[honest.abe]

66. Who is the corporate wing??

[Gothmog]

71. Joe Biden is a real life long Democrat

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