Sarah Sanders warns Trump backers about Bernie's momentum: 'We can take nothing for granted'

[mystery-ak]

Sarah Sanders warns Trump backers about Bernie's momentum: 'We can take nothing for granted'
By Victor Garcia | Fox News

    Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders warned supporters of President Trump on Saturday night not to underestimate Sen. Bernie Sanders following his projected victory in the Nevada Democratic caucuses.

"I think [Bernie Sanders] is looking like the presumptive Democrat nominee at this point. He's certainly moving in that direction," Sanders said on "Justice with Judge Jeanine." "And I think Republicans have to be extremely careful. We can take nothing for granted at this point. The stakes have literally never been higher."

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[mystery-ak]

I just have one question: How is this happening...why are so many Americans voting in the primaries for Bernie in the first place?

[Axeslinger]

@mystery-ak
 Because half of Democrats feel emboldened enough to let loose their totalitarian leanings and the other half are drooling morons who want free stuff

[mystery-ak]

@mystery-ak
 Because half of Democrats feel emboldened enough to let loose their totalitarian leanings and the other half are drooling morons who want free stuff

It is just so upsetting, at least for me, that so many would vote for a socialist/commie for President.

[LMAO]

I had a discussion with a Bernie backer who claimed Sanders never praised Ortega’s food lines as a sign of success

I think a lot of his backers do not know how insidious his Marxism really is.

But Sanders is right. You fight like your 20 points behind

[Snarknado]

It is just so upsetting, at least for me, that so many would vote for a socialist/commie for President.

Sanders could have defeated Clinton in 2016 - there's nothing new here except the fragmentation of his opposition. Do you think there's a dem who doesn't think single-payer health care would be an improvement? The disagreement isn't over socialism, it's over whether they can get there without disguising their motives.

[Fishrrman]

mystery wonders:
"I just have one question: How is this happening...why are so many Americans voting in the primaries for Bernie in the first place?"

See:
Antonio Gramsci (the "long march" through the institutions of learning, now nearing its victory)
The Frankfurt School
Herbert Marcuse and "critical theory"...

[Fishrrman]

Will it come down to this ???

[thackney]

It is just so upsetting, at least for me, that so many would vote for a socialist/commie for President.

Most people do not understand that "share the wealth" programs ALWAYS become "share the poverty" realities.

[Snarknado]

Most people do not understand that "share the wealth" programs ALWAYS become "share the poverty" realities.

And for starters we should be doing a lot more to spell out the reality that Medicare-for-all is really Medicaid-for-all - then let's see how it polls.

[verga]

I just have one question: How is this happening...why are so many Americans voting in the primaries for Bernie in the first place?

Word for word, exactly what my wife asked last night. I told her "All they see is the free cheese, they don't see the trap it is resting in." @mystery-ak

[don-o]

I am seriously considering taking advantage of the Tennessee open primary to vote for a Democrat. I'm intending to vote Sanders. Y'all talk me out of it.
edit: I do see a upside to helping deny Bernie to amp up the outrage, so Butti is a strong possibility

[thackney]

I am seriously considering taking advantage of the Tennessee open primary to vote for a Democrat. I'm intending to vote Sanders. Y'all talk me out of it.
edit: I do see a upside to helping deny Bernie to amp up the outrage, so Butti is a strong possibility

Operation Chaos 2.0

[don-o]

Operation Chaos 2.0

I am not a regular listener. Has Rush launched that officially?

[thackney]

I am not a regular listener. Has Rush launched that officially?

I do not know.

[aligncare]

It is just so upsetting, at least for me, that so many would vote for a socialist/commie for President.

Don’t let the media rattle you when they report comrade Sanders is getting huge rally crowds and blew out his competitors in Nevada.

The number of supporters who voted for Sanders in Nevada, or who attend rallies for the commie bastard, was tiny compared with Trump, about the size of the numbers of people waiting in line for the bathroom at a typical Trump Rally.

[Jazzhead]

Yes, folks, Bernie Sanders can win.   If you want to know why, then just consider how and why Trump won.   Sanders is to the Dems as Trump is to the GOP - a populist outsider who thrills and motivates his supporters by scratching the itch of their perceived oppression.

If Trump insists on making this election a referendum on himself rather than on the economy (and you know damn well he and the media will),  Sanders can win.   That is why it is doggone foolish to assume that Bernie is Trump's best possible opponent.  The progs know that Bernie can win,  because they know that Trump is uniquely vulnerable.   And the risk if he were to win is existential.   

[Jazzhead]

I am seriously considering taking advantage of the Tennessee open primary to vote for a Democrat. I'm intending to vote Sanders. Y'all talk me out of it.

That would be a monumentally stupid thing to do.   

[Right_in_Virginia]

If Trump insists on making this election a referendum on himself rather than on the economy   

Relax @Jazzhead The economy is the number one issue in the reelection campaign ... which is why the democrats will do anything to crash it.

The referendum the President is campaigning on is socialism or freedom.

You should know this.

[Right_in_Virginia]

It is just so upsetting, at least for me, that so many would vote for a socialist/commie for President.

It's public education's chickens coming home to roost @mystery-ak   The younger generation has no idea what makes this country an economic powerhouse and what happens when this ends.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Yes, folks, Bernie Sanders can win.   If you want to know why, then just consider how and why Trump won.   Sanders is to the Dems as Trump is to the GOP - a populist outsider who thrills and motivates his supporters by scratching the itch of their perceived oppression.

If Trump insists on making this election a referendum on himself rather than on the economy (and you know damn well he and the media will),  Sanders can win.   That is why it is doggone foolish to assume that Bernie is Trump's best possible opponent.  The progs know that Bernie can win,  because they know that Trump is uniquely vulnerable.   And the risk if he were to win is existential.   

I agree with most of this -- Bernie certainly can win.

The only part with which I'd take some issue is comparing Bernie to Trump.  I do see the similarities you are talking about, but I also see a core difference.  I'm convinced that Trump won both the nomination and the election because of one issue -- immigration.  Both the Democrat party as a whole and the GOP establishment had been massively out of step with the electorate on that issue for at least a decade.  Trump focusing like a laser on that issue and being willing to talk about it in decidedly un-PC terms convinced a lot of people that he was serious about it.  Most of the other candidates considered it gauche to be anti-immigrant (or even just anti-illegal) and so he pretty much had that entire lane to himself.

I don't see an equivalent issue for Bernie that will enable him to cross party lines/appeal to independents to that same degree.

All that being said, I do agree with your overall point that Bernie being the nominee is hardly a certain winner for Trump.

[LMAO]

I agree with most of this -- Bernie certainly can win.

The only part with which I'd take some issue is comparing Bernie to Trump.  I do see the similarities you are talking about, but I also see a core difference.  I'm convinced that Trump won both the nomination and the election because of one issue -- immigration.  Both the Democrat party as a whole and the GOP establishment had been massively out of step with the electorate on that issue for at least a decade.  Trump focusing like a laser on that issue and being willing to talk about it in decidedly un-PC terms convinced a lot of people that he was serious about it.  Most of the other candidates considered it gauche to be anti-immigrant (or even just anti-illegal) and so he pretty much had that entire lane to himself.

I don't see an equivalent issue for Bernie that will enable him to cross party lines/appeal to independents to that same degree.

All that being said, I do agree with your overall point that Bernie being the nominee is hardly a certain winner for Trump.

 Someone over the weekend tried to claim that if Bernie is the nominee Trump won’t even have to campaign. And that is as furthest from the truth as you can get. Bernie Sanders can be beat very handily because his positions and his viewpoints are outside out of the American main stream but that doesn’t mean you can just sit back and behave anyway you want.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Someone over the weekend tried to claim that if Bernie is the nominee Trump won’t even have to campaign. And that is as furthest from the truth as you can get. Bernie Sanders can be beat very handily because his positions and his viewpoints are outside out of the American main stream but that doesn’t mean you can just sit back and behave anyway you want.

Bernie might appeal to enough blue-collar Democrats in places like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to tip those states back to the Democrats.  I think Ohio is probably safe, but we certainly could lose that election.

[aligncare]

Someone over the weekend tried to claim that if Bernie is the nominee Trump won’t even have to campaign. And that is as furthest from the truth as you can get. Bernie Sanders can be beat very handily because his positions and his viewpoints are outside out of the American main stream but that doesn’t mean you can just sit back and behave anyway you want.

With two choices to pick from, there’s a good chance one of them wins. 

[LMAO]

With two choices to pick from, there’s a good chance one of them wins. 

I think my overall point is is that Trump should fight Sanders is if he’s 20 points behind. It appears that there is now an early attempt to define Bernie Sanders as I’ve seen more  of Sanders past statements praising brutal socialist regime’s and even claiming that food lines were actually a good thing. Sanders didn’t help himself over the weekend by giving some praise to the Castro regime  at least as far as Florida politics are concerned

I would be safe in going around the country and asking people if they think having people wait in line for rationed food is a good thing the answer would probably be no by a very vast majority