Bernie Sanders underperformed Kamala Harris in his home state.

[lapucelle]

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https://electionresults.vermont.gov/#/federal

[SunSeeker]

1. Will he cut back on the finger wagging at Kamala/Democrats now?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris-loss_n_672bdf02e4b01cfbdad3aca8

[lapucelle]

2. Remember when he named Tulsi Gabbard a *fellow* at his *Institute*?

[Cha]

5. Apparently not.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[Cha]

6. Preach It , Brother!

Thank You, LMPV!

Link to tweet

[tritsofme]

4. He should have retired a decade ago.

[newdeal2]

7. He is wrong on this line of criticism, especially at this time

But I still value his voice and seat.

[tritsofme]

8. I value his opinion as much as Trump's, to each their own I suppose.

[Elessar Zappa]

11. Comparing Sanders to Trump is ridiculous.

Trump is a fascist and a threat to democracy, Bernie Sanders is not. I don’t agree with him on some things and his 2016 attitude pissed me off but c’mon.

[tritsofme]

12. I don't think they are at all comparable figures. I just hold their opinions in the same value.

Both are irrelevant to me.

[Uncle Joe]

9. Bernie wasn't running against convicted felon *rump. n/t

[JohnSJ]

32. no, but what started this movement against the Democrats was the people who ran his campaign in the primaries against

Hillary, David Sirota, Nina Turner, Brhiana Joy Gray, Cornell West, all of them not only refused to support the Democratic nominee in the general election, and encouraged others to do likewise, and it mattered.

Yes, the Comey interference, and the MSM pushing the lie that "the email investigation was reopened" were main contributing factors, but that so many of those who were part of the Sander's campaigned, not only refused to vote for Hillary, but encouraged others to do likewise was the coup de grace.

In every critical swing state Hillary lost by less than 1%, while in the critical swing states Jill Stein received 1% of the vote.

It didn't take much, but it was enough.

When Biden ran in 2020, was no run away election. It was very close in those swing states.

So when Sander falsely accuses the Harris campaign and Democrats of not supporting labor, it is bullshit.

Not only did Democrats support labor, but President Biden actually walked the picket line with them, and one of Harris major focus on her campaign was embracing labor.

Labor split the vote between trump and Harris, which wasn't a good thing, and reminded me of those Reagan Democrats who were comprised of labor and the unions, who voted for Reagan over Carter.

That was the beginning of the unravelling of the power of the unions, and they have been suffering ever since. I suspect they will soon come to realize the same fate soon enough when trump takes over the reigns of power.

[Elessar Zappa]

10. Why does this matter?

[SunImp]

13. Some people just have some unhinged obsession with attacking that man

[Cha]

18. Wait a minute .. Sanders Attacked the Dems. Keep UP..

We're calling him OUT for False Accusations against Pres Biden, VP Kamala Harris, and our Democratic Party!

[yardwork]

28. Yes! This is the kind of speaking out we need to do!

Sanders attacked us. I sure as hell have the right to push back.

[lapucelle]

20. Nah. Some people have an unhinged obsession with bashing the Democrats.

[SunImp]

21. Both can be true and they both need to finally grow up

[lapucelle]

22. I agree that trash-talking "the Democrats" yesterday showed poor impulse control.

[BannonsLiver]

29. It's because he's so sanctimonious

[lapucelle]

14. Which part? Underperforming the Democratic candidate for president,

or having named a Trump acolyte/transition team member as a *fellow* at the *Sanders Institute*?

[Sundance1220]

15. There are those that feel

Sen Sanders crapped the bed by trashing Democrats for losing the election. The timing was tone deaf and it looks like he underperformed VP Harris in his home state.

[Autumn]

16. Bernie still won his election. He wasn't running nation wide either. Was he?

[Sundance1220]

23. But fewer of HIS OWN

people voted for him. I think that's embarrassing. And what do you have to say about him being completely gone deaf in his timing. I've never been a Bernie fan. It's crap like this that is merely one of the reasons

[Autumn]

24. I'm a Bernie fan. I rarely disagree with him.

[Cha]

19. Because Sanders attacked Pres Biden, VP Kamala Harris

and the Dems for "Abandoning Working People" Which is Not true.

Link to tweet

-Millions of jobs were created.
-Unemployment has remained low.
-Manufacturing returned to the US.
-Prescription prices were lowered.
-More Americans have healthcare than ever before.
-Billions were given to student debt relief.
-The American Rescue Plan got Americans back to work, covered Cobra payments, and even directly gave Americans money.

Let's stop pretending that nothing was done by this administration when it inherited a pandemic, a migrant crisis, and high inflation and managed not only to address all of those issues through Republican obstruction but accomplished much more as well.

There's always more to do, and mistakes happen, but to act like Democrats abandoned the working class is ridiculous.

Tell me how you're going to get Universal healthcare through a Republican Congress, Mr. Sanders.

And, the OP shows Kamala Outperformed Sanders in his own state of Vermont.

[Cha]

17. Well Well Well... What does Sanders have to say about THAT?

Mahalo, lapucelle.

[karynnj]

25. The difference is basically noise. Itactually might reflect that he went to many states to HELP Harris and

did very little campaigning in Vermont. Oddly, that is something New England cares about.

[JohnSJ]

26. and those states he went to, Wisconsin for example he sure didn't help us particularly. Just like when Barnes was

running against Johnson in Wisconsin. Barnes had a significant lead, then Bernie endorsed him, Barnes embraced that endorsement, and Sanders went to Wisconsin to campaign for him. After that, the lead Barnes had was completely erased.

[tritsofme]

31. lol, the only people that "screwed" Bernie were the millions of Democratic primary voters who clearly rejected him.

[DinahMoeHum]

30. Methinks Sanders has a severe case. . .

. . .of the Nothing-But-The-Best-For-The-Oppressed syndrome.

Too many times he's let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

[awesomerwb1]

33. He was sooooo quick to post his "analysis" the day after

[snot]

34. A lot of people fault him for capitulating to establishment Dems

. They think he should have fought harder against the DNC's cheating and gone third party.

I'm not sure what to think; I suspect he made a deal that gave him more power in the Senate than he would have had otherwise.