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I can't find the interview, but a week or so ago, a Democrat congressman admitted that Joe Biden didn't gain the Democrat nomination in 2020 because he was the best choice to beat Donald Trump. He won the nomination because he was the best choice to beat Bernie Sanders.
There are genuine, good-faith moderate centrist voters, but at the higher levels of government, there aren't any good-faith, genuine moderate centrist politicians. They work for their wealthy donors, and they know it.
Edit: Found it, quote is at ~7:20
I try not to get vitriolic but I fucking hate the DNC. They slanted things towards Clinton in 2016 and we got Trump. They slanted things towards Biden in 2020 and we’re now in a truly unimaginable spot trying to just keep a vague democracy thing going. The country is in such bad straits— really, the world— all to screw over one guy just because he said socialism.
Far right ideology is rising shockingly quickly since Trump brought it to the west. Perhaps I am naive, but I believe that Bernie’s policies would have calmed the brewing storm of far right fury. Politicians could scream all they want about it, but Medicare is so objectively better that I think enough lower class right-wingers would’ve loved it. Like the guys who got their loans forgiven and were like “oh shit an actual benefit, if it’s for me I guess it’s not so bad”
Definitely interested to see that article if you can track it down.
Here is the interview, the quote is at ~7:20
Add ?t=7m20s to your youtu.be links for timestamps.
https://youtu.be/wpJ41u9GN8Y?t=7m20s
I'm not surprised one bit
Bernie was winning handily until half the field dropped out and endorsed Biden right before Super Tuesday, which is when Biden started winning. Pretending he just won in a purely fair and honest race is silly, we all saw the collusion.
And if you're referring to the 2024 primary, pretending that was a real race is even more silly.
Not my photo and I don't entirely remember its context but I'd saved it back then because it really struck me how blatant the Bernie censorship was
I said the Democrat leadership chose him. You said that doesn't matter because he won the primary. I said he won the primary in part because Democrat leadership chose him, and here's how. I never complained. What they did wasn't cheating or illegal, and I don't think it should be.
No need to project a bunch of feelings onto me.
It doesn't matter. You either get votes or you don't. They could've picked coalesced around anyone. What difference does it make? Bernie had a good a chance as anyone in 2020. He just didn't win.
You're basically just rehashing the same "it isn't fair" that a bunch of people do. It was completely fair but Bernie's fanbase was not nearly as big. Or that didn't show up. My entire point.
Edit- lot of butthurt people that can't accept reality evidently.