Bernie goes there - we need more to JUST FUCKING SAY THIS !!

[Pluvious]

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Good for him.

Link to tweet

We have a president who is a racist, a sexist, a bigot and a homophobe. I wish I didn't have to say that, but it is the damn truth. And we have to say it.

[Dan]

1. And an idiot who is easily influenced.

And has shown an unhealthy desire for his daughter.

[Power 2 the People]

2. Give em' hell Bernie!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Yeah, a lot of people have been saying that, and were saying that for years, but other people didn't

want to listen to them because they were black, gay or otherwise marginalized. So, yay now I guess?

[Tipperary]

4. Spot on. I have heard plenty of people say it.

Bernie, lol.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Bernie's saying it, so now we can believe it!

[NurseJackie]

10. Boom!

[progressoid]

13. A lot of people, yes. A lot of elected officials, not as much.

[pnwmom]

21. A former NY State Senator and Secretary of State has been saying it for years.

Well, what he is doing is broader even than that, because he has been racist, he has been sexist, he has been Islamophobic, he has been anti-LGBTQ. There is a long list.

https://www.indy100.com/article/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-racism-sexism-homophobia-islamophobia-washington-8566156

[WhiskeyGrinder]

23. Beat me to it.

[progressoid]

32. Well that's two.

[tinrobot]

5. Ummm... he's not the first to say that

Glad he's saying it, but how is this new?

[Rizen]

6. We have the entire Republican party that's all those things.

Trump's a symptom of a much larger disease, not the cause.

[spanone]

8. K&R...

[NurseJackie]

9. Gee! Who knew?

[sheshe2]

19. Planned Parenthood knew in 2016.

And they weren't afraid to say it out loud.

7 Times Trump Showed How Much of a Racist, Sexist Bully He Is
By Miriam Berg | July 22, 2016, 10:12 p.m.

Category: Voting



https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/blog/7-times-trump-showed-how-much-of-racist-sexist-bully-he

ToxicTrump is a project of Planned Parenthood.

[Hortensis]

11. Takes rare courage, so few dare.

If only even only one person here had the insight and guts to say this. But no.

[msongs]

12. umm 99% of DUers have been saying this for years. welcome 2 the club bernie nt

[Hortensis]

30. :) Guess you needed the big sarcasm emoji?

My best guess is there've been at leave several dozen to over 100 every day for something like 4 years now. Here alone. Then there are the media, who've made DU's pack seem as reticent as Sanders apparently has been.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

24. .

[qazplm135]

14. several of our candidates

have said iterations of this.

[TomCADem]

15. Bernie Sanders: I can win the backing of Donald Trump supporters

I thought Bernie was taking the tact Trump's appeals to racism and anti-immigrant hate were successful given the legitimate fears of his supporters?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/27/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-income-inequality

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he believes he can boost his own standing in the race by swaying supporters of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to back his campaign.
Sanders told CBS’s Face the Nation that many of Trump’s supporters have legitimate fears stemming from income inequality that Sanders is best positioned to address.
“What Trump has done with some success is taken that anger, taken those fears, which are legitimate, and converted them into anger against Mexicans, anger against Muslims,” Sanders said.
“In my view, that is the not way we are going to address the problems facing this country,” he said.

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Thank you, Bernie

for being the first to come right out and say it.

[pnwmom]

18. You're being sarcastic, right? More like, he's finally learned it -- from Hillary.

She said this last October, but she's been calling Trump on this for years.

https://www.indy100.com/article/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-racism-sexism-homophobia-islamophobia-washington-8566156

Well, what he is doing is broader even than that, because he has been racist, he has been sexist, he has been Islamophobic, he has been anti-LGBTQ. There is a long list.

[sheshe2]

27. See my post.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211988066#post19

Planned Parenthood was screaming it from the rooftops in 2016.

[pnwmom]

17. Looks like Bernie is finally getting around to what he disparaged as "identity politics." n/t

[Kablooie]

20. All qualities that Republicans admire.

Those are his biggest strengths and why he still has a strong chance of winning in 2020.

[JCMach1]

22. Ignores the elephant in the room

He's an anti-democratic authoritarian

[diva77]

25. And a grifter; always after that next grift

[johnp3907]

26. He didn't mention Trump's tax returns.

Oh wait.....

[empedocles]

28. . . .

[grantcart]

31. He will "soon"

[quickesst]

29. "More" have been saying this for a long time

Bernie is way behind on this. I don't understand why him saying it now is such a revelation.

[Yonnie3]

33. Locking ...

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