Jane Sanders Says Her Husband Is Not 'Friends' with Biden

[RandySF]

“It bothers Jane Sanders when people say her husband is ‘friends’ with Joe Biden. To be clear, she said, he isn’t, they aren’t, etc. Not even in the Washington sense of the word. The characterization is one she regards as false and in need of correction, which she issued at multiple points in the course of a phone call last month from Burlington, Vermont.”

Said Sanders: “We don’t go out together. We don’t get dinner together. We work together, all of us, whether it’s Jill and me, or Joe and Bernie. It’s built on work — and there are differences.”




https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/15/jane-sanders-says-her-husband-is-not-friends-with-biden/

[Lars39]

1. I've come to dislike her.

Both of them actually.

[Zoonart]

5. Me too.

This is the most important election of our lifetimes and what would it kill her?
You too, Bernie. If you are not going to help, just sit this out. OKAY?

[samnsara]

16. i never liked either of them..and for her to hint Sanders has friends is laughable..

...he reminds me of the cranky guy in UP




get off my lawn!

[agingdem]

32. I can't stand either one of them and since Jane is big on clarifying the word "like"

then allow me to clarify "can't stand".. go away, shut the hell up, no one gives a damn, you're not a Democrat...

[Kahuna]

45. Same. Though I never liked them. nt

[Trumpocalypse]

51. I did in 16

She’s a bit arrogant.

[uponit7771]

58. +1, this shit doesn't help

[moonscape]

92. Me too. But when I was first introduced to her

in 2016, I had superficial and positive thoughts. She's earthy! Not pretentious! How refreshing! Then ....

Yeah, me too.

[Spazito]

2. More noise from another irrelevant person...

trying in vain to keep herself and her husband in the news.

[LizBeth]

6. +1

[DesertRat]

19. 100%

[Squinch]

3. .

[sheshe2]

42. umm hmm

November 8 2016

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Now here we are 2020 with just shy of 200K dead Americans. Tell 200K dead Americans 'how we vote doesn't matter'.

[LizBeth]

4. I expect no less and even less than that. Why would any one imagine Sanders has anything with VP

Biden? I mean, I really have little to no expectations from Sanders. I doubt I am the only one.

[renate]

7. how is this even useful, Jane?

I'm glad they work together. I'd rather they worked together than partied together. But what is this little tidbit in aid of, Jane? The idea that Joe and Bernie are friends IRL is not important enough to be "in need of correction" at all.

[Hekate]

8. Aw Jane, you're such a sweetheart. Tell us how you really feel about the man who walloped Bernie

Hm? Because the majority chose Joe, and then Joe bent over backwards to get Bernie’s pet projects into the Dem platform. But it’s never enough with you, is it?

[NurseJackie]

64. She's dreadful.

I hate her.

[Roland99]

9. I'm crestfallen

[samnsara]

10. in 2016 i came to really dislike her..a LOT!

[Laelth]

11. Why is this important ... at all? n/t

-Laelth

[Yeehah]

20. It's not at all important

Just some folks getting in a good 10-minute hate.

[Cha]

47. You have that Backwards.. We wouldn't even be Discussing Jane Sanders If

she hadn't come up with this.. Why Did she think it was "important"?

"It bothers Jane Sanders when people say her husband is ‘friends’ with Joe Biden."

[MustLoveBeagles]

66. I don't know what the hell her deal is

[Cha]

68. I do.. but I'm not saying it here.

Hey Aloha, Beagles!

[MustLoveBeagles]

75. Aloha Cha

[Yeehah]

80. A former presidential candidate's wife's statements have no impact on anything

It is bizarre that people get their underwear wadded up about it.

[Cha]

82. Jane Sanders thought it was important.. should

she be denied her 15 minutes?

[Cha]

46. Ask Jane Sanders "Why THIS is So Important"..

"It bothers Jane Sanders when people say her husband is ‘friends’ with Joe Biden."

[Laelth]

61. That makes little sense to me.

But I have no interest in calling up Jane to ask her about it.

On the other hand, I might be curious to know why the OP thought it would be useful to post it.



-Laelth

[uponit7771]

59. A lot of people are not aware of how UN-helpful some are

[Cha]

74. Exactly.. it's news. DU doesn't shy away from POLITICAL

News! Or any other kind.

[Cha]

67. Ask Jane Sanders. We wouldn't even be talking

about her if she hadn't made it a POINT to say this.

I'd prefer she hadn't.

[Laelth]

70. I have no interest in calling up Jane and asking her.

I am curious to know, however, how posting Jsne’s comments here is useful ... in any way.



-Laelth

[Cha]

72. Because Dems on DU have a right to react

how they want to Jane Sanders' latest..

This board isn't in the business of covering up news.. good or bad.

[WA-03 Democrat]

12. So no double dating then.

She doesn’t have a Democratic bone in her body - an older Nina Turner if you will.

[comradebillyboy]

21. An apt comparison indeed...

[Statistical]

13. I know I am going to piss off other Sander's supports but I really hope ...

he never runs for anything ever again. Sadly I agree with him from a policy standpoint and voted for him in the primary.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Got Your Back

I liked him a lot for a long time, but I question his ability to prioritize or compartmentalize, and his ability to control messaging from his inner circle is abysmal.

[betsuni]

14. And no saying "Happy Birthday" to anybody, either.

[steve2470]

15. thanks Jane Sanders for your help with defeating Trump !

[madaboutharry]

17. I think that Jane Sanders is a very bitter and unhappy person.

I think hanging out with Bernie for so many decades has made her a malcontent. She was very angry that he lost the nomination to Hillary and it seems she hasn't gotten over it.

Comments like this, that anyone thinking Joe and Bernie are friends is in need "of correction" are divisive and unhelpful.

Such a comment is also unnecessary because according to a number of Senators, Bernie doesn't have any friends in the Senate.

[Trumpocalypse]

53. I read once

And I don’t remember where, that Sanders was the Democrats Ted Cruz.

[kentuck]

18. That doesn't help.

[demmiblue]

22. As an aside, why do people keep posting this website instead of posting the original source?

I'm guessing that people don't want to read more than a headline and/or a couple of simplified paragraphs.

(This is not a commentary on the actual substance of the original article)

[comradebillyboy]

30. The Daily Beast story is fairly long and the money quote is

well buried. The TW piece, brief as it is, conveys Jane's sentiments quite well.

[demmiblue]

39. People are lazy-minded, that is my take. n/t

[comradebillyboy]

40. Well that too I suppose...

[greenjar_01]

23. Good Lord the nerve of these fucking people

[LanternWaste]

49. Ironic... at its generous best.

"Life is complicated... Motives and tactics and actions in the heat of the moment are complicated. It's never all one or the other."

[Midnight Writer]

25. Why would she feel the need to express this? Less than two months from the election?

[comradebillyboy]

26. Ah, that Jane. She's such a ray of sunshine isn't she?

She likely has even fewer friends than Bernie.

[DonaldsRump]

27. Sounds like a really bitter person to me

Bitter and wholly irrelevant.

[Yavin4]

28. Trump does not have the corner on Narcissism.

Maybe it's social media? I don't know, but people can't keep their shit quiet for a few weeks for the biggest cause in our lives. The primaries are over. If you don't have anything nice to say, keep it to yourself until Nov. 4th.

[yardwork]

29. WTF?! Why bring this up now?!

Edited to add: my response is directed at Jane Sanders, not the OP.

[The Magistrate]

37. She Is Worried Trump Might Not Win, Sir

So she wants to get in there pitching and do what she can to help.

[greenjar_01]

41. Ding ding ding

She saw some recent internals from her handlers.

[yardwork]

48. Sadly, I think you are correct, Sir.

P.S. I am female.

[JI7]

76. Yup, I have been noticing it starting up among the usual ones

[DesertRat]

31. It's a very petty and unnecessary comment

The goal is to defeat the DT which requires coming together across differences.

But I still remember her 11/8/16 tweet "How we voted is not as important as that we voted"... I guess she hasn't changed.

[still_one]

33. Was thar really necessary Jane?

[Me.]

34. He's Not Friends With Anyone

ask his staff and fellow senators

[Cha]

52. lol.. Well, there is THAT.

Joe Biden has lots of Friends.. Voters, too!

[unitedwethrive]

35. Actually, this makes me like Joe and Jill even more.

[radius777]

36. Bernie himself has said (iirc) 'my friend Joe Biden'

on multiple occasions, about how Biden was one of the few 'establishment' types to reach out to him.

They're workplace friends, nobody ever said they were friends otherwise. Don't know why Jane is doing this now, is counterproductive when we need unity as election day nears.

[beachbumbob]

38. does Bernie have any friends? Again, just another MSM story to inflict distraction.

and an eager disgruntle wife glad to assist

[unitedwethrive]

43. You can tell a lot about a person's character in how they handle defeat.

Look at the difference here versus people like Cory, Pete, Amy, Elizabeth, etc. Not to mention Hillary!

[democrank]

44. U-N-I-T-Y, not division

[mcar]

50. Go away Jane

[oasis]

54. "When we go low, they go to the White House" ---anonymous.

[DesertRat]

56. It's literally the title of the Buzzfeed article

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-relationship-friends

[RandySF]

57. If only my candidate profiles got this much attention.

[maxrandb]

60. Who?

[BlueLucy]

62. Wasn't it Bernie himself who said he and Joe were friends?

[pnwmom]

71. Yes. So she's calling her husband a liar. n/t

[ibegurpard]

63. So what?

I'm not friends with him either.
But i'm voting for him.

[MustLoveBeagles]

65. Really Jane?

How is this helpful?

[GaYellowDawg]

69. Sanders strikes me as

Someone who couldn't really be friends with anyone who didn't 100% agree with him. Of course I could be very wrong, but that's how he strikes me.

[we can do it]

73. Who cares?

[betsuni]

77. It's about the movement. Jane evidently listened to David Sirota:

"Joe Biden won't be the next FDR unless there are people like Bernie Sanders and other progressive leaders in Congress waking up every single day knowing that their job is not to be friends with Biden. Their job is to push Joe Biden whether he likes it or not. It can't be both. You have to choose."

No paling around!

[Cha]

83. lol@Fucking David, trump Blood o his hands, Sirota.. Pusher of Jill Stein LIES.

[Tarheel_Dem]

79. The one consolation, for me, is that Jane will NEVER be anywhere near the Oval Office. Much like....

DJT and the presidency, she is the antithesis of everything a First Lady should be.

[Cha]

84. Amen to that, Sister!

[Tarheel_Dem]

89. We dodged a bullet, and for that I will be forever grateful.

[Cha]

90. As am I! We All worked long &

hard to make it happen.

Tarheel

[Bettie]

81. People can work together without being friends

it happens all the time.

[Sogo]

85. Jane Who??

Is she just bitter?

[Cha]

86. What's Jane Sanders' Purpose in Contradicting her husband

who said they were "friends"?

[jayfish]

87. Ok, WTF Are They Saying Anything Right Now?

It "bothers" me when people don't know when, or even how, to keep their fecking mouths shut.

[trueblue2007]

88. WHO CARES !!!!!!!!!!!! IS BERNIE "FRIENDS" WITH ANYONE.

i view him as a crotchy kinda man. not friends, no happy bones HIS body.

[LiberalFighter]

91. I had a chance to listen to Sanders at a special gathering in 2012.

He did NOT move me or make me a fan of him back then.

On Jane. I don't have anything nice to say about her.