Photo: 2300+ strong out tonight in Wheeling, West Virginia to Fight Oligarchy

[Donkees]

Faiz Shakir
6:35 PM · Aug 8, 2025

[OMGWTF]

1. Bernie would have beat T💩p in 2016.

[calcin]

6. Bernie would have beat Trump

And yet he lost two primaries.

[Lucky Luciano]

12. He might have pulled some right wing populists away from fuckface.

[FoxNewsSucks]

17. and a lot of independents

[Skittles]

8. no, he would not have

NOPE

[BlueKentuckyGirl]

24. That's very convincing. (sarcasm)

Not taking a side here, but you don't give any reasons for asserting that Bernie couldn't have beaten Trump. If you are going to adamantly assert "NOPE", you must have a reason for saying so.

[CommonHumanity]

25. YES he would!!!

And imagine the difference it would have made. The mainstream dems were a few steps behind the voters who were hungry for real change, but got lies about change that would have improved their lives and real propaganda. Now we've got change for sure, the shittiest kind imaginable.

[Skittles]

29. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

not EVEN gonna bother

[AllaN01Bear]

2. ding.

[flashman13]

3. Give 'em hell Bernie!

[dawn5651]

4. wow what a great crowd ...bernie is a helluva good leader to bad the dems wouldn't pay attention.

[Hekate]

7. Too bad he refuses to be a Dem and always has refused

[FoxNewsSucks]

18. So????

He's a FAR better liberal and Democrat than any of the "centrist" types, who mainly seem to appease republicons.

I'll take his voting record and positions over the likes of Sinema, Manchin, Fetterman etc.

[Hekate]

19. This is a Democratic site. It exists to help Democrats get elected and stay in office....

Not 3rd party candidates. Not spoiler candidates. Democrats.

Bernie has always held himself apart — he and his followers feel such a sense of purity about that.
But. Bernie. Is. Not. A. Democrat.

You signed the Terms of Service. I suggest you reread them.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

[FoxNewsSucks]

30. He caucuses with the Democrats.

And I'll repeat - his policy and loyalty is more democratic than people like Manchin, Sinema & Fetterman. We need more of him on our side, and fewer backstabbers who take advantage of us.

Unless your point is that people like me are not welcome here, if so just. be. clear. about. it.

[Hekate]

31. That's not my call, but Bernie's in a sense. Liberals need to work together. I have always maintained that.

[Lucky Luciano]

33. THIS!

…is why we lose.

[dawn5651]

21. yes i know but that doesn't mean democrats can't get behind him.

[Hekate]

22. "Behind him" in what sense? We can learn from anyone. But if you mean vote in the GE for a non-Dem, 3rd-party, spoiler...

"Behind him" in what sense? We can learn from anyone. But if you mean vote in the GE for a non-Dem, 3rd-party, spoiler…

The answer is no. Again.

[snot]

27. Trump seemed to learn more from Bernie than many Dems.

Trump co-opted the appearance of concern for labor. Dems mostly just doubled down on less effective strategies.

[dawn5651]

32. i understand what you are saying hekate...but democrats can learn from bernie and aoc on how to deal with the gop

[Marie Marie]

5. And many young people seem to really like him and his message.

[Tree Lady]

13. My grandson voted for Bernie in primary

Didn't vote in general then is for Trump now. I think he is one of the young guys who feel messed up by women. His girlfriend really screwed him over, got pregnant then moved across the states. He just moved to where she is, got a place to live and job and visitation of his 3 yr old daughter. I am proud of him for that but not his political views.

[LilElf70]

9. Why we never

got behind this guy will always remain a mystery to me.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-bernie-sanders-is-most-popular-u-s-politician/

[Tree Lady]

14. I volunteered for his campaign in 2016

And of course voted for Hillary after.

I really love the guy, he shops in Costco like I do, I think people know he is one of us and cares about us. Not in it for the money.

[Hekate]

23. Bernie Bros and their arrogance toward women did not help. Bernie Bros pushing aside a hero ...

…of the Farmworkers’ movement because she is now a little old lady did not help. I mean literally shoving Dolores Huerta away from the podium, she who fought and organized beside Cesar Chavez and never gave up when his heart stopped beating.

And Bernie, Saint Bernie, never rebuked them. They behaved abominably toward women at that year’s Democratic Convention, and he never rebuked them or reined them in.

Bernie has a big blind spot about some of his followers. Bernie has a big blind spot about how women really live and what we do in this world.

I don’t want him for president. I want a Democrat.

And, once again, Bernie. Is. Not. A. Democrat.

[Oopsie Daisy]

26. 👍️

It's really simple: "as-a" is not the same thing as "is-a".

[montanacowboy]

10. is that venue

the Capitol or Court Theater?

[ArnoldLayne]

16. The Capitol Theater in Wheeling WV right now.

[democrank]

11. 50-state strategy....go everywhere

I appreciate Bernie’s efforts.

[UTUSN]

15. THANK you, Bernie!!!!!!!!!!!

[twodogsbarking]

20. Wheeling ain't happy then nobody is happy.

[usonian]

28. WOW! BERNIE'S A FIGHTER.

No Rope-a-Dope.

Give 'em, well .....



Bernie deserves a Nobel WAR prize, for
WAR ON OLIGARCHY.

And if the average Joe doesn't know what oligarchy is, here it is, plain as day.



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