Why does Trump hardly ever attack Bernie?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Hillary attacks Trump.

Trump attacks Hillary.

Bernie and Trump attack Hillary.

Trump hardly ever attacks Bernie.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Why, a wasted attack, he has said socialist. They called Obama socialist though

He isn't, Sanders has said he is a socialist.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. There is so much more to work with...

I have no problem with socialism in principle but the term is so amorphous I need to know what the person using it thinks it means. I do have a huge problem with folks who want to impose it on the people without their consent.

[Thinkingabout]

5. Yes but if he could get Sanders to the GE Trump would win, it will be brutal.

[Mz Pip]

2. Waste of time

Sanders won't be his opponent. Besides, so many Sanders supporters are saying they'll vote for Trump.

Kind of a "The enemy of my enmity is your friend."

[lunamagica]

3. He believes Sanders supporters will switch to him. I hope he is wrong

[TwilightZone]

6. A couple of reasons: 1) no point, because Hillary is going to be his opponent.

And 2) he's hoping that by kissing up to Sanders on occasion some of his supporters will be dumb enough to vote for him in November.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Bernie is using Donald ...

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Let me preface my remarks by saying the Supers aren't going to overturn the will of the people. However with Trump and the GOP machine attacking Hillary and leaving Bernie alone he is going to poll better. That's just common sense. In the minds of him and his supporters he and they believe it will sway the Supers. They are much more sophisticated.

He has hardly had a glove laid on him.

[TwilightZone]

10. Agreed. These polls are irrelevant for those very reasons.

She's running against two people right now, Sanders and Trump. Sanders hasn't been vetted in any meaningful way and the bitter Bernie backers are no doubt voting for Trump in some of these polls if Bernie isn't an option. Once he drops out and endorses Hillary, then we can worry about the polls.

The argument that it's going to somehow sway the Supers is, frankly, nuts, but so is their reasoning for a lot of other things. First, the Supers all know that this race is over, and second, he's been attacking them for months. I'm sure they're in a big hurry to jump ship, but not the direction he thinks.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. If you look at the polls a lot more HRC voters say they would support BS than vice versa.

That's because Hillary hasn't created an atmosphere where her supporters hate Bernie.

[TwilightZone]

16. Well, that and we're Democrats.

That's kind of what Democrats do. Support other Democrats over Republicans, even ones who are only Dems of convenience. Partly, because we understand math. Ben Nelson annoyed the hell out of me (well, everyone), but he was still better than the complete nutjobs he was running against, like Ricketts, who is now governor and proving to everyone what a tool he is.

It's also because we live in the real world, where even Sanders at his very worst is light-years better than Trump at his best. It's not complicated.

[underthematrix]

7. Bernie is not a threat to NAZI Trump. He knows Bernie is not going to

be the DEM nominee

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Trump would rather face Bernie than face Hillary.

They think he would be easier to defeat in the GE. The right wing smear campaign against Bernie would be very ugly.

[Basic LA]

11. Can you imagine what they'd throw at him.

The commie/red/pinko cannons are loaded.

[Downwinder]

13. Rent collectors usually get someone else to do their dirty work.

[liberal N proud]

14. 2 reasons; Even Trump know Bernie can't win and BS is working for Trump

The vindictive path that Bernie Sanders is taking plays right into Trump's playbook. It couldn't be better for Trump as BS feeds the hate machine that call themselves his supporters.

[mcar]

15. He's too busy stealing Bernie's attack lines

And urging him to run 3rd party.

[DemonGoddess]

17. Because he wants to run against Bernie

If Bernie was his opponent, he'd win. The RW attack machine would go full out, and Bernie would be done in a matter of days.

He can't do that to Hillary, because the RW attack machine has been going after her for over 25 years already, and it hasn't worked.

[Kaleva]

18. Same reason Trump doesn't attack Webb, O'Malley and Chafee

He's not going to waste time attacking candidates who are no longer relevant.

[jmowreader]

19. He's not immune to attacking him, but he knows the greater threat is Hillary

At a rally in Cleveland, Trump came right out and called Sanders a communist.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/mar/13/donald-trump-calls-bernie-sanders-a-communist-at-cleveland-rally-video

I think it's happened a few other times as well...he calls Bernie a communist and Hillary crooked and an enabler of her husband's adultery...which is rich, coming from a guy who has committed acts of adultery all by himself, and who's in an industry where dealing with the Mafia is a daily occurrence.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Same reason Republicans in general don't

He's their dream opponent.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-04-18/despite-polls-republicans-see-sanders-as-an-easier-opponent

[beachbumbob]

21. Bernie never be the nominee is top reason.

[Historic NY]

22. Birds of a feather stick together....

[Cha]

23. He wants to run against BS.. he's keeping his powder dry.. well that's gonna dry up.

[BlueCaliDem]

24. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That's why.

And yes, Sanders has made himself to be the enemy of Hillary Clinton, democracy (no matter what he screeches at his rallies), and the Democratic Party while pretending to be a liberal or socialist or whatever he's calling himself these days. And Dishonest-Donald is a-ok with that.

[Her Sister]

25. Trump loves America and he knows that BS is a great guy!

You know Trump is that kind of guy! Very wise! and kind!

Trump also knows qualified when he sees it! and so does BS!

Trump and Bernie are both what's good for America!

Vote for both! ~ Make American great!