Should someone tell Briahna that BS is suppose to be running as a Dem?

[Cha]

[emulatorloo]

1. I am not sure Ms Gray can be told anything. She has her narrative and she's sticking with it.

I am sure Bernie put out a memo to the staff stating he’s a Democrat running for the Democratic nomination.

[Cha]

2. Yeah, I'm sure you're right,

emulatorloo... Briahna needs to catch up.. not sure her "narrative" is helping BS.

In fact don't 2020 candidates have a contract with the DNC to certify they'll run and serve as Dems if elected? Why yes they do..

Bernie Sanders Signs Democratic Party Loyalty Pledge For 2020 Run

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/700524861/bernie-sanders-signs-democratic-party-loyalty-pledge-for-2020-run

[highplainsdem]

18. If by her narrative you mean the words in quotes in that tweet, those were from AOC. At least

it's close paraphrasing.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/443518-sanders-and-ocasio-cortez-join-to-preach-green-new-deal-take-jabs

“I’m not here to tell you that all Democrats are good and all Republicans are bad and if you simply elect someone with a ‘D’ next to their name that our problems are solved,” Ocasio-Cortez told the crowd.

[ehrnst]

20. Anyone with that political philosophy wouldn't last long on DU. (nt)

[Eric J in MN]

3. Bernie Sanders is running for president as a Democrat

...but serving in the Senate as I-VT.

[emulatorloo]

4. Her hashtag is #Bernie2020. So I don't think she's posting about Vermont, as Bernie isn't running

for a Senate seat in Vermont in 2020.

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/700524861/bernie-sanders-signs-democratic-party-loyalty-pledge-for-2020-run

Bernie is running as Democrat in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary. Appears Ms. Gray posted her tweet in error.

Of course YMMV

[Cha]

6. Yeah, Sanders was elected

Senator in Vermont in 2018.

[Cha]

5. She's his #Bernie2020 Press Sec.. she's not

talking about Vermont.

[Hortensis]

9. I didn't realize he hadn't dumped that I in the senate. (!)

He's truly a man for everyone. He'll even call himself a centrist for those who want him to be.

[Cha]

10. Yeah, he's only a Dem when it's

convenient.. Apparently his press sec didn't get the memo, though.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

37. Or when the Democrats need his Caucus vote for a closely divided Senate.

There’s that too....

[Cha]

38. Not when he's bashing

the Dem Party.

Or when his press sec tweets this out..

[Hassin Bin Sober]

48. Or when he was the 60th vote for the ACA...

[Cha]

50. Yeah, he votes with the Dems

at times and then calls them "elite".. doesn't say much about him.

[betsuni]

7. Part of the plan to attract Trump voters.

[Cha]

8. Making BS an

"I" even though he has "D" after his name now.. lol

It's gets complicated when you try to pull one over.. remember this?..

Link to tweet

[Me.]

11. These People Are All So Tiresome

Morning Hoa

[Cha]

12. That's one way

to put.. and a good one.

Hoaaloha, Me!

[rusty quoin]

13. If Bernie changed from an Independent to a Democrat,

which Vermont doesn’t have Democrat or Republican, would it be against the rules to stop trashing him? That would be hard for lots of folks here if so.

[Cha]

14. BS did change to a Dem for this

election.. but his press sec acts like she doesn't know that.. while taking a shot at Dems.

They bring this on themselves.

Senator Leahy is a Democrat, BTW.

[WeekiWater]

15. You can run as a Democrat in Vermont.

Go look at every ballot Leahy has been on.

[NurseJackie]

16. That's simply not true. It's just the VOTERS who don't have to register one way or the other...

Vermont doesn’t have Democrat or Republican,

That's simply not true. It's just the VOTERS who don't have to register one way or the other... but the candidates and office-holders certainly can be Democrat or Republican.

[mcar]

17. Thank you for clarifying this

I could never make sense out of the claim, especially considering Leahy (D).

[WeekiWater]

24. Here is an image of their sample ballot.

http://www.p2016.org/states/ballots/vtballot.pdf

[mcar]

34. Thanks

[George II]

21. That is for voter registration, not candidate affiliation....

....the form that a candidate files with the Secretary of State of Vermont has a box for "Party Affiliation". The first several times he ran for office in Vermont he did so as a member of the Liberty Union Party.

[comradebillyboy]

22. Oddly enough the senior senator from Vermont is Democrat Patrick Leahy

and their governor is a Republican.

[ehrnst]

19. Well, that's special. I am told constantly that Bernie is a Democrat...

[Cha]

35. Yes.. and there's a signed

contact to prove it(for now, anyway). Briahna(press sec) really needs to keep up..

Bernie Sanders Signs Democratic Party Loyalty Pledge For 2020 Run

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/700524861/bernie-sanders-signs-democratic-party-loyalty-pledge-for-2020-run

[WeekiWater]

23. How does this not read as a threat to make a third party run?

This is directly from Sanders. It is not his National Press Secretary going rogue.

[Cha]

36. Good point.. maybe BS &

Sirota cooked this up.. so Brie could tweet it out?

[highplainsdem]

25. kick

[peggysue2]

26. Yes, what about those people with an "I" next to their name?

Are they the same people who always manage to find fault with the Democratic Party or who claim that Republicans and Democrats are cut from the same cloth, basically the same. Or maybe it's the "I" people who ride the coattails of the Democratic Party for the convenience of the PR and money come election time.

If those are the "I" people Ms Gray refers to, you can count me out. Because we've seen this picture show before.

[Cha]

62. BS' own words..

"It would be hypocritical of me to run as a Democrat because of the things I have said about the party." - Socialist Scholars Conference in New York City, April 1990

[still_one]

27. That Sanders hired Grey, who not only voted for Jill Stein, but encouraged others to do likewise is

one reason why I will not vote for Sanders in the primary

All the Democratic potential Democratic candidates are on my potential list in the primaries, except Sander and Gabbard

My 3 top choices right now are Biden, Harris, and Warren, but I can see that list expanding

[Cha]

67. Not only Grey.. but Sirotan and

Turner.. 3 high profile pushers of the Liar Jill Stein, who played a big part in handing us trump.

[aidbo]

28. only people on this website care whether he calls himself a Democrat or Independent

[LongtimeAZDem]

29. Not true; the Republicans are loving this

[aidbo]

30. why do you care about what the republicans think?

[LongtimeAZDem]

31. Because I'm not politically naive

[aidbo]

32. you sound like it to me

[LongtimeAZDem]

33. I believe you

[ehrnst]

40. You mean like they love the trashing of Biden by Democrats? (nt)

[Cha]

41. Ah.. No.. the point is BS signed a

contract that he's running as a Dem.. and here is his press sec saying that's he's running as an Indy.

It's either intentional or she made a big mistake.

Bernie Sanders Signs Democratic Party Loyalty Pledge For 2020 Run

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/700524861/bernie-sanders-signs-democratic-party-loyalty-pledge-for-2020-run

[aidbo]

44. My point was that no one but hyper-partisan Dems care.

[Cha]

46. BullFeathers.. If you're running as a Dem

get your press sec on the same page.. and quit playing games.

[aidbo]

47. Lol.

I can just imagine some guy in Michigan right now:

‘I was gonna vote for Bernie, but Bri Joy Gray tweeted that he was an independent, not a real democrat. Guess I’ll vote for Beto.’

Anyone who thinks it is a bad thing that “Bernie’s not even a real democrat!!!1” already isn’t going to vote for him in the primary.

So, if you think calling him an (I) discourages people from voting for him, you should be happy that Bri Bri is calling him an independent.

[Cha]

49. Briahna, the Jill Stein Voter, is

playing games.

[Uncle Joe]

53. No where in the article does Brianna say that Bernie is running as an Independent.

[Cha]

54. It's in Briahna's tweet..

[Uncle Joe]

55. I could be wrong but I believe Briahna is referring to

Bernie's history in the Congress and running for the Senate as an Independent if he doesn't win the nomination and G.E for the Presidency as an aside.

I believe she is trying to sway Independents; the largest segment of the population to vote for Bernie for the nomination for President and he would serve as a Democratic President, of this I have no doubt.

[Cha]

57. Nah.. she's tweets

BS#2020 right after that.

If she wanted to mean what you're explaining for her.. she should have said that.

Briahna isn't as clever as she thinks she is.

[Uncle Joe]

58. Briahna knows at least two things.

1. Bernie was an Independent and may be one running for the Senate, so she is using that as the emotional appeal for Independents to vote for him.

She also knows that

2. Bernie is running for the Presidency as a Democrat and if he ultimately wins WILL govern as such.

[Cha]

59. This is Briahna being "clever"...

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Uncle Joe]

60. No thanks Cha, I'm not re-fighting 2016.

Peace to you.

[Cha]

61. No one asked you to.. Briahna Dissing John Lewis in 2017..

our National Treasure.. and she disses him about his "cats".

[Cha]

63. BS calls himself a "dem" when

it's convenient..

"It would be hypocritical of me to run as a Democrat because of the things I have said about the party." - Socialist Scholars Conference in New York City, April 1990

[aidbo]

64. Nobody cares

[LongtimeAZDem]

65. Democrats do

[Cha]

66. You're wrong.. words matter..

[ehrnst]

39. But, but, but... isn't he "More 'Democrat' than most of the other Democrats?

So I hear.

[Cha]

45. That's the refrain.. we've

seen so many times!

But, I knew better.

[LibFarmer]

42. Even his staff knows what Bernie's true inclination is nt

[NYMinute]

43. Oh. My. God.

[Blue_true]

51. Let idiots like that keep talking. Symone Sanders saw the light but the

current fool of a press secretary never will.

[Cha]

52. I bet Symone is

seeing it even brighter now

[Blue_true]

56. Yep. nt