Tucker Carlson Delivers GOP a Warning: Bernie Sanders Could Win 'Many Thousands' of Trump Voters

[JoeOtterbein]

Mediaite

By Josh Feldman Jan 20th, 2020, 9:08 pm

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson warned Republicans tonight about how 2020 isn’t in the bag for them and how Bernie Sanders in particular could beat President Donald Trump and even win over some of his supporters.

“Republicans are starting to think that victory is assured, and that’s a mistake,” he said. “America remains as divided as it was three years ago… Trump could lose. Will he lose? Well, that depends entirely what he runs on.”

Carlson said Trump’s “MAGA” message clearly resonated with voters who saw Trump as someone who could solve their problems.

The economic numbers now, Carlson said, are good but things are “not fixed”:

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more Repub losing their fecal matter about Bernie at link

[NYMinute]

1. GOP oppo will eviscerate and pulverize Sanders even before the campaign starts

[boomer_wv]

2. That's because

a lot of Trump voters WERE Bernie voters.

[JoeOtterbein]

4. Thanks for making the point that Bernie will lead the stray...

...back home!

[NCProgressive]

6. They were not doing it for the love of Bernie but to weaken Hillary

It is obvious

[JoeOtterbein]

8. I do not care where votes against Trump come from because we...

...need every vote we can get!

[NCProgressive]

9. They will not vote for Bernie against Trump

People should remove their pink eyeglasses

[George II]

13. It won't be a problem, unless he runs third-party/independent.

[NCProgressive]

16. Even then, the Trump voters would still prefer Biden IMO nt

[lapfog_1]

14. Hillary is not running this time.

The Trump voters are not voting for Bernie no matter what Tucker Carlson says.

[boomer_wv]

18. And lose twice as many

real democrats in the process.

[JoeOtterbein]

19. Every REAL DEM WILL VOTE for OUR...

...NOMINEE!!!!

OR ELECT TRUMP!

(add a big period to that if needed)

[boomer_wv]

20. They won't.

You're fooling yourself.

Sanders and socialism would be a step too far for them. They'd just stay home. It's the very suburban college educated voters who helped turn the house blue. They're in the Dem camp now, they fit better in the Dem camp than in the GOP now. However, they aren't willing to go tot he far left.

The democratic party is a coalition, and the far left is a very small part of that. You can't expect for democrats to stick with somebody who has spent his entire life railing against democrats.

This is why he's unelectable. He loses the center, there most democrats are.

[JoeOtterbein]

21. Afraid of a socialist tag when Trump is in...

...Putin's bag?

Nope!

[boomer_wv]

25. That's the fact.

Trump draping himself in a flag will beat Sanders talking about a revolution every time.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. And Trump wasn't their first choice in 2016.

[George II]

3. But he won't, unless he runs as a third party candidate.

[JoeOtterbein]

5. Just hope for the...

...best!

[still_one]

10. In the f**king open primaries because they know he will get slaughtered in the GE

[Firebrand Gary]

11. He sure could, in the Democratic PRIMARY...

and then in the general they will all vote for Trump!

Hugh Hewitt Says He’s Planning to Vote for Bernie Sanders in Virginia Democratic Primary.

https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/hugh-hewitt-says-hes-planning-to-vote-for-bernie-sanders-in-virginia-democratic-primary/

[JoeOtterbein]

12. Or Bernie could beat Trump into the...

...pulp he is!

[totodeinhere]

15. I don't really care what that white supremacist says.

I don't even like to hear his name.

[TwilightZone]

17. You're taking Tucker Carlson's motives at face value?

That's not a wise move. His underlying intent is pretty obvious and pretty transparent.

[Wawannabe]

22. Great time for you to become a fuckerson fan

Right on, man.

[peggysue2]

23. Oh yes, Tucker Carlson is the man I rely on for political predictions!

Really? Wonder what Rush Limbaugh says or Sean Hannity??

Because I'm sure they'd never lead us astray or have devious intentions.

[Tiggeroshii]

24. Of course he would.

But at this point we need to focus on getting IA. That is what I am most worried about at this point.

[DeminPennswoods]

26. Sanders' has a similar populist message, except from the left,

as Trump ran on in 2016. He's saying to these voters "I know your life is hard. I will make it better". That's a very powerful message.

I've posted this before, but in the 2016 primary in Pennsylvania, Sanders won about all the state's "red" counties. These places aren't full of leftist socialists, but they are full of struggling lower-to-middle class families who were receptive to this populist pitch.

[JoeOtterbein]

30. Bernie won here in York County.

As red as can be.

[Blue_Tires]

27. I step away for a few weeks and when I return

DU is citing Tucker Fucking Carlson??

Delete this shit, please...

[JoeOtterbein]

31. Ohhhhh nooooooooossss....

...sorry!

[Blue_Tires]

32. You boy is being played as a useful idiot and you know it

[LanternWaste]

33. Odd that... as you've criticized others for citing RW sources. Many times.

But we get it... you have to hold others to a higher standard than you hold yourself (and your candidate) to.

Not an action one would call courageous by any means, but any port in a storm, right?

[CentralMass]

29. Tucker is still a wanker even when he's right.

[TomCADem]

34. Agreed. Bernie Seems To Be A Favorite of Tucker Carlson and Ann Coulter...

...only Tulsi Gabbard could give him a run for their support among Democratic candidates.

https://www.newsweek.com/ann-coulter-bernie-sanders-borders-policy-2020-1399991

Right-wing pundit and immigration hawk Ann Coulter said she could vote and perhaps even work for democratic socialist Bernie Sanders if he stuck to his "original position" on U.S. border policy.

Sanders, the independent senator for Vermont and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the party's 2020 presidential nomination, is liberal on many immigration issues but is staunchly opposed to open borders, despite the policy's popularity on the left.

"If he went back to his original position, which is the pro blue-collar position—I mean, it totally makes sense with him," Coulter said in an appearance on PBS's Firing Line with Margaret Hoover on Wednesday night.

"If he went back to that position, I'd vote for him, I might work for him. I don't care about the rest of the socialist stuff. Just, can we do something for ordinary Americans?"

[JoeOtterbein]

35. Or maybe Bernie is trying to win votes from...

...Indies and others who watch Trump/Fox News. Sounds smart for the GE to me!

[TomCADem]

37. I Agree. Bernie's Message Is Resonating With Racists Carlson and Coulter

I wonder why? Perhaps Bernie's history of scapegoating immigrants and blaming them for job losses by the middle class resonates with them? Otherwise, how do you explain why extreme right wingers and racists like Tucker Carlson and Ann Coulter are jumping on the Bernie Sanders bandwagon?

[Recursion]

36. "Please don't throw me in that briar patch" (nt)

[RandySF]

38. Sorry, I don't watch the White Power Hour