Analysis: Sanders' path has echoes of Trump's 2016 campaign

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A burn-it-down candidate is topping a splintered field of more moderate contenders and setting the party’s establishment wing on edge.



It’s how Donald Trump began his unlikely march to the Republican nomination in 2016. And four years later, it’s how Sen. Bernie Sanders has cemented himself as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination.

The Vermont senator won his second straight contest on Saturday with a convincing victory in Nevada, the first racially diverse state on the primary calendar, after winning the New Hampshire primary the week before. He also effectively tied for first place in the opening contest in Iowa.

Sanders’ surge has energized his legion of liberal supporters, including young people drawn to his calls for a government-run health care system and eliminating student debt. But it’s sparked an outcry from rival campaigns and other moderate Democrats that mirrors the worries of Republicans who tried, but failed, to block Trump’s path in 2016.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/analysis-sanders-path-has-echoes-of-trumps-2016-campaign/ar-BB10hGyP?li=BBnb7Kz

[krissey]

1. Yes, it does. In many ways.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. I am reading a book "American Carnage" by Tim Alberta.

When I got to the chapters about the 2016 election of Trump I had to look twice to make sure they weren't talking about BS.

[NurseJackie]

3. Ugh.

[KPN]

4. This has been obvious for a while, not just with Bernie but the support as well for Warren, Yang,

Steyer, Bloomberg, what's her name (the "love and peace" spiritual lady - sorry, no offense intended, just can't remember her name at the moment). Personally, I've seen the parallel from the day Biden's numbers started slipping.

Will it play out like tRump. Who knows. I only know that I will vote for whoever our nominee is in the end. There is no alternative. They are all light-years better than the would be fascist dictator we now have illegitimately occupying our White House.

[empedocles]

5. . . . and echoes of BS 2016 campaign

For those who do not learn the lessons of history, [those lessons can be inflicted bigtime on many of us]