Why is Twitter thanking Bernie for personally saving unemployment?

[nolabear]

I see all kinds of gushing over him doing some heroic thing that saved the unemployment payout but cannot for the life of me find the thing.

Help anyone?

[PubliusEnigma]

1. Bernie was in Vermont all week pretending he still has a campaign.

He barely even got to DC in time to vote.

He had no hand in the bill that was voted into law.

[William769]

18. ...

[Me.]

2. Nope, Quite The Opposite

he stayed in Vermont while the entire process was going on. According to Schumer, the really helpful contributor was Senator Warren.

[nolabear]

5. Well that's what I thought. I swear they're saying he saved unemployment.

This is what started it. What does it mean?

Link to tweet

[Me.]

10. Sad That His Supporters Feel A Lie Is Necessary

Chuch, Nancy, Liz are the ones who deserve thanks. There are probably others, especially staff, I just don't know who they are.

[nolabear]

12. I got the impression from replies that Warren did a lot of that.

[dawg day]

15. Also Michael Bennett

Apparently Sanders saying something about UI from his Vermont home is tantamount to actually making it happen.

[Me.]

22. Good For Bennett

always liked him, thought he'd make a good prez.

[Cha]

44. That's what they do.

[Aquaria]

34. So taking credit for what the smarter and more talented woman accomplished

Typical dudebro.

And then BSers can't grasp why women voted for Biden instead. Gee, maybe because they know a self-serving fraud and panderer to unearned white male privilege when they see one.

[Me.]

38. It's A Trend

and where there is a trend, intention can be implied.

[The Magistrate]

3. Because 'Bernie' Lies To the Naive And Ignorant, Sir

He makes this nonesensical claim, and people who have no idea how the Senate works, and want to believe in savior, lap it up like so much cream....





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[nolabear]

6. Im a Ma'am, Sir. But thanks.

[The Magistrate]

16. I Shall Try And Remember, Ma'am

But admit faces and names are not my strong suit. No teacher ever had me pass papers back to the class twice....

[nolabear]

24. Hah! No worries. 😘

[NCProgressive]

4. The twitterati are a strange bunch

Just following twitter makes it appear that Bernie is winning in a landslide. Here on the terra firma of reality, the twitterati don't have much influence with voters.

[nolabear]

9. Yeah it bugged me till I realized it's rally withdrawal.

They’re all talking to one another.

[NurseJackie]

14. Ha! That's perfect!

rally withdrawal.

Ha! That's perfect!

[George II]

26. Speaking of which, wasn't there an online rock concert when the first cloture vote was taking place?

[Hav]

7. I suppose some delusional idiot started that narrative

and then the gullible and naive lemmings repeated it as if it were gospel to bow down to their messiah. Sometimes, it's rather like a cult.
They buy whatever is sold: Anything that makes BS look good, and without thinking any lie about Biden.

[unblock]

8. 4 rep. senators objected to the unemployment provisions in the senate bill, sanders pushed back:

i seriously doubt sanders was the only senator who pushed back, but he got some headlines for it:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/25/bernie-sanders-4-gop-senators-threaten-to-hold-up-coronavirus-stimulus-bill.html

KEY POINTS
The prospect of a planned Senate vote on a $2 trillion stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic dimmed Wednesday as senators threatened to hold up the legislation.
First, four GOP senators said they could delay the bill over a core unemployment insurance provision.
Then, Sen. Bernie Sanders said he would delay the bill if his Republican colleagues did not drop their opposition.

[nolabear]

11. Thanks! Okay, glad he did it. They're pumping it rather hard

but he took a good stand.

[Aquaria]

32. And livestreaming concerts

Don't forget the concerts.

[George II]

28. Yes, while Democratic and republican Senators were talking those republican Senators....

...out of blocking the bill, Sanders was issuing press releases.

[Squinch]

13. Lots of trolls. Because he wasn't even there.

[redstatebluegirl]

23. Lots of Russian trolls who want BS as the nominee because that assures a Trump victory.

[Demsrule86]

17. He took credit after showing up for one vote...while Warren was in the fight ...all in...and gets

little credit...certainly less than she deserves...I just despise Sanders these days. I will be so happy when he can't keep thwarting our efforts to get rid of Trump.

[George II]

30. Well, you know, she's "only" a woman (who gets things done!).

Here's what he thinks of her:

[Demsrule86]

42. That exchange infuriated me...I bet he lost Warren voters who have gone over to Biden right there.

[showblue22]

19. delusion.

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. They react when Sanders tells them to, apparently.

[IluvPitties]

21. Twitter is Fake News Central.

[BlueIdaho]

25. This is Truly Shameful.

Is this what Democrats want? Outright lies and recycled photos? This shit is worthy of Baghdad Bob - not someone who wants to lead out country into a brave new future. Tell me Democrats - what separates this childish easily disproved hogwash from Trump’s usual ego stroking prevarications? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Don’t tell me “Bernie had nothing to do with it” - Bernie had everything to do with it.

This Shit Is Disqualifying.

[C_U_L8R]

27. Stolen valor. Thank Senator Warren.

She's our fighter.

[Squinch]

29. Perfect description!

[Anon-C]

33. Can you imagine Secretary of the Treasury Elizabeth Warren?

That's not a good worth fighting for in all this??

[Aquaria]

31. Because too many people are deluded fools?

Just a guess.

[TomCADem]

35. Classic BS. Taking Credit When Women Do...

....the heavy lifting. Even among folks who endorsed him, they have been leaning on AOC to abandon her constituents to.make appearances on behalf of BS.

[Scurrilous]

36. Bernie a Twitter fave.

He's regularly tops at stuff such as like, retweet, and trend. That's important to his followers. They think it means they're winning.

Nope:

The Democratic Electorate on Twitter Is Not the Actual Democratic Electorate

'Perhaps the most telling poll of the Democratic primary season hasn’t been about the Democratic primary at all — but about the fallout from a 35-year-old racist photo on a yearbook page. Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia was pummeled on social media after the revelation, and virtually every Democratic presidential candidate demanded his resignation.

Yet the majority of ordinary Democrats in Virginia said Mr. Northam should remain in office, according to a Washington Post/Schar School poll a week later. And black Democrats were likelier than white ones to say Mr. Northam should remain.

Today’s Democratic Party is increasingly perceived as dominated by its “woke” left wing. But the views of Democrats on social media often bear little resemblance to those of the wider Democratic electorate.

The outspoken group of Democratic-leaning voters on social media is outnumbered, roughly 2 to 1, by the more moderate, more diverse and less educated group of Democrats who typically don’t post political content online, according to data from the Hidden Tribes Project. This latter group has the numbers to decide the Democratic presidential nomination in favor of a relatively moderate establishment favorite, as it has often done in the past.'

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/08/upshot/democratic-electorate-twitter-real-life.html

[SWBTATTReg]

37. I think all 535 representatives and the so called president signing the bill into law all did ...

their part. Not 1 person. It kind of pisses me, especially after our idiot president claimed that 'I alone' can blah blah blah.

Like the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child, the same here, 50 states/territories, all united together, working for a common cause. ALL of us. Of course I wonder about some of the republicans, they seem to be more worried about their 1%ers and businesses than the rest of us, but what they don't realize, is that if the rest of us are NOT buying stuff or working, then the 1%ers and businesses are up crap creek.

[Gothmog]

39. sanders is taking credit for Senator Bennett's work

Link to tweet

[nolabear]

43. Thanks. Good to know who's doing what, really.

[William769]

40. Haven't you heard?

He's God!

[Skid Rogue]

41. Some folks can't tell the difference between talk and action. nt

[Gothmog]

45. Bernie Sanders' superpower is parachuting in at the very last minute to yell and wave his arms while

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

46. sanders had nothing to do with the drafting of this bill

Link to tweet