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In reply to the discussion: Bernie may have committed a fatal error by letting Kamala go first. [View all]Texin
(2,851 posts)He calls himself an independent, but if you look at his actual voting record, some of his consistent voting over the years has been with the rethugs. He has voted consistently to back the NRA by voting against gun legislation, and more dangerously, he has recently voted with the rethugs to block sanctions against the Russians and Oleg Derispaska and Blavatnick - despite what we've learned and continue to learn on a daily basis now about the Russian interference in our elections. I'd be interested to know how in the tank with the Russians Sanders is. Oh, and he voted against the Magnitsky Act several years ago. In my view, he's as dangerous to this democracy as Putin, McConnell or Trump is.
If he wants to run, he should enter it as an Independent and duke it out with Schultz. Frankly, I'd just as soon he sit it out - and the same goes for Schultz. We don't need a fucking Nader element in the 2020 election to peel away what will be essential Democratic votes and again forfeit it to tRump - provided he's still standing by then.