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In reply to the discussion: This is going to get a lot of blow back, but it needs to be said! [View all]betsuni
(25,380 posts)That grassroots organizing was new, small donations were new, Democrats were corrupted by wealthy donors and Wall Street.
That the Fight for Fifteen minimum wage movement that started in 2012 and spread around the country was his idea: "And many of the ideas I brought forth, $15 an hour minimum wage. 'Hey, Bernie, you're crazy. That's too extreme.'"
That nobody else was concerned about student debt: "Dealing with student debt. 'Oh, Bernie, that can't get done.'"
That nobody else was concerned about climate change, claiming that in a debate he was asked about the major national security crisis we face: "I said it is climate change. And people kind of laughed." Never happened.
That nobody else wants universal health care: "Health care as a human right. 'Oh, Bernie, that's not -- that's un-American. Nobody in American believes that.'"
Vermont tried a Medicare for All policy and couldn't make it work. The Green New Deal is a resolution. I don't know what he's talking about most of the time.