Bernie Sanders voters helped Trump become President

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498. Not seeing anybody arguing Bernie or his campaign had anything to with this small minority of voters

If anyone is then they do not represent the majority viewpoint at DU

However I will note Trump made a big play for disaffected Bernie or Busters by co-opting progressive language used by Bernie and pushing the false narratives.

Donald Trump thinks he can win over disaffected Bernie Sanders supporters
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/29/donald_trump_thinks_he_can_win_over_disaffected_bernie_sanders_supporters/

Trump's Bernie gambit
The GOP nominee’s constant overtures to Sanders backers are increasingly caustic and likely to bring him few votes. But his goal is just to keep them mad.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-bernie-sanders-strategy-226403

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The majority of Sanders supporters like us didn't fall for that. I don't know if it was effective with Busters or not.

The fact that most of us who voted for Sanders and voted for the Dem nominee in the general while a minority did not is not really controversial.

My confusion is over the apparently defensive nature of posts by some of our fellow Sanders DU supporters, who mistakenly believe criticism of Busters is criticism of the majority of Sanders supporters.

Since you brought up the Puma's, I do not recall any post on DU by Hillary or Obama supporters in 08 that were upset and defensive when Puma's were criticized.

If you weren't a Puma you knew posts that were critical of Puma's weren't about you.

I am not a Bernie or Buster and posts critical of Busters are not about me, nor are they about you.

Nor are they about the rest of DU's Sanders primary supporters who are definitely not Busters.