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In reply to the discussion: Has Bernie Sanders said anything about Trump's attacks on black athletes? [View all]pandr32
(14,178 posts)It is way passed time to change this, too. We had one nominee in the general--Hillary Clinton. We had several primary challengers: Bernie Sanders, Lincoln Chafee, Jim Webb, Martin O'Malley, and Lawrence Lessig. Hillary Clinton beat out the lot of them, including the last man standing--Bernie Sanders. It is a fact. Bernie Sanders replaced the "D" with an "I" and is still there.
They are not equal.
Hillary Clinton was the most qualified candidate running on either side of the aisle as even some Republicans pointed out. The Republican field had many more candidates in the Primary, but we do not try and equate Cruz or Kasich to Trump because they made it to the last stretch of the primary battle. They lost--Trump won.
By pretending that the Democrat Party is split equally we keep it divided.
Hillary Clinton won the primary soundly and she and the DNC tried to welcome Bernie Sanders--gave him input on the platform (a done deal) and had to fend off protests by many of his supporters while trying to fight the general election which was unfortunate.
If not for voter suppression, broken machines, hacking, etc. Hillary Clinton would have finished the GE with way more than 3,000,000 votes ahead of Donald Trump, and would be POTUS right now. Of course Russia helped keep her from victory, and make no mistake about it--Russia's fake news and nasty memes against Hillary Clinton helped Bernie Sanders, too.
Russian interference should be what all of us stand against. We need to stop playing favorites (one Dem won the Primary) and stand united against Russia and the Republicans.