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Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: BBC Trending: Bernie Sanders supporters get a bad reputation online [View all]Orrex
(63,208 posts)10. Yeah, we've been hearing that all along
And frankly, it's a silly assertion. All of the yelling and screaming won't move an uncooperative congress in the slightest, and it's naive to think otherwise.
If anything, it will energize such a congress, because it will help them to portray Sanders' supporters as frenzied and out of touch, cementing congress' sfanding with its base.
Those antics might affect one or two of the more vulnerable Democratic congressional seats, but it won't do anything against Republicans.
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At least Bernie is getting media attention after all those complaints that he was ignored!
Sancho
Jan 2016
#6
I like Sanders, but God please save us from the insufferable mob of hooligans if he wins.
NBachers
Jan 2016
#13
Allow me to say it once more...his "supporters" are his biggest liability AFAIC. They unleash a....
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2016
#43