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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: CNN: Bernie Sanders Goes After Joe Biden's Voting Record [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)23. Joe Biden was in the Senate for 36 years, he has a long voting record. Should not Sanders....
....concentrate on and explain his own voting record before criticizing Biden? Like:
Voted against Brady Bill several times
Voted against barring weapons from Amtrak
Voted against Russia sanctions more than once
Voted against the Magnitsky Act
Skipping the vote for sanctions on Deripaska (99 others voted)
Voted for the 1994 Crime Bill
Voted a number of times to FUND the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
etc.
No one has a perfect voting record, and people can pull out votes here and there to make a candidate look badly, and the longer one is in office the more votes they've participated in and are subject to "criticism".
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Since when is focusing on the issues, policies or voting records considered shredding?
Uncle Joe
May 2019
#35
Awww...Bernie is getting scared now..An actual Democrat might win the nomination! 😮nt
helpisontheway
May 2019
#5
I watched some of the video and it looks like he's contrasting his record with Biden's.
BlueStater
May 2019
#7
Is there something wrong with Biden's voting record? Isn't this what candidates do in the primary?
jalan48
May 2019
#8
I think its preferable to say my approach is better or my vote was more correct..
honest.abe
May 2019
#11
Talking about canaps and other menu items isn't really part of a record, it's simply melodrama...
LanternWaste
May 2019
#67
Joe Biden was in the Senate for 36 years, he has a long voting record. Should not Sanders....
George II
May 2019
#23
It's OK. This is what candidates do and Biden or any candidate is free to question Sander's record.
jalan48
May 2019
#33
No, it's generally not what candidates do, especially a little less than a year before....
George II
May 2019
#39
Is there something about Biden's voting record that is a problem? Better to talk about it now and
jalan48
May 2019
#41
Sanders should worry less about catching Biden right now and more on falling behind Warren
Cha
May 2019
#53
BS.... knock off "taking out the trash" on our Dem Candidates! He signed a pledge to play fair
trueblue2007
May 2019
#13
He very much is bound and determined to make CERTAIN no democrat EVER is in the WH again.
Eliot Rosewater
May 2019
#26
He always goes after Democrats. He doesn't see himself as one, and he isn't one.
redstatebluegirl
May 2019
#27
I wish they were all closed. I want DEMOCRATS choosing our Democratic candidate.....
George II
May 2019
#42
LOL. Those were gentle and meaningfully discussed points of divergence between Bernie and Joe
aikoaiko
May 2019
#38
BERNIE is Comparing Demonstrable RECORD vs RECORD. Informative and Substantive to Me ...
tumbler2
May 2019
#51
He can talk about his own record without bringing up others' records. Even in that video....
George II
May 2019
#62