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DanTex

(20,709 posts)
6. Yup. I mean, remember the outrage when he tried to shake Warren's hand?
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:15 PM
Jan 2020
Watching the Tuesday night kabuki in slo-mo, you can see that Sanders (I-Vt.), who’s notoriously irritable and suffers from cardiac issues, was riled by whatever Warren said, and by her refusal to be touched. He shook a finger at her. Then again. He seemed intent on freeing her right hand to grab it.

We all know this stock male move: Come on, baby, give me a hug; we’re still friends.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-15/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-women-presidents-iowa-democratic-debate

Not the Onion!


Bernie tries to shake a hand, and it plays out as a "stock male move" and he was "intent on freeing her right hand to grab it." I cannot imagine what they'd say if Bernie did any of those things Biden did. The internet would break.
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