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Democratic Primaries

Liberty Belle

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21. Sanders wants to BAN all assault weapons. See my post with his website position

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 11:28 PM

Feb 2020

which includes pretty much everything gun control advocates want.

Times have changed from long ago, when he was a rural legislator and the NRA mostly advocated for hunters, before mass murders with assault weapons became a nationwide epidemic.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Wow. Bloomberg ad: The NRA helped elect Bernie Sanders to Congress [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2020 OP

Good. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #1

Love the desperation out of fear Bernie's inevitable... but that's because he IS!!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #2

Sounds like that one could cut both ways. David__77 Feb 2020 #3

They bought advertising because they liked his opponent less. They weren't a donor. This is a smear. JudyM Feb 2020 #4

Bloomberg Advisor Deero Feb 2020 #5

Just corrected it. Sorry about the typo. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #15

Happens. Deero Feb 2020 #16

And with that Bernie took out a Republican House Member. You're welcome. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #6

I did not know of the connection between BS and the NRA. Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2020 #7

You'd better do more research on this. Bluepinky Feb 2020 #9

Does that "D" stand for dollars ? Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2020 #12

No, it's a letter grade, ramen Feb 2020 #23

Sanders wants to BAN all assault weapons. See my post with his website position Liberty Belle Feb 2020 #21

Bloom or Chris Murphy. Hmmm who do I trust? Who do I trust Autumn Feb 2020 #8

Murphy, absolutely. nt babylonsister Feb 2020 #10

just goes to show... myohmy2 Feb 2020 #11

He will never win a General Election Desert grandma Feb 2020 #17

Please correct your post, Tim O'Brien is NOT an advisor to Sanders ... cliffside Feb 2020 #13

Thanks. Just corrected it. That was a typo. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #14

Thank you, Bloomberg and Biden are all over this issue. nt cliffside Feb 2020 #19

Kick dalton99a Feb 2020 #18

Bernie now says he'll ban assault weapons & Take on the NRA and its corrupting effect on Washington. Liberty Belle Feb 2020 #20

Bernie Sanders was always for Eric J in MN Feb 2020 #24

No, he was not. Sanders throughout the 1970s belonged to the radical fringe Liberty Union Party highplainsdem Feb 2020 #26

Is it true he voted against the Brady Bill? I heard that on the broadcast of the debate. eilen Feb 2020 #30

Five times, as Biden keeps reminding people. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #31

fake news. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #22

kick highplainsdem Feb 2020 #25

Bloomberg's anti gun organization also gave bernie an award of distinction dumptrump1 Feb 2020 #27

K+R emmaverybo Feb 2020 #28

And Bloomberg got Pat Toomey and Lindsey Graham OliverQ Feb 2020 #29

In other news, the NRA has been attacking Bloomberg for years. Kaleva Feb 2020 #32