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Democratic Primaries

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Yosemito

(648 posts)
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:04 PM Feb 2019

No, Bernie Sanders did not say that Trump-Kim meeting is "a very good thing" [View all]

I read in a political message board that Bernie Sanders had called the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un “a very good thing.”

In fact, Bernie Sanders said that if Donald Trump manages to get Kim Jong-Un to destroy his nuclear weapons, that is a very good thing.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-bernie-sanders-praise-trumps-summit-with-kim-jong-un-that-is-a-very-good-thing/

The word “if” is key.

It’s not the same for me to state that “My conversation with my father will be a very good thing if he lets borrow his car”, and “ my conversation with my father will be a very good thing”.

I’m seeing too many edited video clips and edited quotes from politicians these days.

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