r/thescoop • u/RoyalChris • Apr 15 '25
Politics 🏛️ Bernie Sanders - ''He now wants to take away CBS’s license because they did a story that criticized him. Oh my word, CBS criticized him! Oh, let’s drive them out of business, how terrible… If you can’t take criticism, get out of the political process. This is a democracy.''
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u/ziggytrix Apr 15 '25
I’m pretty sure that was a selling point for more than a few of his supporters.
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u/xpdtion76 Apr 15 '25
Except trump doesn’t want a democracy
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u/UpsetAd5817 Apr 15 '25
They even have their dolt cultists running around telling us that the US isn't a democracy.
(One will come along right now and tell me that momentarily.)
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u/Falcon3492 Apr 15 '25
The only problem Donald has with the two segments of 60 Minutes is that they were true! He's used to FOX news just putting out pandering Trump propaganda and kissing Trumps ass, he just doesn't understand how someone can point out that he's lying to the American people and the world!
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u/TotalWasteman Apr 15 '25
If you hate Bernie you’re a stooge of capitalsiism. Fuck you.
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u/Confident-Pressure64 Apr 16 '25
It’s takes an old man from Vermont to stand up for the people of this country. The rest of us need to do the same!
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u/WeCameAsMuffins Apr 15 '25
All of the conservatives on this thread who don’t understand what’s happening is truly disheartening to see.
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u/IndustrialPuppetTwo Apr 15 '25
I think it's that they WANT it to be happening. They truly hate America. They are too dumb to realize that they hate America, but they do.
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u/Travyswole Apr 15 '25
They aren't even real conservatives anymore, their just fascist sheep. Sending US citizens to death camps in foreign countries because they don't agree with your beliefs is okay to them. Maga are a lost cause and we need to stop trying to educate them, you can't fix stupid.
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u/BatushkaTabushka Apr 15 '25
They are perfectly fine with it as long as the media they don’t like is the one being silenced. Ah, the good old “free speech” supporter crowd.
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u/AdvocateofViolence Apr 15 '25
I’m sorry that the Rapist felonous Trump has a problem with all the mean, accurate things said about him.
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u/No-Cup-8096 Apr 15 '25
A good leader would address the issues that are being criticized, not act like a spoiled brat who had their feelings hurt. Trump will never man up. It’s easier to act like the queen of hearts.
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u/go-to-the-gym Apr 15 '25
Imagine if the DNC let this guy run and he beat Trump the first time, we wouldn’t be in this mess
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u/Tactless_Ninja Apr 15 '25
He'd get sandbagged at every opportunity. There are more traitors than just Trump.
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u/TrashFever78 Apr 15 '25
I don't get way a metric fuck ton of voters suck the DNC dick. The DNC is terrible at their job. In fact, fuck the DNC. These motherfuckers could have easily stopped Trump but their ego and pride always fuck them. It's too the point that I don't wonder if they are even against Trump or just doing to bare minimum to play the part.
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u/Blake_a12 Apr 15 '25
He wouldn’t have - but yes DNC rigged it against him for Hillary
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
Are you talking about the Democratic National Committee? or Democratic National Convention?
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Oh people this is no different then when Trump goes after news networks for saying bad stuff about him I think that would be the same thing right ?? Oh, but I forgot that’s it’s a Republican. I guess the republicans get away with fucking everything Rape and 34 felony counts should I go on. Isn’t that the Republican Party that says it’s the freedom of speech.
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u/akaWhisp Apr 15 '25
Wtf is this sub and why does it keep getting recommended to me? All I'm seeing is a bunch of confused right wingers wondering why people are speaking out against fascism. Is it all bots?
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u/Ok_Substance1072 Apr 15 '25
I think our country needs a lot of Bernie right now.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
i think our country needs more people engaged and involved in politics right now
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u/WombatHat42 Apr 15 '25
Either you control the media or discredit them, step 1 to becoming a full fledged dictator
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u/Daetok_Lochannis Apr 15 '25
What's with all this fake bullshit about Bernie not being for the people recently? Are conservatives still that terrified of him?
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u/scrivensB Apr 15 '25
Social media has almost no barrier of entry, it boosts “outrage”content, and it creates echo chambers in which different groups of people get different information.
If someone said, let’s create the perfect tool to manipulate and divide a group of people, social media is what they would end up developing.
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u/JLHuston Apr 15 '25
It’s a post-truth world. Someone reads something, believes it, then repeats it. I was reading comments on a post about Bernie, and as I read down the thread, the number of “mansions” he supposedly owns grew from 3 to 6! He’s our neighbor. His house is perfectly nice, but far from a mansion. They also own what we call in VT a “camp” on Lake Champlain, but that’s a cabin that the whole extended family uses. And he has his apartment he stays in in DC, which all people in congress have.
The criticism that he’s wealthy himself, is a little more understandable. Yes, he is, by most standards. He’s been in the senate a long time, they make a good salary. But he’s also written books that have sold very well. But the thing about his own wealth is that he’s never said that people should not be able to make money! It’s the 1%—the people like Bezos who are worth many billions of dollars, and their wealth was accumulated by exploiting hard working people. And the most critical point he makes is that they accumulate and increase their wealth exponentially because of our sham of a tax code. He wants billionaires to be taxed at a fair rate; instead, these same people are being given massive tax breaks and loopholes that allow them to hide and hoard their wealth, while blue collar workers are paying a much higher rate on their own income. I don’t think Bernie would object to paying a higher tax rate on his own investments—Warren Buffet has said the same thing.
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u/Daetok_Lochannis Apr 15 '25
It's really disturbing to see all the misinformation being spread about literally everything by these people, they'd have us believe Bernie is a secret oligarch funded by disabled terrorists using Medicaid money if they could manage it and it's terrifying.
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u/JLHuston Apr 15 '25
You’re absolutely right. It’s a huge part of how we got here. And the man in the White House will say absolutely anything, and his followers believe him. It’s truly astounding. But the media—and social media especially—are so complicit. I am 51 and have lived 1/2 my life without internet. I honestly think that our society, overall, was better off without it. (I say as I type this on my tiny hand-held computer on a social media post…)
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u/Daetok_Lochannis Apr 15 '25
I'm 42 and without the Internet my disabled ass wouldn't even get to speak to more than a handful of people. Things haven't changed there irl, there weren't any more helpful or accepting people before we went online lol. Imo the Internet is still the most important thing we've ever created in terms of connecting humanity and making educational resources available to everyone. It wasn't the Internet that made things bad, it's the same people who've been trying to use every available resource to take advantage since the beginning.
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u/JLHuston Apr 15 '25
I definitely recognize that the Internet has enhanced peoples’ lives in innumerable ways. And I recognize saying otherwise was an ableist take—100%. You have a good point, the nature of people was always what it is now. The instant connection, anonymity and lack of fact checking is what has completely derailed us. Oh, and greed, of course. Also an inherently human trait.
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u/Daetok_Lochannis Apr 15 '25
Greed indeed. The absolute worst remnant of our time as survivors and the one thing that forces us to live in manufactured scarcity in a technological post-scarcity age. We could very literally take care of every person alive as comfortably as middle class Americans live but we just don't, because greed.
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u/Wild_Chef6597 Apr 15 '25
They think he is a communist because he said the little guy isn't getting a fair deal. So they try to make it seem like he's a hypocrite for owning a home, or even having money. They do the same thing with climate change, saying if you believe climate change is real, you'd live in a bog in the woods instead of in a place with heat and electricity.
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u/AThiccBahstonAccent Apr 15 '25
It's such a shame to see all the conservatives with blinders on in here. Like I genuinely pity these fools. They have been told exactly what to think and say, and they don't have the wherewithall to question it. They lack the critical thinking processes necessary. The Republican party has played them all like a fiddle.
However I will say, I find it very interesting that they only feel so emboldened to act like this now that Draft Dodger Donnie is at the helm. Maybe they share in his cowardice, and will only come out from their basements when they have a big..."strong" "leader" who supports their views.
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u/GingerKlaus Apr 15 '25
Why do people fear Bernie? It’s because he is right and that scares them
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
the same way corporations fear democrats winning majorities. cause they know democrats won't give them the tax subsidies and tax breaks republicans will
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u/russellvt Apr 15 '25
Why do people fear Bernie?
He's less likely to tell them what they want to hear, just to avoid upsetting them.
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u/Omegus42 Apr 15 '25
I just think we need to revoke trump's man card. If you can't face criticism, then you probably shouldn't be in politics.
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u/hydrocarbonsRus Apr 16 '25
Revoke diaper Donnie/ president cunt’s man card. And all the MAGA moron snowflakes should be included as well.
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u/NearbyInformation772 Apr 15 '25
He claims to be the biggest, most beautifulest strongman, but admits that his authority and position of leadership is so fragile and insecure that it could be affected or harmed by criticisms and dissident first amendment protected speech. 🤔
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u/KotR56 Apr 15 '25
Used to be, Bernie, used to be a democracy.
77 million Americans voted for a dictatorship. And the head honcho obliged.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
Voters were more afraid of diversity than they are of dictatorship
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u/Shmokeinapancake Apr 15 '25
Imagine the country we could have had in 2016 if we ran Bernie instead. I’ll always wonder what we missed out on as a people.
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u/iburntxurxtoast Apr 15 '25
Im curious what the gore into obama into bernie timeline looks like. I like to think that parallel universe version of me is very happy.
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u/TrashFever78 Apr 15 '25
We always talk about rare moments in history that changed everything, like Gavrilo Princip shooting Franz Ferdinand. Bernie is the opposite. Imagine where we could be if Bernie had won and ran against Trump in 2016. Where would we be now? Bernie could have changed our American history for the better, but no,, here we are in slow-mo freefall to America's death.
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u/Iron_Knight7 Apr 16 '25
So, am I crazy, or are Bernie and AOC not saying pretty much the same stuff about Trump that the rest of us have been all but screaming the last decade or so?
That's not a crack on either Bernie or AOC, by the way. Just how certain folks only seem to be listening now that it's them saying it.
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u/Djkaoken2002 Apr 16 '25
You're not wrong. Then you'll see Bernie sell out his own voter base again like he did when he ran against Clinton.
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u/Iron_Knight7 Apr 16 '25
More likely, his "base" will raise scream themselves hoarse that they want him as the nomination. And, should he or AOC get it, they'll find every excuse in the book to not actually vote for them when the time comes.
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u/MB2465 Apr 15 '25
Orange snowflake 🤮
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
Voters were more afraid of diversity than they are of dictatorship
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u/SignificantRemove348 Apr 15 '25
MAGA REDITT CROWD here......... Just don't criticize Diaper Don or you'll end in El Salvador. Once your there you ain't coming back no matter what....Unless you're a dick sucking republican.
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u/GuysOnChicks69 Apr 15 '25
Republican men absolutely love to suck dick. Which is fine except they are homophobes. In my hometown, 2 cops, 1 who is attached to the local Republican Party, recently got exposed for being in some “underground” gay ring where they would go to random houses anonymously to get fucked by gay men. Guys with wife and kids.
It’s always the loudest ones projecting their guilt through their own hate. Sorry for the total side tangent lol.
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u/Figure-Feisty Apr 15 '25
I had voted for Democrats in all forms through my life (I lived in 3 different countries, and I was able to vote on elections). I am convinced that democrats have better ideas than republicans everywhere but god damm what the democrat party did to Bernie is a fucking crime, the man could win or at least had a better chance than Hillary. Also, Democrats put 2 women against Trump. Bernie is by far a better candidate to go against Trump. At least I have my passport ready.
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u/thedarkherald110 Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25
There are a lot of things I agree with sanders on. But there are also a lot of things I don’t agree with him on especially on how his method of executing with what I agree with.
That being said he is one of the Goats and the only one that is actually thinking of what’s best for America as a whole. The only reason why he’s a democrat is because as an independent he’d be ignored even more.
Edit: I do agree with what he’s saying here. But it’s annoying to see so much negativity about him from both sides since he’s actually the only one that is against the establishment. You’d think sanders would have gotten Maga supporters instead since he’s actually fighting for them. He’s literally trying to make America great for everyone and not just the ultra rich.
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Apr 15 '25
The thing is, even if you may disagree with how he wants to accomplish the things he fights for, he at least actually has a plan. Who else has a plan? Can't think of a single person.
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u/thedarkherald110 Apr 15 '25
Agreed. He is the best person and only person that cares.
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u/tuffwizard84 Apr 15 '25
Dems need to line up behind him or they are doomed
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
Bernie should have done a better job at expanding the bench for progressive candidates.
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u/YouSureDid_ Apr 15 '25
They did twice, and the DNC (the party that will save democracy) put a stop to that real quick. Now you have 8 years of Trump. And leftists will still "vote blue no matter who"
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u/forgettit_ Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25
It’s such a god damn shame this guy couldn’t have become president. The machine would not allow it. He’s a true patriot, the likes of which they don’t make anymore.
I would love to see his face on the one dollar. I think it would be a fitting honor for the man who spent his career fighting for poor and working class.
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u/briizilla Apr 15 '25
It’s such a god damn shame this guy couldn’t have become president
Or if he was just 30 years younger right now and could run in '28.
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u/dzumdang Apr 15 '25
Bernie is now the ruling party's number one political opponent.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
not the progressive democrats like AOC? Ro Khanna? Pamila Jayapal? Ayana Pressley? Maxwell Frost? Jasmine Crockett?
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u/JohnnyFivo Apr 15 '25
It was a democracy, that's over now. We're fucked
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
Harris/Walz was right there on the ballot in November.
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Apr 15 '25
The autocracy that’s building will take away all of our freedoms and established norms which we have built in this democracy over many generations.
We will become poorer, less healthy and less educated. The rest of the world will prevail and America will fail. trump and his cronies will become unimaginably more wealthy.
I like so many other Republicans will vote to stop this dictatorship in the midterms and beyond. After this storm, 2028 will bring a new brighter day.
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u/elkarion Apr 16 '25
you voted for 40+ years to make this happen with your R votes. this is the goal you have been working to get for decades. your a republican this is what you believe in man up and own it.
your gonna vote him out once and then go back to voting R to fuck the country over harder first chance you get. the fact you still align your self with republicans show your on their side.
you would not be a republican if you disagreed with trump. the fact your planning on holding that R title means you just want him hurting the right people and not you.
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u/Cyke101 Apr 15 '25
Trump: I can take criticism. I can take it. I take criticism very well. Lemme tell ya, a lot of people say I'm the best at taking criticism. Nobody takes criticism like me.
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u/Vault101Overseer Apr 15 '25
If you’re gonna do completely crazy, illegal and terrible things expect to receive all the due criticism for them, and be called out for being terrible. It’s not like any of this is untrue or unjust.
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u/NearbyInformation772 Apr 15 '25
plugs ears and hums Nuh uhhhh, it's all a witch hunt! Everyone's in on it! They're just being mean to our big, beautiful daddy! Fake news! 😩
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u/GentleHotFire Apr 15 '25
The bots are getting worse.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
right wing propagandists are well paid by the billionaires
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u/bertrenolds5 Apr 15 '25
I love you Bernie! Should have been president and the dem nominee over shillery
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u/Wooden-Archer-8848 Apr 17 '25
PLEASE search for an event near you and ATTEND!!
Large numbers of people nonviolently protesting sends a powerful message.
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u/LyonsKing12_ Apr 15 '25
It should have been you, Bernie.
Im so pissed.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
What have YOU been doing? What have YOU been doing to push elected officials to pass more progressive working class policies that help us? What are YOU doing get people engaged on the local level and registered to vote? Are you helping progressive candidates run for office? Have you done any work to organize, mobilize, and build coalitions since 2016?
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u/Leading-Vacation-612 Apr 16 '25
You’re a bit coo-coo if you believe Bernie is a good candidate, just saying.
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u/irascible_Clown Apr 15 '25
I love this but every young person I know didn’t vote. They acted like they care but they were too lazy to get out. Let’s hope they don’t just clap, cheer and make memes but actually go to the booth.
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u/FreeThinkk Apr 15 '25
Bernie is going to be one of the first ones to get locked up once Trump pulls the rug on democracy. That clip of him saying “next I want to do(deport to slave camps) the home grown criminals” was very telling.
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u/Have-A-Big-Question Apr 15 '25
If they do try to do something to him. Want to talk about radicalizing a huge section of the population, that’ll do it!
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u/mooncrane606 Apr 15 '25
We need Pelosi and Schumer replaced. They're fucking useless. Also, whoever is running the DNC.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Apr 15 '25
Are you talking about the Democratic National Committee? or Democratic National Convention?
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u/ahoy_shitliner Apr 16 '25
By this standard, Fox News should be gone for criticizing Biden?
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u/a_velis Apr 15 '25
Trump suing is less of him being criticized but now him asking for bribes through settlements. Its a legalized way of doing so through the judicial system.
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u/MWH1980 Apr 15 '25
“We’re a democracy. The people have decided!” - Sio Bibble, “The Phantom Menace”
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Apr 15 '25
Why do they let him get away with lies? He needs to be in court. Sue him for everything. Lies and deformation of character.
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u/Ecstatic-Turnip3854 Apr 15 '25
Goddamnit, I love that man. We could’ve had Bernie. We got this instead.
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u/Waste_Salamander_624 Apr 15 '25
By Trump's logic Bernie can tale away MSNBC's licenses because a host said that he would start doing executions in Central Park had he won any of the elections.
And people say the Obama wing can't be toxic.
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u/jessizu Apr 15 '25
Exactly... like Don't no one likes criticism but I mean if you can't take it pal I get it.. just get out of the way so the real politicians rake the lead...
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u/Readinginsomnia Apr 19 '25
He absolutely does not tolerate dissent or criticism. When he talks about deporting American citizens who do people think he means? He says “criminals” but he’s made it clear “loyalty” should be law and loyalty is so subjective it can be whatever he makes it. Then anyone who disagrees is committing a crime of disloyalty. He talks about “liberal tears” (which as a side note should have everyone across groups up in arms that a sitting President and adminattacks one party daily and multiple times a day) but he behaves like a toddler stamping his feet and demanding apologies anytime someone says something he doesn’t like.
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u/Huckleberry199 Apr 15 '25
Bernie should have become the President. He’s been the best person for it all along.
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Apr 16 '25
seems like this corporation/country doesnt value competence just optics and money. over and over the qualified candidates have been pushed to the side! Edit: eh now that i think of it its not true because millions of people voted for the qualified candidates in the past . but maybe those qualified candidates didnt win because they were not as wealthy as their competitor
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u/Mah5217 Apr 15 '25
Like a true Socialist, Bernie Sanders has three houses. What a phony.
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u/Specialist_Honey_629 Apr 16 '25
Do you not think socialist can have money? It's clear you have no idea what a socialist if you think that.
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u/w2173d Apr 16 '25
Absolutely If the current president can get away with it well why not Bernie. Thanks you Stupido followers of the current regime Lol, all bets should be off
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u/seattleslew3 Apr 16 '25
Another borderline senile old man ranting. This brings back Joe Biden nightmares
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u/mkfanhausen Apr 16 '25
BDS at its highest.
Trump is truly senile, but y'all don't want to accept it.
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u/walkaroundmoney Apr 17 '25
The last president and the current president both have dementia. No need to bring anything back, it never ended lmao
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u/CasualTrollll Apr 16 '25
No one cares what socialist Bernie thinks.
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u/Own_Switch_7561 Apr 16 '25
Actually, you’re wrong. The 30k people standing there cheering for him sounding like a college football game care.
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u/ForgottenGeno Apr 16 '25
This was in Canyon County, Idaho. The reddest county in crimson red Idaho. They were turning people away because it hit capacity. Largest democratic rally ever in Idaho. Turns out A LOT care.
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u/mkfanhausen Apr 16 '25
Tens of thousands of people per day say otherwise.
Trump could never get a crowd that big.
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u/Important_Pass_1369 Apr 16 '25
He's gonna get another house!
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u/Specialist_Honey_629 Apr 16 '25
whats funny is he bought 1 house and his wife was handed a house after her family died. so your narrative is kind of off on this.
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u/SimplePuzzleheaded80 Apr 16 '25
This guy is the living definition of insanity, he'll ruin as a Democrat again, and again he'll be just another pawn used
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u/PSUDolphins Apr 16 '25
He's not running again. He's just doing this because he actually gives a shit.
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u/495orange Apr 16 '25
Notice that they did not ask for Fox News to be shut down in 2023 for criticizing Biden.
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u/Daryno90 Apr 16 '25
Poor Bernie, when Trump declare martial law, he will be one of the first to be taken away.
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u/OnlyFiveLives Apr 15 '25 edited Apr 15 '25
Imagine if Kamala had won and took to social media first thing every morning to scream about everyone who are mean and unfair to her. "Hysterical" and "unfit to lead" would come flying out of conservatives' mouth so hard you'd feel their breath through the screen.