no, nothing has paid off yet, it’s the first time the first step has been taken. we still need to bring the dnc to heel
His message is simple, and the Democrats should adopt it: how can we have a trillionaire, but lack the funds to provide universal health coverage?
Bernie is one of the better democrat leaders. I wish the 2016 election had been between Bernie and Carson instead of Bernie and Trump.
You mean instead of between Hilary and Trump right?
Here I had completely forgotten about shrillary and now I’m miserable again.
Bernie is a true believer and the closest thing to a politician I trust. How he’s been treated by the establishment is a great illustration of how corrupt our entire system has become, and his patience in continuing to navigate it without giving up or selling out is… Really something.
It’s not the end. The real battle is only begining.
I mostly love a bernie but I’ll believe “paid off” when they actually get some real systemic changes completed. Flipping seats should be the means, not the goal.
Legend. What a real one.
The best I ever felt voting was when I voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary.
So many neo-liberal apologists out there for what the DNC did. I asked one why they did it anyway if “progressives” don’t show up to vote. They got angry, MAGA CHUD angry.
Oh my god. My local junior high was electric with energy. Fuck the DNC forever.
We don’t deserve him. The way the DNC treated him was abhorrent.
If more people voted for him in primaries, he would’ve move DNC to the left. This is a reminder to vote in primaries.
Yes, fortunately he is actually in it for the people. He doesn’t seem to hold a grudge.
It’s not about what we do or don’t deserve.
If people needed to deserve good governance before they could have it, the world would be a fascist hellhole forever.
This is about what’s right or wrong. Good governance is what’s right, and Bernie knows that, and that’s why he fights for it whether we deserve it or not.
Right! That’s why he immediately caucused with Dems and the dnc after that election. Right?
Truth is, Bernie is all in with the DNC. Yet you post what?
Bernie knows more than you and his actions prove how little you know. He works with others rather than demonizing groups. Thats the long game. Not talking shit.
Maybe ask him? You know after he caucused with the Dems and achieved policy victories?
Does Bernie’s own actions count or is it just your feelings?
Bernie been fighting so hard, I hope he can retire soon and allow the mantle to go to someone decent that can do what been doing for 60 years.
The only way Bernie retires is if we get off our asses and make his policies law. Otherwise he will be wagging his finger at social injustice from his death bed.
Let’s do it for Bernie!
Hopefully 100+ new people trying to join congress in 2028
Same. I hope he’s got a group of people primed to take over so he can retire.
i think it’s fairly obvious that he is positioning AOC for this. i can live with that!
I meant more for someone to take over his senate seat. Want to make sure it doesn’t go to an R. But yes loving AOC being part of the Bernie legacy.
Ro Khanna is staying righteous.
bernie would have been great, I’d have loved to vote for hin.
It felt good voting for him in the 2016 primaries at least.
There were dozens of us!
I mean… he won but got fucked out of it. That’s what the “Hilary’s emails” stuff was all about, clear collusion between her and the DNC to subvert their own processes. It’s interesting and important history if you’re looking for a rabbithole today
What exactly happened with that? I know he won the first couple states like Iowa and NH but then the superdelagates didn’t choose him or something? But by that point I thought he was already losing in the next batch of state elections (because he was too “radical” while Hilary was the “safe” choice).
Yeah, superdelegates negotiating a deal vs directly representing their constituencies was the core of it. Apparently she’d made prior concessions in exchange for it being “her turn” that time and the nomination was essentially decided before voting began. When things weren’t working out that way the superdelegates were told how to vote and did, the arguments where she insisted on that were a highlight of the email leaks. It was a long time ago and I’m probably not the one to ask, tf even is a “superdelegate”? Sounds made up.
Not too late.
age 85
Not too late.
No more octogenarians in office. Any office. Please.
Love that dude
Bernie, you magnificent son of a removed. Played the long game and won.
Bernie for Senate Majority Leader.
He’s a million years old get someone younger.
Who are you my wife?
Is that how she responds when you suggest a minaj?
Too old unfortunately, instead I vote for… wait, what choices even are there? I know there’s Abdul, but what other progressives are in/soon to be in the Senate at this stage?
For President, sure, but what’s wrong with age with Senate Majority Leader? He has the cognitive capacity obviously and still tours the USA. Seems a befitting capstone to his public service and experience.
If the worst happens… They just change leader.
You also don’t really put freshman Senators in that role for a few reasons.
I would say also: the agenda that won the day is Bernie’s. He defined this agenda and the wave that just came into power lives in his shadow.
The new generation of progressives needs to start doing stuff and legitimizing itself and Bernie already has all the legitimacy he needs. Also you never know when he’ll start mentally declining and the divisions inside the progressive wing that would produce would be pretty bad; it wouldn’t be as simple as “just find another guy.”
They would never elect a freshman Senator into that position.
So unfortunately the usual options
I’d support Elizabeth Warren for Majority Leader. She’s got the fight in her
The movement that led to at least 18 progressive victories in congressional races and 42 left-wing winners down-ballot “started with a man with 1% vote and three people at his announcement” of his presidential bid in 2015, said one organizer Tuesday night as Democrats won control of the US Senate and House, a majority of governorships, and made major gains in state legislatures.
“Bernie made the path” for progressive politicians to win crucial elections, said a labor organizer based in San Francisco, referring to Sen. Bernie Sanders(I-Vt.). “This wave has been a long time coming.”
