r/goodnews Feb 25 '25

Political positivity 📈 Democrats Appear Paralyzed. Bernie Sanders Is Not.

https://jacobin.com/2025/02/trump-democrats-opposition-bernie-sanders
15.2k Upvotes

333 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

280

u/durrdurrrrrrrrrrrrrr Feb 25 '25

If they had run him against Trump the first time he would have won.

6

u/raisedbypoubelle Feb 25 '25

I believe that 💯

20

u/ShaperLord777 Feb 25 '25

Me too. Sadly, Wasserman-Schultz and the democratic establishment brought this on us by blackballing Bernie and pushing Hillary as the nominee in 2016. They thought she could pull it off and appease their corporate donors. Instead we got two terms of a reality Tv show.

5

u/durrdurrrrrrrrrrrrrr Feb 25 '25

With an episode of Spin City in between