Democratic Primaries

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts) Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:54 PM Mar 2019

Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign slogan is a direct rebuke of Trump's 2016 message

Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign slogan is a direct rebuke of Trump’s 2016 message of ‘I alone can fix’ America

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As Sanders has hit the campaign trail over the past week, a consistent theme has emerged at his rallies as the senator's supporters have chanted his name — Sanders interrupts the crowd and says his campaign is not about "Bernie" but "you" and "us."

The Vermont senator used the line at his kick off rally in Brooklyn, New York, last Saturday and repeated the line again in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Thursday night during his first campaign stop in the Midwestern state.

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Comparatively, back in July 2016 as Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president in Cleveland, Ohio, he declared, "I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves. Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it."

Sanders, with his populist rhetoric, was at times compared to Trump along the campaign trail back in 2016. In 2020, the Vermont senator is declaring loud and clear that he's nothing like the president as Sanders presents a vision for America he contends is "exactly the opposite" of Trump's.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-2020-campaign-slogan-is-rebuke-of-trump-i-alone-can-fix-2019-3

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

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Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign slogan is a direct rebuke of Trump's 2016 message (Original Post) Uncle Joe Mar 2019 OP

That might work out well for him. marylandblue Mar 2019 #1

You mean when the throngs chant "Bernie!, Bernie!, Bernie!" CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #2

This isn't the first time Bernie has always spoken of we or us not me nor I. n/t Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #3

Yes, I fully aware of that. I've heard this line a hundred times. CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #4

The article is about Council Bluffs, IA yesterday Omaha Steve Mar 2019 #9

Well, paste in the name. Is there ever a different speech? CrossingTheRubicon Mar 2019 #10

Thanks for the thread. David__77 Mar 2019 #7

Thank you David. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #8

That's a bold strategy...nt SidDithers Mar 2019 #5

I like the emphasis on "us." David__77 Mar 2019 #6

I like that as well. Uncle Joe Mar 2019 #11

Makes Me Think Of PBO Me. Mar 2019 #12

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

1. That might work out well for him.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:56 PM

Mar 2019

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

CrossingTheRubicon

(731 posts)

2. You mean when the throngs chant "Bernie!, Bernie!, Bernie!"

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 08:59 PM

Mar 2019

And he says it's about "us," not about me?

This sounds like more "re-framing" to me.

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

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts)

3. This isn't the first time Bernie has always spoken of we or us not me nor I. n/t

Reply to CrossingTheRubicon (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:01 PM

Mar 2019

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

CrossingTheRubicon

(731 posts)

4. Yes, I fully aware of that. I've heard this line a hundred times.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:11 PM

Mar 2019

It warrants a thread now?

Has the line gained credulity through repetition?

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

Omaha Steve

(99,660 posts)

9. The article is about Council Bluffs, IA yesterday

Reply to CrossingTheRubicon (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:10 PM

Mar 2019

Calls for a thread to me.

OS

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

CrossingTheRubicon

(731 posts)

10. Well, paste in the name. Is there ever a different speech?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:12 PM

Mar 2019

No offense, but they all sound pretty much the same.

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

David__77

(23,421 posts)

7. Thanks for the thread.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:09 PM

Mar 2019

...

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

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts)

8. Thank you David.

Reply to David__77 (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:10 PM

Mar 2019

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

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

5. That's a bold strategy...nt

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:54 PM

Mar 2019

Sid

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

David__77

(23,421 posts)

6. I like the emphasis on "us."

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:08 PM

Mar 2019

Nice. At its heart social-oriented politics are about “us.”

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

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts)

11. I like that as well.

Reply to David__77 (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:19 PM

Mar 2019

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

Me.

(35,454 posts)

12. Makes Me Think Of PBO

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 10:27 PM

Mar 2019

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

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