Bernie Sanders on why seniors support Joe Biden: "Because Joe is a nice guy"

[Uncle Joe]

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"Look, you know why? I'll tell you why. Because Joe is a nice guy. Okay? He is a decent person," said Sanders, in response to a question from CBS News about the former vice president's comfortable lead among seniors. "He is a friend of mine. People like him. And we're not going to make personal attacks on Joe Biden, but I think the record shows that Joe's history in the Senate and my history in congress are very different."

Link to tweet

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"That's just not true," Sanders said. "I think all of the media who have looked at it, it was not doctored. It was what it is. The broader issue is not just one video, which, again I think all of the media who looked at it indicated it was not doctored. It is Joe's position on Social Security over the years versus my position on Social Security over the years."

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"I'm not saying anything about what Joe might do in the future, but I think it is important to know where a senator has come from and where his head is at, and Joe's record on that is a little different than mine," Sanders told CBS News after being asked directly if he believes Biden would make cuts to Social Security as president.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-seniors-support-joe-biden-despite-record-on-social-security-because-joe-is-a-nice-guy-2020-01-19/

[DownriverDem]

1. Nice guy and

Biden can win enough states in November to beat trump. If his VP pick is a strong progressive Democratic woman, they will be a formidable ticket. We are a Center/Left country. Our ticket has to appeal to more than Democrats and left leaners. We can't blow this.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Thanks Uncle Joe... Bernie, always classy!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Uncle Joe]

4. I agree InAbLuEsTaTe.

[Skittles]

6. did you miss the intent here?

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he's trashing Joe's record on SS but saying people some people don't care and will vote for Joe only because they like him - that may be true but it's hardly classy

[msongs]

14. beware passive/aggressive types nt

[Skittles]

15. sounds more like delusion

[beastie boy]

5. Also, because seniors trust Biden on Social Security.

Nearly 40% of Democratic voters who are eligible for SS support Biden. They can see through the smears and empty promises. Life experience may have something to do with it.

[Lucky Luciano]

7. The ones under threat re social security are those that aren't yet eligible.

[beastie boy]

13. And those who are eligible and are now dependent on SS for their livelihood are not under threat?

You are not trying to say that those who consider SS a long term concern are most affected by what will happen to SS in the next four years, are you?

[mcar]

8. Who's going to tell him?

And we're not going to make personal attacks on Joe Biden,

[NYMinute]

9. Logically, then,

is he admitting that he is not a nice guy and pegged as such by the seniors who have a lot of experience behind them in judging people?

[OilemFirchen]

12. Apparently.

And we doddering old fools are too stupid to vote.

Does that include the Senator himself? Or does Sanders Math exclude him?

[The Valley Below]

10. "We're not going to make personal attacks on Joe Biden."

And his supporters wonder why Sanders is not trusted and is so disliked by Democrats.

[amishcountry]

11. Very classy!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

19. Bernie shows a lot of class, even in the face of bashing from fellow Democrats

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[myohmy2]

16. "Look, you know why? I'll tell you why. Because Joe is a nice guy."

...you've got to love Bernie...

...he's aggressive and strong when he needs to be, yet honest and generous when he wants to be...

...Bernie, the perfect President...

[The Valley Below]

17. While he has David Sirota stabbing Joe Biden in the back.

Not buying this BS.

[Uncle Joe]

20. +10000

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

21. Yes,so many love Bernie for that EXACT reason! President Sanders will represent the Democratic Party

well and make us all proud!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[PatSeg]

18. "Joe's a nice guy"

And then he doubles down on an edited video clip that is totally misleading and everyone pretty much knows it. That's what some people call classy?

[gulliver]

22. Seniors are good at evaluating other seniors. That's why they support Joe much more than Bernie.

[LanternWaste]

25. This partially explains why Biden outperforms Sanders in the critical voting blocks.

And why Sanders numbers are consistently stagnant and anemic among those same critical voting blocks.