Bernie Sanders: "What the president is doing right now is unbelievably cruel."

[kpete]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called out President Trump’s response to the $900 billion COVID-10 relief bill passed in Congress last week “unbelievably cruel” in an ABC News interview.

Said Sanders: “What the president is doing right now is unbelievably cruel. Many millions of people are losing their extended unemployment benefits. They’re going to be evicted from their apartments because the eviction moratorium is ending. We are looking at a way to get the vaccine distributed to tens of millions of people. There’s money in that bill.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2020/12/27/sanders-calls-out-trump-as-unbelievably-cruel/

[gulliver]

1. It's not helpful calling it "cruel."

A large number of those who support Trump want to be cruel. They think cruelty is necessary (as long as it's not them on the receiving end). Bernie complaining about cruelty is music to their ears.

Biden's statement is more effective, imo.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/26/biden-criticism-trump-stimulus-package-unemployment-aid-expires/4049687001/

[SharonClark]

2. It isn't a contest.

Biden thinks it’s devastating and Sanders thinks it’s cruel. Both are correct.

[mtnsnake]

5. Thank you.

[zentrum]

9. Exactly. Thanx.

[luv2fly]

10. Exactly this thank you

No need for pot stirring

[George II]

12. The difference? Joe Biden will be President in less than a month.

[tecelote]

20. Kamala will be Vice President!

Time to take a hard left turn.

[yardwork]

18. Agreed. Trump is cruel and it's important to point that out.

If people who claim to be Christian enjoy hearing that their leader is cruel, let's say it over and over again. Who knows, maybe a few of them will experience shame.

[Bettie]

24. Thank you!

Another quibbling about wording just because of who is using the words.

[questionseverything]

32. Ty

[atreides1]

3. Okay

But how many of those Trumpers are also on the receiving end of his cruelty?

I think the media needs to track a few of his deplorables down and get them on the record!

[Turbineguy]

6. They consider getting fucked over by trump

a patriotic sacrifice that they are willing to make.

[LiberalLovinLug]

15. ....for Trump

[mtnsnake]

7. If "cruelty" is music to their ears" then what is "davastating?" A mass orgasm maybe?

[Boomerproud]

11. Name one Magat that cares what Bernie Sanders says.

Their world is so divorced from reality, and decency, they are clueless and lost.

[xxqqqzme]

16. They like the abuse.

It is the wrong kind of attention but Hey, at least it is some attention!

[XanaDUer2]

30. I hope they suffer

big time

[dlk]

19. With Trump, as with Republicans in general, the cruelty is the point

Sadism...

[yaesu]

22. We must not care what his fascist minions think, we must speak the truth & the truth is tRump

has been a cruel fascist russian agent dictator not just now but for the last 4 years.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

27. .

[Leith]

31. Yes, cruelty makes them giggle

But they get terribly upset when someone calls them cruel.

So let's call them cruel until they cry.

[onecaliberal]

4. It's inhumane.

[bullimiami]

8. Cruel yet par for the course.

[joshcryer]

13. He's going to pocket veto it.

And blame Congress for it.

They'll successfully pivot it toward the Democrats.

[Bettie]

25. They will pivot it with

the enthusiastic support of the media who will eagerly accept their message and tout the very, very bad Democrats who caused this.

[joshcryer]

26. Pelosi will pass it tommorrow.

The Republicans will block it in the Senate.

Trump won't sign off on it.

See, this is why they win, doing nothing, nothing happens, so they win. Simply do nothing, spout off propaganda, and they have half the freaking voting bloc voting for them. To do nothing.

[Bettie]

28. It is disgusting and horrifying

and something needs to be done, but HOW do we move the media in the direction of covering both sides in the same way?

Republicans get all the benefit of the doubt, they get the blame deflected.

Meanwhile, Democrats are held to account for everything, even things they did not do.

[joshcryer]

29. It is the culture of their voting bloc.

They have been nurturing this culture for a very very long time. They're very ignorant about politics. They are very much tribal in how they view the parties.

[dhill926]

14. and crickets from the goddamn republicans...

[MurrayDelph]

17. From anyone else

It would be "unbelievably cruel."

For Trump, it's on brand.

[uponit7771]

21. K&R, The CURRENT batch of kGOP is no longer interested in a liberal democracy. Time for them to go

... via the VRA

[barbtries]

23. it must be a comfort to him.

he's a psycho sadist. let them eat shit, says trump.

i blame republicans.