Did Bernie speak out against tRump speaking at the NRA?

[Cattledog]

Curious minds would like to know.

[Me.]

1. Not That I Heard

But then 45 is not a Dem

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Was he supposed to?

[angstlessk]

3. Divisive politics is what the repubs are doing....

don't mimic them

[Cattledog]

5. Not being divisive...

I just think tRump being the first sitting president to speak to the NRA in 34 years deserves a response. Because to me the NRA is the most dangerous organization in the country.

[rzemanfl]

30. The Republican Party is the most dangerous organization. The NRA is just a dangerous special

interest group.

[Cattledog]

32. Agreed!

[grossproffit]

4. What about Chechnya? Has he made a statement on the persecution of gays there?

[NunnesBuznat]

6. Burnie is like tinkerbell: if we stop believing in him, he'll go away

[NurseJackie]

17. Now THAT...

... actually made me literally laugh out loud! Thanks for the chuckle!

[rzemanfl]

26. I thought hand clapping was involved too. n/t

[onecaliberal]

7. Did any dem?

[Cattledog]

9. Sen. Chris Murphy did.

Link to tweet

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/us/politics/christopher-murphy-guns-trump.html?_r=0

[onecaliberal]

10. Okay so 1 did and Bernie didn't, so let's fry him? It just gets more ridiculous by the day.

[LexVegas]

13. ...

Link to tweet

[Chasstev365]

40. They will never let 2016 go..........

[onecaliberal]

41. Yeah, pathetic

[Marengo]

16. What is he referring to in regard to the NRA celebrating...

The right of criminals to own guns?

[Cattledog]

35. I think he is referring to the Firearms "Relief" act

NRA Expands the Program to Include Gun Criminals

For 20 years, however, felons convicted of crimes "involving the use of a firearm or other weapon" or of violations of federal firearm laws were ineligible to apply for "relief." This changed in 1986, when a law backed by the National Rifle Association took effect. The Firearm Owners' Protection Act (also known as FOPA or McClure/Volkmer for the bills' Senate and House sponsors) expanded the program to allow felons convicted of gun crimes to obtain "relief."3 And gun criminals certainly took advantage of the program. Of the 100 sample cases obtained by the Violence Policy Center, eight were for firearm violations, including two convictions for illegal sales of machine guns.

http://www.vpc.org/studies/felons.htm

[Marengo]

49. In that sense, he rather sounds like a hard right winger giddy with the thought of perpetual...

Punishment. I personally see absolutely nothing wrong with giving people the opportunity to petition for their rights to be restored and prove they are rehabilitated.

[demmiblue]

8. Trash thread. n/t

[LexVegas]

11. Bernie leans more pro-gun. nt

[NurseJackie]

14. That's a shame. No, seriously... I mean it. It's a shame.

[NastyRiffraff]

12. He's too busy supporting Dump on North Korea

Or trying to, framing it with an "If." That way he's not "really" saying Dump is right on NK.

[NurseJackie]

15. That word (if) is also prominent in non-apology apologies.

[NastyRiffraff]

19. Exactly

"I'm sorry if I offended"

[killbotfactory]

23. So you don't think we should push China to moderate NK?

Cool.

[NastyRiffraff]

27. China is handling that on its own

It doesn't need Dump, except, of course, for his Chinese business interests. To the Chinese government, Dump is a useful idiot. Why doesn't Sanders know that?

[QC]

18. Today I went to the grocery store and they mixed up my stuff

with somebody else's, so when I got home I had some peas and tomato paste that I didn't want but my spinach was nowhere to be found.

Why hasn't Bernie said anything about this?

[NastyRiffraff]

22. Oh for chrissake

Comparing your insignificant groceries (who cares?) with an NRA gun issue? Surely you can do better than that.

Or maybe not.

[NurseJackie]

24. Clearly he doesn't care about you.

[QC]

25. He's a big ole meanie weenie bo beenie!!!

[fun n serious]

28. You just made me crave tomato basil soup. nt

[QC]

29. I have fresh basil but I already took the tomato paste back.

That's a great idea, though. Might have to make some soup!

[Nanjeanne]

20. I know he's been tweeting up a storm about Trump and Climate Denial - oh and Trump and obscene tax

plan and the $15 min wage bill and Trump and Republicans and healthcare.

Maybe none of those issues matter to some I guess.

[Raster]

31. of course not... the ususal suspects are only looking for shit they can complain about.

[Kentonio]

21. I spent at least an hour today trying to find Converse sneakers in the right size.

Has Bernie spoken out about this? Curious minds would like to know.

[doc03]

33. No but he had to make a comment about a speech a private citizen named Obama made

and commended Trump on his foreign policy.

[NurseJackie]

39. I know. Weird, huh?

[Raster]

34. how's that agenda working out for ya?

[PatsFan87]

36. Today I wiped my ass and it was an odd color.

Before seeing a doctor, I'd like to know what Bernie's opinion is of this. Also, I'd like to know if he's a supporter of wiping from front to back or back to front. And how does he put the toilet paper on? I simply can not rest until I know that he has spoken out about these things and at the exact moment that I want him to speak out about them.

[QC]

37. I've heard Bernie opposes all forms of wiping, Strictly a bidet man,

leading some to believe that he spent too much time in France and is worse off for it.

[sarah FAILIN]

38. Someone alerted on this

I can't believe it, but all anyone has to do is say 1 persons name and BAM!

It is ridiculous.

[m-lekktor]

42. The NRA PAID Trump to speak? DAAAAAMN!! nt

[JCanete]

43. not sure why it matters. Democrats and liberals, all of them have criticized trump consistently for

just about everything he has done. Sanders has been a very vocal critic, and people who want to pretend that he has more bad things to say about democrats than Trump haven't actually been listening to him.

Trump is shitty. We kind of expect him to do shitty things. That doesn't mean we let off of him and let those things start to seem normal in the public domain, but by and large people in the public domain also know he's shitty, and nobody is letting up.

When it comes to trying to provide a different guideline or rule-book for politicians who we do like and do want to vote for, it matters to have a discussion about what that should look like. It matters that the public sees that we care about these things and we care about the appearance of propriety, AND that the voices of liberal ideals aren't just party hacks. If nobody has criticism for one's own side, especially when there are things worth criticizing that people know about, that just undercuts all credibility. People won't hear us if we do that. It can't be that not speaking ill of other democrats decisions is part of the bargain with a big tent, because that means that at some point, there is nothing we can speak ill of. That stops sounding like honesty...

and yes I know, the republicans have no problem doing this, but they have the advantage of corporate media, and they have the advantage of an entirely "differently" informed base weaned on the worst of that corporate media, and they have the advantage of us not offering a clear enough contrast -in the context of that corporate media of false equivalences----to make ourselves a clear beacon in that darkness. Because the playing field isn't even, we have to be far better, unimpeachably better, always.

[David__77]

44. This strikes me as nonsensical billshit.

...

[PaintedSkies]

45. I think Bernie has already gotten their attention

As NRA head moron Wayne LaPiPip said yesterday ...
Obviously Bernie must be doing something right! GO BERNIE!

[mcar]

46. Good question

[theaocp]

47. As long as you're calling out Senator Sanders, perhaps

you'd like to list the long list of other people who have not called this out, too? What is your true motivation here? If you're having trouble understanding my point, try translating this post into Russian.

[sarisataka]

48. You owe me a Coke