Jan 8 at 9:30PM - Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump's Oval Office Address

[Donkees]

Scheduled for Jan 8, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) deliver a response to President Donald Trump's address to the nation Tuesday night on the shutdown and the president's demand for funding for a wall.

[DUgosh]

1. Bernie is not a dem

He cannot give the Democratic response he can only speak for Bernie

[Voltaire2]

2. Nobody notified the Democratic Party

Congressional leaders about this. I think you should get right on it.

[CentralMass]

3. ;-)

[George II]

6. No need to notify them, they already know he's not a Democrat and won't be doing the official...

...Democratic response.

[DesertRat]

12. Has he rejoined the Democratic party?

[PDittie]

28. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[DesertRat]

11. True, he's not giving the Democratic response

Sanders will be giving his own independent response on Facebook and You Tube.

[bhikkhu]

20. As far as the Democratic party organization in the senate is concerned, he is a de facto Democrat

Which is to say, there is an agreement in place whereby he votes with our party and represents our party on numerous committees.

I'm not a Bernie fan, and I hope he doesn't run for president, but I'm not willing to pursue a pointlessly divisive "he's not a Democrat" argument. Personally, while I don't agree with all that he says, I do agree with his independent stance. Its what I would have done. I've been a Democrat since Jimmy Carter, but I've always "kept my own counsel", as they say. Sometimes having principles means keeping a certain distance. I wouldn't criticize that in anyone.

[Gothmog]

4. I will be watching the official response on the net works

The networks are carrying the official response from Sen. Schumer and Speaker Pelosi and so there is no need to search out sanders' official response on some youtube or facebook post

[Honeycombe8]

7. Same here. I'm watching the Democratic Party's response. Since I'm a Democrat. nt

[Gothmog]

14. I am also a Democrat which is why I do not care what sanders has to say

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

16. Thank you

[denverbill]

17. I too shall only listen to the official Democratic response delivered by our leaders.

I will then know where I stand upon this particular issue. Any additional input from other parties only confuses the issue.

[JudyM]

19. Heh.

Of course there is no benefit in considering ideas possibly beyond those that are officially defined.

[George II]

5. Pelosi and Schumer are doing the Democratic response. If Sanders does go rogue and do this...

...it will hurt him even more with Democrats than he already has.

[JNelson6563]

15. I applaud this move by Sanders!

It demonstrates clearly he is not interested in the issue and solving it, he sees an opportunity to make chaos into a ladder (ala Littlefinger GOT) and he's taking it.

I think it's wonderful in that many more will now see he is all about self-promotion. He's worse than dead weight.

[Chakaconcarne]

8. Interesting... see nothing here about Sanders assuming the role of the dem response....

[iluvtennis]

9. GAH.

[Gothmog]

10. Ali Velshi clarifies that sanders is doing his own separate response

The official Democratic response is from Schumer and Pelosi

Link to tweet

[Rik von Beer]

13. Please Go Away, Senator

We can't afford you, or your fans, in 2020.

[lunasun]

18. Also Ted Lieu for a VoteVets reply

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211643832

[George II]

21. Ted Lieu did it not to usurp the official Democratic response, but to draw attention to veterans....

....and he didn't ask for money at the end of his response.

Thank you Representative Lieu!

[murielm99]

24. I did not watch the BS response.

I watched Schumer and Pelosi.

BS actually asked for money at the end of his response? Seriously?

[smirkymonkey]

22. I have to admit, I have been pretty sick of Bernie lately, but he had a good message here.

I know he's not a Democrat, but I can't say that I disagree with anything he said. I have been a pretty big Bernie critic, but I have no quarrel with him in this case.

[iamthebandfanman]

23. So...

some of you hate bernie, yet consider yourselves 'liberal' or 'progressive'..
totally makes sense.

[Evergreen Emerald]

25. Not all liberals are created equal

Bernie's actions disqualify him in my book. Now, Kamala Harris, AOC, there are some progressive liberals.

[LongtimeAZDem]

27. I don't dislike him because of his ideology; I dislike because of his behavior. /nt

[PubliusEnigma]

26. Why? This guy really thinks a lot of himself, doesn't he?