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In reply to the discussion: Sanders' office confirmed he did not campaign for Ossoff. [View all]R B Garr
(16,950 posts)The cities he mentioned are all coastal, and they all went for Clinton. Your observation about being called that by Repuke candidates is why his comments are so divisive. His comments are exactly how Rush Limbaugh describes liberals, so you are correct that they are RW talking points.
And, yes, it is obvious he has put himself in the position of being a guru, savior, whatever you want to call it. That is really common knowledge at this point, as we can see by his tour with Perez, etc. He hasn't been respectful in how he characterizes Democrats, so he hasn't earned that same consideration from me. Sorry.
There still isn't an excuse for him to at least have shown some social media support for the Southern candidate. It would have gone a long way towards unity considering how he insulted the South back in 2016 after he lost there. His focus so far is on candidates/regions that have voted for him or fit his "populist" image. Not a very universal strategy.