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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders' most ardent supporters believe 2020 could be 'stolen' by the DNC [View all]
US News & World ReportWhile polling has shown Warren performing worse against Trump than Sanders, more recent data has shown her climbing into closer contention against the president.
At the same time, Sanders has begun regularly inserting his electability argument into his standard pitch, describing himself as "the strongest campaign to defeat the worst president in this country's history," a case he didn't attempt to make until much later in 2016.
But out in his crowds, doubts swirl among his supporters. Conversations with attendees of Sanders rallies revealed close to conspiratorial notions about the Democratic National Committee purposely sabotaging their candidate's chances stark evidence of a broken trust that still hasn't been repaired.
"If he doesn't get cheated by the DNC, we're good. What they're doing now, putting Biden forward and stuff like that, is definitely purposeful," says Ernest Montenegro, an arts professor from Concord. "I think they did it once, they're going to do it again. If Hillary hadn't been pushy and pushed him out of the way and did everything they could to keep him with a lower profile than he really had at the time, he probably would've won."
At the same time, Sanders has begun regularly inserting his electability argument into his standard pitch, describing himself as "the strongest campaign to defeat the worst president in this country's history," a case he didn't attempt to make until much later in 2016.
But out in his crowds, doubts swirl among his supporters. Conversations with attendees of Sanders rallies revealed close to conspiratorial notions about the Democratic National Committee purposely sabotaging their candidate's chances stark evidence of a broken trust that still hasn't been repaired.
"If he doesn't get cheated by the DNC, we're good. What they're doing now, putting Biden forward and stuff like that, is definitely purposeful," says Ernest Montenegro, an arts professor from Concord. "I think they did it once, they're going to do it again. If Hillary hadn't been pushy and pushed him out of the way and did everything they could to keep him with a lower profile than he really had at the time, he probably would've won."
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Bernie Sanders' most ardent supporters believe 2020 could be 'stolen' by the DNC [View all]
brooklynite
Jun 2019
OP
You and others keep posting that article. I don't think you've actually read it.
TwilightZone
Jun 2019
#71
Knowing his history do you picture him doing that? He has shown us he is a sore, sore loser
lunamagica
Jun 2019
#27
Why shouldn't they believe it? The message comes from the top. Sanders himself. NT
SouthernProgressive
Jun 2019
#9
At least I don't have to hear the whole Millionaires and Billionaires thingie...
GulfCoast66
Jun 2019
#23
Well Brooklynite i put nearly every responder to your post on full ignore. It makes reading much
CentralMass
Jun 2019
#28
He just did! I literally just got an email from Bernie offering to send me his book!
yardwork
Jun 2019
#59