Out-of-touch, old-guard Democrats in the media media like @lawrence think the onus should be on @BernieSanders---who it appears by the polls and polls on ISSUES--is representing the majority popular will of the Democratic Party's voters---to bend his will to establishment Dems...
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rather than Democrats in the Senate to bend their will--AND VOTES--based on the popular will of the PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. For example--In Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada,
#MedicareForAll had majority support among Democratic primary voters. According to@Lawrence's philosophy..Show this thread -
it is up to
@BernieSanders to convince New Hampshire Senator@SenatorShaheen and@SenatorHassan to vote for#MedicareForAll rather than those Senators to vote based on the POPULAR MAJORITY of NH Democrats they represent (6 in 10 NH Dem voters favored M4A)...Show this thread -
Ditto for Nevada--according to
@lawrence, the greater offense is@BernieSanders offending Nevada Dem Senators@SenCortezMasto and@SenJackyRosen than those Senators refusing to vote for#MedicareForAll when 6 in 10 Nevada Dem voters just expressed they are in favor...Show this thread -
It is rather instructive, & frankly outrageous, that 2 folks like
@lawrence (& by the way, it's not just him)....the outrage is a progressive politician like@BernieSanders daring to go after an out-of-touch, corrupted-by-Wall-St Democratic Party and NOT the Dem Senators/House..Show this thread -
members who are/will vote against the popular will of the voters they purportedly represent. Maybe media commentators and journalists ire and questions should be focused on those Dem Senators ignoring their constituents wishes rather than the politician trying to fulfill them...
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I know....that whole direct democracy thing may be a bridge too far. By the way...it's not just
@lawrence. Below are other media men over age of 50 with the same complacent, programmed mind to accept the the soft bigotry of low expectations.Show this thread - End of conversation
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For the last 50 years the American electorate has put up with the incompetence and willful negligence of congress. So it's simple. Support the legislation or get primaried. Get ready real change is coming...
#Bernie#BernieSanders#Bernie2020#NotMeUs#MedicareForAll#M4A#M4All -
The reckoning has just begun.
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