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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders Goes Off Script During Major Speech And ANNIHILATES Donald Trump [View all]
During his speech on democratic socialism, Sen. Bernie Sanders departed from his prepared remarks and leveled Donald Trump for his racist rhetoric and tactics.
Sen. Sanders said:
I despise appeals to nativism and prejudice, a lot of which we have been hearing in recent months. And I do proudly believe in immigration reform that gives Hispanics and others a pathway to citizenship and a better life.
And while I am on that subject let me just say a real word of concern to what I have been hearing from some of the Republican candidates in recent months. People can have honest disagreements about immigration or about anything else. Thats called democracy, but people should not be using the political process to inject racism into the debate. And if Donald Trump and others who refer to Latinos as criminals and rapists. If they want to open that door, our job is to shut that door, and shut it tight. This country has gone too far. Too many people have suffered, and too many people have died for us to continue hearing racist words coming from major political candidates.
Sanders didnt just destroy Trump and the entire racist subtext that many of the Republican presidential candidates are running on. He called on the American people to shut the racists down. Sen. Sanders was correct. We have a moral obligation to shut people like Donald Trump, who are trying to exploit some of the deepest wounds in society for political gain completely down. The reason the media should report on Trumps remarks with a more critical eye is because he is damaging the country.
The Democratic candidates remarks about Trump were not in his prepared text. Sanders took a detour to express how strongly he feels about the damage that the Republican frontrunner is doing to our country. Trump is so afraid of Sanders that he is trying to get voters to believe that he is a communist. The reality is that Sanders is speaking a truth that Trump doesnt want voters to hear.
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http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/19/bernie-sanders-destroys-trump-it.html
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Bernie Sanders Goes Off Script During Major Speech And ANNIHILATES Donald Trump [View all]
Segami
Nov 2015
OP
I think that was probably his biggest applause moment in the whole speech. n/t
winter is coming
Nov 2015
#3
Certainly anyone who supports a family of 4 with $30,000 or less should not pay income taxes.
daybranch
Nov 2015
#11
I think the leadership in both parties think "it's just another ordinary election".
winter is coming
Nov 2015
#40
A new group like NATO that goes after the root causes of extremism would eliminate FOX "News".
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2015
#10
I was interested to hear him review the history of what we did to countries like Iran
MrMickeysMom
Nov 2015
#13
Holy hell he called out the SOS's friend Henry on what he did to Allende in Chile!
Agony
Nov 2015
#15
Sadly too many people in our party seem to think "good foreign policy" = Bombing
Scootaloo
Nov 2015
#27
The Neocons are looking forward to her foreign policy that pushes American Exceptionalism.
rhett o rick
Nov 2015
#43
Georgetown University. One of the premier centers of education for world affairs.
erronis
Nov 2015
#42