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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Sanders defends Trump voters: I don't think they're racists, sexists or homophobes [View all]BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)47. What about the people who voted for him because he promised to keep the Mexicans out?
And the Muslims? Do you think it was all economic anxiety?
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Sanders defends Trump voters: I don't think they're racists, sexists or homophobes [View all]
Celerity
Dec 2019
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In my view the majority of Trump supporters fit at least one of those bills
BannonsLiver
Dec 2019
#19
For a guy who rarely (if ever) supports his own allegations with data or evidence...
LanternWaste
Dec 2019
#94
No you are not alone. The MAIN THREAD that binds them together, rump voters
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2019
#29
Anyone who still supports Trump has no basis to object to being called racist, sexist homophobes
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#18
2nd that. Spend some time in the party Bernie. More than a few months every 4 yrs.
IADEMO2004
Dec 2019
#10
The fact is not all of the people who voted for Trump are racists, sexists or homophobes.
Autumn
Dec 2019
#24
Ya, pretty evident. Too bad denying that facts only works to enable the behavior.
Lexee
Dec 2019
#96
"..it wasn't that Donald Trump won the election, it was that the Democratic Party lost the election"
myohmy2
Dec 2019
#42
No, but when he just throws out the blanket statement that they're not racist he invites criticism.
BannonsLiver
Dec 2019
#92
Ignoring Comey, foreign interference, and the LIEs propagated by some so called
still_one
Dec 2019
#57
What about the people who voted for him because he promised to keep the Mexicans out?
BannonsLiver
Dec 2019
#47
How is the Democratic Party a party of the liberal elite and not the working class?
betsuni
Dec 2019
#89
This from last year: "I think you know there are a lot of white folks out there who are not
betsuni
Dec 2019
#61
If he truly believes what he said in these quotes... I can't vote for anyone with judgment that poor
RockRaven
Dec 2019
#62
There are a small % who could possibly switch to the right Democrat so I really don't have a problem
Quixote1818
Dec 2019
#75
I don't believe that the 1% to 2% of Trump voters that Bernie would attract
TexasTowelie
Dec 2019
#83