Bernie Sanders 'Morally Bankrupt' for Taking Campaign Donations During Coronavirus Crisis

[Galraedia]

Actress-activist Alyssa Milano on Wednesday reported it is “intellectually and morally bankrupt” for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to get marketing campaign donations for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, specified that he has “no route forward.”

“It is intellectually bankrupt for Bernie to faux that not unifying the bash these days is advantageous to a democratic victory in November,” the Insatiable actress declared. “He is even now using donations from persons throughout disaster on a marketing campaign that has no path forward! It’s intellectually and morally bankrupt.”

Although Sanders is continuing to accept donations, his campaign announced previous 7 days that it raised above $2 million for charities associated in coronavirus relief initiatives.

Nonetheless, Sanders continues to be over 300 delegates shorter of Joe Biden (D) and has admitted that he faces a “very steep road” to the nomination. Even so, he thinks he can better “continue the fight” for progressive policies by sustaining a presence in the race.

Read more: https://abc14news.com/2020/04/02/bernie-sanders-morally-bankrupt-for-taking-campaign-donations-during-coronavirus-crisis/

[jrthin]

1. Have those charities received any monies? Asking for a friend.

[mikelgb]

2. Thanks for the reminder to donate again!

[William769]

5. Figured you would find this amusing.

And you wonder why Joe Biden has a tsunami of a blue wave.

[Turin_C3PO]

8. You know what they say about a fool and his money...

[William769]

10. ...

[brush]

25. What's that saying..."a fool and his money...? Something like that. FYI: As long as the campaign...

keeps going, paid staffer checks keep coming and money to the campaign war chest keeps increasing even though there's no campaigning going on with this virus crisis.

Oh well, I'm sure the war chest money will be distributed among family and friends when Sanders does suspend, once they figure out how to skirt campaign financing laws of course.

[redstateblues]

30. Help Bernie buy another house!

[Blue_true]

40. I guess there is a lot of $27 donations out there still. For whatever that buys. nt

[HarlanPepper]

45. SCOREBOARD!

[Demsrule86]

50. Go for it...I think funding a losing campaign with a few promised but not verified charity goodies

thrown in is just what Sanders supporters should do. Don't send it to Biden's campaign which will be used to take Trump on in November. After all, winning isn't everything and all. Such a great idea to send Sanders more money now that mathematically, he will not be the nominee ...sure beats say flushing it down the toilet. I am sure Sanders supporters are not laid off but are rolling in extra money. I mean Sanders assures us that at least some will go to charity anyway. Sending it to food banks or to people who are literally in danger of starving to death would be a waste. Good on Sander's supporters. It is a perfect picture of Sander's losing campaign to ask for money to fund a losing primary campaign and use charity as the reason ...even though not all the money will go to charity. And they said it couldn't be done...the campaign motto is me not us? I think that was it. Brilliant!.

[emmaverybo]

53. Nailing it as usual, Demsrule86..

[Demsrule86]

55. Thank you emmaverybo! I appreciate the kinds words.

[William769]

3. I know what his charities are.

[BlueLucy]

4. Alyssa has been massively harassed on twitter for over a week now.

I mean MASSIVE.

[mikelgb]

7. if a tweet falls in the twitter and nobody is around to read it...

twitter isn't life

[BlueLucy]

12. That's not an excuse to be in her mentions...

saying Joe has dementia and is a rapist... on Alyssa's twitter mentions day after day, night after night just pounding her with that shit. That is not OK. It's pretty sick shit.

[questionseverything]

28. it is not cool about the rape and dementia stuff but

it wasn't her place to say who or how peops can support a candidate either

it is still a semi free country...we each can decide on our own

[BlueLucy]

33. She can say anything she wants.

She is being pounded about me too crap everyday for the past week. I mean massively harassed.

[questionseverything]

37. well she said really mean stuf too

“intellectually and morally bankrupt”

if you are going to toss out insults I guess you should expect it back

[BlueLucy]

38. AFTER she was bombarded with hate for a week straight.

calling Biden a rapist and that he has dementia... Go look at her mentions. Her mentions are filled with vitriol. She has been harassed like that since last week.

[questionseverything]

58. i don't know what a "mention" is...srry

politics can be rough and tumble

[HarlanPepper]

46. Except what she was saying is 100 percent accurate

[Demsrule86]

52. Seriously?

[betsuni]

56. You know Bernie called the Democratic Party "intellectually and morally bankrupt" don't you?

If you are going to toss out insults I guess you should expect it back.

[questionseverything]

57. show me the link pls

kinda depends on the back story

[Celerity]

59. here

Bernie Sanders Despised Democrats In 1980s, Said A JFK Speech Once Made Him Sick

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ilanbenmeir/bernie-sanders-despised-democrats-in-1980s-said-a-jfk-speech

[questionseverything]

63. so 30 plus years ago

[Celerity]

64. anti Biden folk got the vapours over tosh 40, 45 years back, so don't try that dodgy angle on me m8

[betsuni]

67. Thank you!

[betsuni]

65. Bernie's brand is being "authentic," never changing because he's always right.

To this day he calls the Democratic Party a failure, ideologically bankrupt, elite, establishment, corrupt, etc., and the votes of Democrats going back decades proof of bad judgement and being the same as Republicans. Proof of a life-long commitment of fighting for civil rights being that Bernie once got arrested for protesting in college and listened to MLK's "I have a dream" speech in Washington during the 60s, and endorsing Jesse Jackson for president in the 80s.

Can't have it both ways.

[ehrnst]

35. Why isn't it "her place?" People on DU do the very same all the time...

To express an opinion isn't forcing people to share it.

[Demsrule86]

51. Right...this is why I could never support Sanders in any primary.

[emmaverybo]

54. What the hay? Everyone and their mother uses Twitter to air opinion. It is reprehensible what

Bernie is doing! Good n her for calling it.

[Cha]

6. Mahalo, Alyssa Milano!

[Thekaspervote]

9. Kudos to Alyssa.. stay strong and thank you for putting your voice behind this!

[Progressive dog]

11. "Morally bankrupt" is a very polite way of putting that. nt

[The Magistrate]

19. It Is Indeed, Sir

"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[BidenBacker]

13. Doesn't BS hate big banks and credit card companies?

How Bernie's Small Donors Are Making Credit Card Companies Rich

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/11/25/small-dollar-online-donors-politics-credit-card-processing-072949

Then again, this side article just caught my eye...

Behind the scenes, Kushner takes charge of coronavirus response

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/01/jared-kushner-coronavirus-response-160553

We're all so fucking doomed if this amateur assclown is in charge. Might as well give your money away to Bernie...or save those CC processing fees and just burn it.

[George II]

14. One wonders who the principles are of ActBlue. They don't name anyone on their website.

[Blue_true]

41. ACT Blue is legit.

It was started by a female democratic activist at a time in the early 2000s when democratic candidates were being swamped by republican campaigns on fundraising. Biden also has his fundraising done by the organization, as did Senator Warren.

[jalan48]

15. Is Joe Biden? Go to his website and you can donate to his campaign. Does this make Joe

morally bankrupt as well?

[NYC Liberal]

17. Taking campaign contributions isn't morally bankrupt.

It's morally bankrupt when you have zero chance of winning the nomination.

[jalan48]

18. LOL-Ok-go with that if it works for you.

[NYC Liberal]

21. It works perfectly for me. Biden is raising money to defeat Donald Trump.

Bernie is soliciting funds to do what? Continue a campaign for months that has no chance of winning?

[WA-03 Democrat]

26. Math

It's so funny!!!

[BlueLucy]

39. Joe Biden has a campaign against Trump to fund.

Bernie does not.

[HarlanPepper]

47. It's worked pretty well for Joe

He sure made it look easy beating Bernie from sea to shining sea.

[brush]

23. Please. Seriously? Biden needs contributions for the general election. Sanders doesn't as he won't..

get within a hundred miles of the general election.

[progressoid]

29. Don't think he can take contributions for the GE yet.

[brush]

31. Source please. Contributions are contributions, no specifications for primary or general. The...

thing is, Biden will be waging a general election campaign. Sanders won't.

[TwilightZone]

27. Biden's apply to the GE. Sanders' don't because he won't be the nominee.

You really don't get the difference?

[Blue_true]

42. Biden is fundraising for the Fall. He has a path forward, Sanders does not.

You are comparing apples and oranges and saying both are bananas, IMO.

[George II]

43. Don't you get the point? Biden is the sure winner, Sanders at 0% chance of winning according to....

...538.

The point is continuing to take money from people for a campaign that has zero chance of winning is what everyone is upset about.

But I suspect many people are aware of that, which is why we're not hearing any glowing fundraising figures now like we did at the end of every previous month.

[ehrnst]

49. No, because he's still actually a viable candidate for the nomination.

[Demsrule86]

60. Joe is the Democratic nominee...Sanders is raising money for a failed primary bid...asking people

who are likely out of work and struggling for money to send him money. It is wrong IMHO. He needs to get out and stop raisin money for a now defunct campaign.

[sheshe2]

16. K&R

[NurseJackie]

20. 💗💗💗 I truly LOVE the fact that she chose those exact words!

it is “intellectually and morally bankrupt” for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to get marketing campaign donations for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic,

💗💗💗 I truly LOVE the fact that she chose those exact words! The reasons for which will be obvious to anyone who's been paying attention. And so, I'll just leave it at that for now.

I love her Coralee Armstrong character on "Insatiable"! (Too bad Netflix didn't renew it for another season.)

[ucrdem]

22. Truth!

And I hope he has an army of bookkeepers and attorneys on call or he's going to find himself in a heap o' trouble.

[GeorgiaPeanut]

24. He should actually return the donations to people in this crisis

They could use them for rent and food.

[yaesu]

32. must be a really, really slow news day. nt

[Celerity]

61. no, just truth

[LudwigPastorius]

34. "he thinks he can better "continue the fight" for progressive policies by...

sustaining a presence in the race."

Everybody's got to have a hobby, I guess.

[DenverJared]

62. And that line is appearing more and more ridiculous by day

[Gothmog]

36. This is poor form for the sanders campaign

[la-trucker]

44. Go Alyssa Milano!!

[betsuni]

48. K&R