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In reply to the discussion: HRC/Democrats Lost Due to WRONG Message [View all]SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Bankruptcies. Personal Wall Street bailout. Lay-offs. Shafting contractors.
Between the two, Americans would have trusted Bernie over Trump (and the Republicans) on protecting Social Security and Medicare.
Bernie would have exposed Trump's hypocrisy on trade (e.g., his crap ties made in Bangladesh). And the *cheap Mexican labor* renovating Trump's DC acquisition, the Old Post Office Pavilion.
As we watched during the debates, Trump nailed Hillary on Iraq and her Middle East policy as SoS. He wouldn't have had that ammo against Bernie.
The Sanders campaign would have been ruthless in making sure Americans fully understood Trump's role in the Central Park Five, and his refusal to rent properties to blacks. Bernie dragged away in handcuffs at a civil rights protest v. Hillary's "super-predator" remark. More ammo against Hillary, but not against Bernie.
Those are just some examples off the top of my head.
Yeah, yeah, Trump could have targeted Bernie on some stupid essay he wrote as a college student, plus jumping from job to job as a young man... OUCH!