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George II

(67,782 posts)
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 08:27 PM Mar 2020

The Media. Young Voters. Sanders Spreads the Blame for His Decline. [View all]

As Bernie Sanders has seen his fortunes slide, he has cited a number of factors that portray him as an aggrieved outsider.

ST. LOUIS — To Senator Bernie Sanders, there is plenty of blame to go around when it comes to his recent reversal of fortune. For everyone but him and his campaign.

The “corporate media” didn’t pay attention to his agenda.

The Democratic Party establishment aligned to block him from winning its presidential nomination.

And the young voters he counted on to power his campaign didn’t come through for him.

“Let me tell you the bad news, to be honest with you, young people vote at much lower rates than older people,” the Vermont senator told a St. Louis crowd of mostly young people Monday morning. “All right? That is the facts. I hope all of the old people vote, that’s great, but I want young people to vote at the same rates.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/politics/bernie-sanders-michigan-2020.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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