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0 pointskevmo7y ago0 comments

Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat.

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dragonwriter7y ago· 3 in thread

> Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat.

Bernie Sanders is occasionally a Democrat; particularly, he was when running for President in 2016 and almost certainly will be if he runs for President in 2020; as a Senator he is “merely” an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, doesn't have the Democratic Party support candidates against him, and is the Democratic caucus’s ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee.

int_19h7y ago

I think the important part is that he doesn't have personal connections either directly with the industry lobbyists, or with prominent Dem leadership figures who do. So he can afford to ignore the lobbying.

dragonwriter7y ago

> I think the important part is that he doesn't have personal connections either directly with the industry lobbyists, or with prominent Dem leadership figures who do.

No, he didn't get to be the ranking member of the Banking Committee without personal connections with just about every Dem leadership figure that matters, especially in the Senate.

Now, he might have the moral fortitude to stand up for his public values despite such connections, but denying that they exist is ludicrous.

vxNsr7y ago

This is demonstrably false. He's in the pocket of industry just like any other politician.

sushisource7y ago

That really needs some sarcasm quotes around it. Technically true. Practically, no.

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