Sen. Bernie Sanders is the 2020 Democratic candidate who threatens to 'run away with this thing,' according to the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson. So why were the remaining Dems focusing on Bloomberg during the debate? Aired on 2/21/2020.
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Dems Should Focus On Bernie Sanders, Not Bloomberg: Eugene Robinson | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Yall really hate this man.
GORGEOUSGEORGE Just because you’re younger doesn’t mean you’re smarter. Get that out of your head just because you’re older don’t mean you are wiser as well.
Did you even watch the video? They are just talking campaign tactics and puzzled why the candidates are going after Bloomberg and each other but not focusing fire on the presumptive front-runner. They weren’t bagging on Bernie in any way or picking favorites.
@GORGEOUSGEORGE The guy is literally fueled by a pure dedication to his cause. I’m not concerned about his health at all.
@GORGEOUSGEORGE Bloomberg is 78 with very questionable health and Biden is 77. Also, it’s not just going to be Bernie running things. His whole administration will be the brand new governance of America.
We need a Marshall plan for America. We provided education and medical care for Germany and Japan and they’re doing far better than the U.S. in those two areas.
@rufus pennypacker Which is why the only “REAL” solution to this problem is to help those countries transform economically. This is all about economics. If there were more economic opportunity in their countries, they would stay, but their countries have high unemployment rates, few educational opportunities and corrupt law enforcement. In 1015, one of of every five people we sent back to Honduras was killed. That what happens when we go around destabilizing governments, rather than helping them.
@proletarian guard Good. I’m glad you do. Most people probably do not. We need a Marshal plan here in the US. Badly.
@Jay Kline I think we just need socialism and that would take care of much of the problems.
@proletarian guard Democratic socialism. I think you’re correct.
People need to accept the media is interested in who can buy them not who can run the country properly…..if Bernie was writing 400 million dollars checks to corporate media like bloombug he would be their BFF.
No, but he’s a millionaire with 3 houses. It’s easy to demand other people give away their money while keeping yours.
@Smiles 76 he will be paying taxes too dumazz.
@Black Alien So, you think other folks who donate to charity don’t pay taxes? I hope you aren’t that dull.
@Smiles 76 Nothing in my comment suggests that.
George Florence Trump is salivating at the prospect of facing Commie boy.
Socialism bails out farmers because tariffs threw them under the bus, … Oh, I just realized something, dang it!
@Deborah Freedman The farm bill Congress puts out every year is a straight socialist program. Then you have to listen to farmers complain about socialism when they get a hand out every year. Hypocrites!!
@Deborah Freedman like trump does with Putin and kim?
@Deborah Freedman Freedman, turn off hanity and rush and look at the facts.
Not tired of winning yet.
Bunched up near the top? Bernie has a 7 point lead to the second place with a field this big.
I was about to write the same.
Kal- Jaysean 25% is not 99.99% by anyone’s math.
@Robert Zimmerman I really hope you didn’t think I was being serious when I said 99% bro. I just really hope😂😂😂
@Steve steve Guess what..? Bernie is going to win a double-digit victory tomorrow in Nevada. We’re all VERY happy about it.
@Lexavian Exactly that’s the worst case scenario for the DNC. imagine that these rules they made to keep bernie from getting delegates actually backfires and then bernie gets ALL 415 delegates in california lol
Even the title shows bias, “Dems Should Focus On Bernie, Not Bloomberg”. Dog-whistles come from many tones–what’s with that Morning Joe?
@Robert Zimmerman kid? I am 30 lol and I am a medical laboratory coordinator. Wbu? Bernie has the right ideas when it comes to healthcare. I’ve seen it in action in Canada. If he has the plurality and they take it from him, Trump will win.
@Robert Zimmerman
Bernie 2020, and guillotine in central park just to scare you and Chris Mathew. LMAO.
The screaming irony is that, in the days leading up to the debate, networks like MSNBC were saying ‘bloomberg’ as though trying to conjure him in a mirror after months of outright ignoring Bernie.
After that backfired they wonder why everyone focused on dismantling Bloomberg while giving Bernie a pass. These people are daily satires of themselves.
And to the tired point that Bernie’s demographic of new voters are historically unlikely to show up on election day. It’s because they never had anyone who inspired them to vote. They run Milktoast versus Milktoast and wonder why people just abstain.
And finally they compare his outsider campaign to Trump in 2016 as though it were a negative. Side note, that guy is currently our president, based in no small part specifically on his stance as a party subversive.
r/bernieblindness if you want more information.
I personally believe Bernie is actually leading in South Carolina. I hope Bernie wins South Carolina.
@Felix Alejandro Sadly, Bernie could never flip a red state and might not do too well in the swing states. But he would get more popular votes than Trump and still lose the election. It sucks, but that’s the way it is.
@honeysucklecat Hillary lost Bernie is the best choice now who would you pick mayor Pete lol
@Jaime Garcia you dont know that.
@Jaime Garcia your are for Bloomberg you said it yourself.
@Jaime Garcia and you think bloomberg should be President.
The numb skulls on this show do more misinformation in one morning then Russia can do in a entire election cycle.
Seriously.. If Joe can’t see that Bloomberg is “democratic” version of Trump and the big enemy of all the candidates something is wrong.
Bloomberg is a Chinese Asset, as well as Bernie is a Russian asset. Neither are for Americans.
@Beeman Minnesota You and all your truth-telling! What are you trying to do? If these people start thinking, they’ll all vote for President Trump and they might even start listening to God!
Bernie is a loud mouth. 30 years in Congress and nothing to show for it. He’s fails at everything he attempts except self promotion. He’s a demagogue, just like trump – only Bernie would be a far worse President.
Oh, one other thing Bernie is good at – excuses for his decades upon decades of failure.
bloomberg is the type of guy that will by executive order mandate “80 hour work weeks” for only 50hrs worth of pay type crap. screw that. i dont want a manager as my leader
@honeysucklecat I always thought of President Trump as an anti-demagogue. All those facts, truths, evidence…it just screams “no demagoguery here!” I’m so tired of looking for it and coming up utterly empty-handed.
When you see multiple Bloomberg ads running during the commercial breaks of this very program, it’s easy to understand why they shill for this guy. Not one of these commentators, including Robinson, can be trusted to give an unbiased opinion when it deals directly with the size of their bank accounts.
Anyone but Sanders is the mantra of MSNBC.
pelopota you miss the point. Russia doesn’t want Sanders to win. They want their puppet, Trump. It’s like Russian propaganda in 2016 encouraged Democrats to vote for Stein to syphon votes from Clinton. Most Americans do not want a “Revolution” they want things better. I will vote for Sanders if he is the candidate, but I fear Trump will get re-elected
@Georges Cote Bernie is a total loser. 30 years in Congress, and he’s failed over and over again.
You must be pathetically stupid to think a man who has done nothing but fail, who has excuses and blame for all his FAILURES, will somehow be a good President.
“Dems should focus on electing Bernie Sanders, not Bloomberg” <- there fixed it for you "I'm not trying to pick a horse in the race but everybody should attack the frontrunner that polls best against Trump" lol MSDNC seems to really want another 4 years of fuehrer fake face.
Bloomberg was attacked twice as much as Sanders and Sanders was attacked twice as much as anyone else. Only real difference was that attacks against Sanders were not very effective.
Yah cuz Bernie is good guy
[[Edit: Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, which owns the WP commentator on this clip]] Speechless! I don’t know what these guys were watching but everyone on that LV debate stage took shots at Bernie – called a divisive communist, Bernie Bros, his houses, etc… and Bernie gave it right back to their faces and emerged unscathed. Even Andrew Yang on CNN commented on Bernie being indestructible. Why? Maybe because, when it comes to integrity, consistency and trust — no one on that debate stage can touch Bernie and they all know it. The last time Warren went after Bernie, she tanked for weeks after. I think the more important takeaway is that all of the Democrats on that stage RESOUNDINGLY united against a billionaire buying his way into the Party. How about commentary about the DNC changing its rules to allow Bloomberg into the debate and how it backfired in spades!
@Deborah Freedman Bernie supporters don’t know how to listen to anyone. The man is a massive fraud, a demagogue, but they don’t care. Everyone at the Big Bernie party loves him, and if you want to be part of the super cool in crowd, you’d better love Bernie too.
That’s all it is. We’re dealing with a mob of the least mature people in our society. His cult is full of hot head kids who are so smug and arrogant, they’ll insult you quickly, but never listen to what anyone says.
It’s sad.
trump will either destroy Bernie in the election, or if by some miracle Bernie wins, then the GOP will destroy him.
And since Bernie can’t handle criticism of himself, prepare yourselves for a massive paranoid implosion by the old man who just had a heart attack.
Bernie is the only candidate who cares about actual policy solutions for the people of the US. I think the public has largely caught onto the divide the left based on “identity” routine. People in the US need real economic solutions like access to healthcare. We need our taxes to be spent on human needs and priorities, not endless military conflicts that enrich unscrupulous investors and war-profiteering corporations. That is what this is about. Sanders is the only candidate who is dealing directly with reality at this point.
@Deborah Freedman Guess what..? Bernie is going to win a double-digit victory tomorrow in Nevada. We’re all VERY happy about it.
@honeysucklecat hey man in the medicare for all plan theres also special emphasis on mental health so sign up today join bernie movement and save *yourself* from *yourself*
#BlacksforBernie2020 🇺🇸👍🏽
Give power back to the people, Bernie 2020 the middle-class have suffered enough
@Robert Zimmerman You speak many truths.
Ivanka speads for Quincy Jones For me just Trump2020🇺🇸❤️ bolschewik Bernie ist the jesus for the stupid and poor people who live in Cuba or Venezuela
@Ivanka speads for Quincy Jones barnie is a commie..yea right..now your gonna say ..” He’s a democratic socialist “.. which is like calling a turd a ..pile of crap..see the difference ? Exactly, communist, social democrat ….both Turds…both crap…vote TRUMP 2020!!
They don’t attack Sanders because they lose every time they try.
Every time another candidate attacks Bernie, their poll numbers go down and Bernie’s poll numbers rise.
Thank you for saying what is obvious to anyone outside of elite circles. The woeful ineptitude and resistance to Bernie by the establishment is unprecedented.
DuUbermensh “the establishment” is just people. Usually people with more experience. Older people aren’t necessarily all stupid. You should listen once in a while.
Tessmage Tessera – yeah that’s why they’re using Russia now
No, because he’s a fraud and a con artist. They don’t waste time on him because us Republicans PRAY that he’s your candidate.. Trump wins by a landslide.
Bernie Sanders doesn’t run away and hide he’s out there every day fighting for people. Maybe Bernie keeps coming out unscathed because he is the best candidate.
@Makaveli SD typical Berntard response. You can’t handle facts, so you respond with insults.
People like you are a huge reason why 75% of this nation finds Bernie disturbing, and why trump will be re-elected if Bernie gets the nomination.
We see the mob of cult like behavior he attracts. We see how the people who love him are rude and incapable of listening. We see your immature arrogance.
As much as I hate trump, I’ll vote for him long before I vote for that FRAUD Sanders.
30 years in Congress, and nothing to show for it, except hundreds of failures.
Bernie fails, all the time. Bernie doesn’t learn from his mistakes.
Oh, but he promises you all kinds of free stuff.
Lots of free stuff.
America is not going to vote for a socialist who doesn’t love Jesus.
@honeysucklecat nothing is free gtfoh. Read the policies instead of spewing garbage.
Barnie is a commie ..Trump 2020!!
@Smuggy duggy trump is a traitor. Bernie 2020.
Correction: Everyone is attacking Bernie and saying things like “Whose gonna stop Sanders” 🤦🏽♂️
@Tessmage Tessera Whats he going to do?
He will cave and bend over again.
@Admiral Crunch I knew you would be too stupid to figure it out, Russkie. So I’ll tell you: Bernie can remain in this race as a third-party candidate and DESTROY everyone else in November. Still laughing, Ivan..?
I pray Bernie runs against Trump. Orange man will win by a landslide.
@Tessmage Tessera You must be massively ignorant to think the DNC stole an election from Bernie in 2016.
He lost the south because he didn’t campaign there. That’s the biggest reason why he lost.
but you’re a conspiritard Berntard so, you know how that goes. You’re a stupid person.
Like so many Berniebros, you can’t handle that your precious Dear Leader is a fraud. You’re too lazy to look into his decades of failure.
Bernie and trump are the same. Both are full of conspiracies and promises.
Medicare for All!
Build a Wall!
Do you think they used the same ad agency for that?
“Former” Republicans on MSNBC not liking Sanders makes me even more inclined to vote for Sanders.
Mason Easley I think this old communistic farth, bolschewik Bernie, did die this year😂🖕
@Peter Schulte
You and thinking? Impossible. It’s like oil and water.
Still not tired of losing?
Msnbc HATES Bernie pure propaganda
Time to build a New Political Party if sanders gets robbed looks like that’s what the DNC is trying. The Social Democratic party needs to be built from the ground up and we can fund are own candidates.