Bernie Sanders Walks Off ABC News Interview After Question About AOC’s Senate Prospects

[Chomper Higgot]

It was a smart move by smart Bernie.

 

He got the message out there and the predicable rightwing faux outrage did its bit to help.

 

The mainstream media needs to talk about what’s happening in America now, not waffle on about ‘will Bernie run for President in 2028’

 

Millions of Americans just got that message.

[Screaming]

You know things are really bad with the Democrats when AOC is nominated as the new Face of the Democrats.

[Screaming]

6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It was a smart move by smart Bernie.

 

He got the message out there and the predicable rightwing faux outrage did its bit to help.

 

The mainstream media needs to talk about what’s happening in America now, not waffle on about ‘will Bernie run for President in 2028’

 

Millions of Americans just got that message.

I guess I am one of those "Millions of Americans" and the message I got was that old Bernie is a borderline communist.

[Chomper Higgot]

5 minutes ago, Screaming said:

I guess I am one of those "Millions of Americans" and the message I got was that old Bernie is a borderline communist.

I suggest you take your eyes off Bernie and fix them firmly on your Social Security.

 

Good luck.

[blaze master]

1 hour ago, Wrwest said:

Your observation? Valid but in now way changes the posted comment you cite.

 

No it's a fact. It changes everything. Bill was scum.

[JAG]

6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

She's quite cute though.

 

Until she smiles of course, then I get Jim Carrey in The Mask vibes.

 

If you count them can you tell her age, or is that just horses?

 

More sensibly, Bernie Sanders is 83 and admits to being "tired". He will certainly be aware that his "progressive movement" is going to be in need of a new leader - perhaps (likely) she is being prepared for that role.

 

When she first appeared on the US political scene there were many sneers ( on here and elsewhere) that she was a jumped up bar tender! That has now gone quiet, perhaps because of Donald Trump's imagined apprenticeship with McDonald's?

[JAG]

8 hours ago, wombat said:

An alternative caption (unlikely to be recognised in the US but certain to be recognised in the UK and Australia) might be "Donald, who ate all the pies, who ate all the pies?"

[JAG]

7 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I love AOC and her message, but she will always appear as a young girl fighting for a seat at the adult table. She has that voice that detracts much like Kamala did. Politics ain't fair, it just is what it is.

In a few years she will be established at that "adult table", not least because so many currently seated at it are proving to be spectacularly gutless and unable or unwilling to challenge a self serving and increasingly corrupt political establishment.

 

As for her voice, well that could be levelled at just about any young lady from New York!

 

She makes no secret that she seeks to succeed Bernie Sanders. He seems to have no objection to that. Like Sanders, personally, I like much of what she says.

She has, unlike the various freaks in the cabinet and upper echelons of Congress she has political "bottom" - rather a nice one as it happens. I hope she goes far!

[AnnaBanana]

8 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

She's quite cute though.

 

Until she smiles of course, then I get Jim Carrey in The Mask vibes.

 

"Until she smiles..."

That's a graphic example of the "One-drop rule" that was on the law books of many states until 1967 to prevent miscegenation.

[Stargeezr]

America has problems with Trump being the leader, and needs new blood to be ready when this Flim Flam man

finally get booted from the White House.  Good on Bernie as I think the American media is scared to

tell Trump to shut up.

My opinion of course.

[Cryingdick]

48 minutes ago, Stargeezr said:

America has problems with Trump being the leader, and needs new blood to be ready when this Flim Flam man

finally get booted from the White House.  Good on Bernie as I think the American media is scared to

tell Trump to shut up.

My opinion of course.

The problem is the only people more despised than trump are the dems themselves. 

[STALINGRAD]

Bernie will always tell you Government knows best. Thanks to the taxpayers he receive great healthcare and can continue to speak his Socialism/Communist viewpoint. Bernie never saw a taxpayer dollar he couldn’t spend…

[thaibeachlovers]

21 hours ago, Social Media said:

Sanders was reelected to a fourth Senate term last November and will not face another election until 2030, when he will be 89 years old. He is currently the second-oldest senator, behind Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who is 91.

That's sad.

 

Bernie is yesterday's man. Time to retire. Must be bitter knowing he could have been POTUS if not for Dems backstabbing.

[thaibeachlovers]

16 hours ago, Screaming said:

I guess I am one of those "Millions of Americans" and the message I got was that old Bernie is a borderline communist.

So what if he was "borderline communist"? Plenty of far right congresspeople with odious policies that are acceptable.

[wombat]

On 3/25/2025 at 9:24 AM, JonnyF said:

 

She's quite cute though.

 

Until she smiles of course, then I get Jim Carrey in The Mask vibes.

 

I had a horse with teeth like that... just as silly as she as well...trained to the bit by the brother from memory 

[mrwebb8825]

You had to RSVP to an unsent invitation to attend - the "No Bags, Signs or Guns" was a nice touch. 🤠

Makes one wonder how much this is costing the DEMS to support. No apparent ticket cost, road crew, roadies (for the bands) working 2x 18hr shifts, etc. Was it funded by Soros? (the irony of that boggles the mind)

And where  does he stand ATM?

On February 21, the Times published an interview with Sanders under the headline “Bernie Sanders Isn’t Giving Up His Fight.” In it, Sanders advised the Democrats to recognize that “the system is broken, period. And you can’t patch it up a little here and a little there.”

 

Does he think the audience was going to be ok paying $2-4T more in taxes replacing what the "Oligarchs" usually cover? Ah Bernie, bless his heart. At least he gets to hug the congressional "hottie" on stage.

[impulse]

On 3/25/2025 at 10:31 AM, John Drake said:

 

This type question is utterly typical and should be expected on This Week. It's almost a standard closing question over the show, which has been running for almost 45 years. Everybody knows it, including the old coot who threw a temper tantrum. 

 

There were 100 ways Bernie could have handled that question, even turning the tables on the interviewer.  He chose poorly.