On Tuesday, dedicated #NeverTrump media guy Rick Wilson laid out a multi-tweet thread of questions Democratic candidates need to ask themselves every single day. “Is your campaign more interested in being woke or a winner?” he asked, adding that “if you spend one minute or $1 in a state that isn’t in the Electoral College mix, you’re helping Trump win.”
Hey, it’s good advice, and a better strategy than hoping the Electoral College will just disappear in the next year.
One follower vehemently disagreed when it came to Bernie Sanders:
Sanders beats Trump means exactly that. When Sanders is the nominee he will beat Trump just like he would’ve in 2016. We don’t need former Republicans to help us. All they offer is obstruction to a progressive platform.
— Rebel One ? (@r_e_b_1) September 4, 2019
And more hard truth from Wilson:
Put Sanders on the ballot and expect to lose 44 states.
RIP my mentions. https://t.co/lMi0rI9bsB
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 4, 2019
There are plenty of die-hard Bernie Bros. out there still, and the old socialist still manages to command the attention of young, white voters, most of whom probably want their student loans forgiven. But Sanders beating Trump in 2020? Nah.
The RNC and Trump campaign cannot wait to unleash holy hell on Bernie Sanders — 50 years of weird behavior, favorable remarks about the USSR and Marxist regimes in Central America, and his wife's role in that Vermont college shutdown.
He's not a bad man…but he's bad bet. pic.twitter.com/3DCmWukNit
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) September 4, 2019
“50 years of weird behavior” is the most concise description of Sanders we’ve ever heard.
Correct. https://t.co/PavULAfSbj
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 4, 2019
Nailed it.
— Slim Chandra-Shekar (@SlimShekar) September 4, 2019
preach
— WhiskyTangoFoxtrot (@jennk60) September 4, 2019
“He's not a bad man…but he's bad bet.” Spot on!
— SeanMonster (and Puds) (@SeanMonster8) September 4, 2019
I am a lifelong Democrat and even I don't really want to vote for Bernie. Or Biden for that matter.
— henrydurant (@henrydurantxxx) September 4, 2019
I live in a 75% Trump area. The Trump voters I know hate Bernie as much as they hated Hillary. The Bernie will win over Trump voters narrative that he and his followers believe is a fantasy.
— Rogue Bot Mom (@tmeddieaz) September 4, 2019
He’s a bitter old Red.
Bitterness pours from his soul.
Have you ever seen him laugh?— Dennis Worlow??⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@WorlowDennis) September 4, 2019
And people (my brother, sister and father) bitch that Hillary was a “flawed candidate”! Put Bernie in = catastrophy
— Vvet (@Vguilfoil) September 4, 2019
No. Bernie Sanders is a bad man.
— Marvin Berry (@MarvinB01570160) September 4, 2019
Of course. The senile gaff machine, Joe Biden, is a sure bet. ?
— Lyle Miller (@Lyle_Miller) September 4, 2019
We hate to break it to you Democrats, but Biden and Sanders are your frontrunners — at least they were, but that’s slipping away fast.
So many of his negatives balance Trump's (which hurts the anti-Trump sentiment), and he's got different negatives, of his own. I think he is definitely weaker than Hillary. I think he's weaker than almost any of the other Democrats in the race.
— Bryan Fisher (@thefisherbee) September 4, 2019
We’re nearly 100 percent sure it’s not going to be Sanders on the ballot … again. He’s got real competition this time, coming from the Left of all places.
It would be cool to see him lose 44 states though.
Related:
#NeverTrumper Rick Wilson seems angry that being woke and sandbagging Biden will cost Dems 44 states https://t.co/8eMf5EjujH
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 22, 2019
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