For a wrinkled old white man, Bernie Sanders still seems to be having a tough time winning the hearts and minds of older Democrats. Maybe Bernie’s younger, hip supporters will have better luck. That seems to be what the Sanders campaign is hoping:
"Bernie Sanders is struggling to gain traction with Democratic voters over age 50, so his campaign is coaching thousands of young supporters on how to talk to their parents and grandparents during the holidays." https://t.co/DUXdE89iJH
— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) December 16, 2019
Because if there’s one thing we know, it’s that older people love being lectured and condescended to by know-it-all young people. This definitely can’t miss.
Going great so far. https://t.co/bXHNIezdPm
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) December 16, 2019
Lmfao. https://t.co/dKfuqKZSzh
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) December 16, 2019
Hilarious!
— kJ (@JCBolWag) December 16, 2019
“go watch cartoons, kid”.
— AngularEd (@AngularEd) December 16, 2019
This is not going to go the way you think. https://t.co/2zhyX6rihV
— Jay Lampert (@MortChristenson) December 16, 2019
Seriously. And you don’t even have to be over 50 to understand that this strategy, assuming self-important kids actually try to deploy it, may very well only be successful in pissing people off. Evidently Bernie Sanders’ campaign is just as out-of-touch as he is.
I love a 20 something year old with no life experience telling their parents and grandparents who are full of life experiences what or how they should think ?
— Nick Sax (@GOODoleNICK) December 16, 2019
I've talked to many older folks and they exhibit quite a bit of disdain for the far left. These people have come from truly difficult circumstances that younger people in the US can't appreciate. The Great Recession was nothing like The Great Depression.
— Michael Moy (@IGPrestige) December 16, 2019
A bunch of millennials trying to sell the merits of socialism to their grandparents who are old enough to remember the Soviet Union is sure to work out just fine. https://t.co/Bxyohm6tKq
— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) December 16, 2019
People who’ve worked the past 3 decades don’t want a guy whose never had a real job coming in and taking their money. No convo will solve that.
— Merry Paige-mas ? (@PaigeSully88) December 16, 2019
Bernie Sanders thinks it’s a good idea for people to push their politics at family gatherings? That moves him from the category of “person with bad ideas” to the “simply a bad person” category. Trying to ruin people’s holidays for a few votes. A good person doesn’t do that.
— Mike Daitch (@mikedaitch) December 16, 2019
Socialists ruin everything. Fortunately for us, Bernie’s so inept, he’s really not capable of ruining much beyond his own campaign.
Still, though, because we’re givers, how about a piece of free advice?
Just a suggestion. Don't start the conversation with OK boomers.
— Maestro?️ (@janemaestro) December 16, 2019
Heh.
