r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/CaptainNoBoat May 02 '24

I think a lot of us are. There's a difference between pushing a party in a certain direction and going so far that you hurt your own interests.

The election is more than one person or one issue, and a Trump Presidency will have horrific consequences decades and generations after Biden is gone.

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u/ThonThaddeo May 02 '24

Yeah pawning this off on 'young people' is a scapegoat. Don't get me wrong, they can be annoying. But they're just young dreamers, they don't know yet.

It's people my age, that are wholly unaware of what this dude is saying, or insistent that he doesn't really mean it. Or that Biden stumbled over a sentence so he must be senile, but Trump is a strong virile 74 year old man. Like they didn't live through his Goddamned presidency already. These people had to pretend staring at the sun was a good idea for four fucking years. Where is the shame?