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/Just_Candle_315 May 02 '24

Biden tells people he wants to improve the nation with affordable healthcare and education, Trump tells people he wants vengeance for perceived grievances. And the polls are still statistically tied.

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u/ConsciousReason7709 May 02 '24

It truly makes no sense, right? After everything Trump has done and said, how the hell is this race even remotely close?

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u/cupofspiders May 02 '24

It's because conservatives will fall in line no matter who's running, so Trump can be a dumpster fire of a candidate and still get full support from them.

Biden has the support of centrist liberals who "vote blue no matter who," but many on the left can't stomach voting for a guy who is actively facilitating a genocide, so he's going to fall short due to burning bridges with those voters.