The purity spiral on the left continues. Bernie Sanders was asked what he thinks Trump has done right. Here was his reply.
I think cracking down on fentanyl, making sure our borders are stronger. Look, nobody thinks illegal immigration is appropriate, and I happen to think we need comprehensive immigration reform, but I don’t think it’s appropriate for people to be coming across the border illegally.
(Set aside, for the moment, the question of why Sanders never bothered to speak up against the Biden Administration’s open borders agenda while it happening, because we all know the answer to that one.)
Seeing far-left icon Sanders call open borders a bridge too far led online commenters to wonder if the Democratic Party had indeed drifted too far left, and called for reappraisal of Biden’s open borders policies.
Ha! Just kidding! They called for Sanders’ death.
Asmongold offered up a Whitman’s Sampler of deranged online comments on Sanders daring to deviate from the Party line:
As the Democratic Party becomes more radical and shrill, it shrinks, and as it shrinks, it becomes more radical and shrill. As those with any free-thinking or moderate tendencies flee the party, those remaining double-down on making even the most unpopular far-left talking points sacred catechisms that cannot be deviated from. That Bernie Sanders, a figure who was considered so far left that the DNC rigged two successive presidential primaries to deny him the nomination, can now be branded a heretic for opposing open borders indicates just how smothering the woke mind virus orthodoxy of the left has become.
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And the irony remains that Bernie was never a Democrat in the first place. He has run in every election–from mayor of Burlington to US House to US Senate–as an independent, often with official Dem opponents on the ballot.
“… often with official Dem opponents on the ballot.”
Actually, that hasn’t happened in a very long time. Senator Phoghorn (I – Lunar Orbit) has long cut deals with the “D” party – whereby they don’t run a candidate against him, and in return the “progressives” (sick) don’t run a candidate against some vulnerable “D.”
Good heavens. When Bernie Sanders, the perennial proto communist candidate is too far right for the Dem mainline folks methinks you have an issue. Now whether Bernie believes that umm stuff he said is another issue. Sounds like Gov. Hairgel is white fish product (i.e. schrod). He seems to be going right to attract Centerists? But the Dems seem to have expelled those from their ranks. In the old days a Dem could do this and (nudge nudge wink wink) the base KNEW they were lying. But the Dim Bulbs that are the current crop of Dem supporters are more fond of Orthodoxy than the Spanish Inquisition. Hairgel is going to be burned at the stake for his heresy. The Dems just got their ass handed to them in 2024, Are they going to need a Nixon vs Mcgovern or Reagan vs Mondale level loss to regain some semblance of sanity. Mind you if they want to do this for the next 12 or 20 years I’m all for it. 2028 is particularly important as the 2030 Census looks to put a whole lot of hurt on the blue and purple states.