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“Sometimes I am attacked by my opponents for being far-left, fringe, out of touch with where America is,” said Sanders. “Actually, much of what I talk about is exactly where America is… You are living in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, and if we had good policy and the courage to take on the billionaire class, there is no reason that every kid in this country could not get an excellent higher education, regardless of his or her income. That is not a radical idea.”
☝️ 100% this. Democrats, you want a candidate that will win? Stop focusing so much on what your donors want you to do, and start focusing on what your country needs you to do.
☝️ 100% this. Democrats, you want a candidate that will win? Stop focusing so much on what your donors want you to do, and start focusing on what your country needs you to do.
The flight of ‘moderate Republican’ donor base from the GOP to the Dems over the last ~8 years has truly metastasised into a cancer.