2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Ten Reasons Why Hillary lost - And they are probably not what you thought [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)When the primaries were over the Republicans had watched the Bernie's attacks on Hillary and were making their plans to use his most successful attacks. Here are some of their observations:
While Sanders' endorsement of Clinton today is sure to be filled with sunshine and smiles, there is no forgetting the contentious primary between the two rivals that has left many of his supporters unwilling to back her.
Sanders Attacked Clinton For Being Unqualified To Be President On The Grounds Of Her Wall Street Ties And Foreign Policy Record.
Sanders Claims That Hillary Clinton Doesn't Have The Judgement To Be President, Partly Due To Her Iraq War Vote.
Sanders even went so far as to term Clinton's use of the term "super predators" as being "racist" and saying she knew the use of the term was racist as well.
https://gop.com/the-top-15-sanders-attacks-on-clinton/
Meanwhile Trumps was taking notes:
And for his part, Trump has begun incorporating Sanders into his stump speech, repeatedly asserting that he'll attempt to build on Sanders' characterizations of Clinton.
"Bernie Sanders has a message that's interesting," Trump told "Morning Joe" last month. "I'm going to be taking a lot of the things that Bernie said and using them."
He continued: "I can reread some of his speeches and I can get some very good material."
Bernie Sanders is escalating his attacks on Hillary Clinton and Trump is taking notes