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Political scientist breaks down why neoliberal Democrats prefer Trump to Sanders: History of 'support for authoritariani

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Between the clear possibility of defection by Wall Street Dems and the specter of Bloomberg as a possible spoiler, Bernie supporters have their work cut out for them. The good news is that he is leading in the polls. He will have to win by a lot to transcend all of the inevitable skullduggery that undoubtedly looms:

"Since 2016, it has become ever clearer that much of the Democratic establishment and its propaganda organs—MSNBC  first among them—are more worried about a victory of the left than about Trump’s re-election. As the Sanders campaign and the political movement propelling it continue to make headway, those forces have become more shrill and over-the-top, with many openly calling for coalescence around a need to stop Sanders from becoming the party’s nominee as the central Democratic objective for 2020." 

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Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, (more...)
 

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