Buttigieg Draws Comparison Between Trump And Bernie Supporters

LONDONDERRY, NH - APRIL 19: Democratic Presidential candidate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg gives an interview during a campaign stop at Stonyfield Farms on April 19, 2019 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Recent p... LONDONDERRY, NH - APRIL 19: Democratic Presidential candidate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg gives an interview during a campaign stop at Stonyfield Farms on April 19, 2019 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Recent polls are showing Buttigieg is gaining ground with Democrats in the presidential nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg compared supporters of President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at a New Hampshire campaign stop Friday, citing economic difficulties as the political driver of both groups.

“I think the sense of anger and disaffection that comes from seeing that the numbers are fine, like unemployment’s low, like all that, like you said GDP is growing and yet a lot of neighborhoods and families are living like this recovery never even happened. They’re stuck,” Buttigieg told high school students in Nashua, according to the Washington Examiner. “It just kind of turns you against the system in general and then you’re more likely to want to vote to blow up the system, which could lead you to somebody like Bernie and it could lead you to somebody like Trump. That’s how we got where we are.”

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), the Sanders campaign co-chair, called Buttigieg’s jab “intellectually dishonest.”

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  1. That Fraud Khanna should STFU. Buttigieg was talking about the supporters, not the candidates.
    An opportunist like Khanna would suck up to Trump if it suits his needs.

  2. Popcorn time for me.

  3. He’s correct. In fact its so obvious that its been said over and over since 2016. He’s not the first to recognize it. Another comparison little noticed is the destructive intensity of MANY of their supporters against any who threaten their adored choice. I said ‘many’. I voted for Bernie in the 2016 primaries. I still like him. Its many of his supporters I find noxious, obnoxious and destructive. Those that have chosen the name ‘Jacobin’ think that’s complimentary?!?!

  4. Avatar for outis outis says:

    The only real similarity between Trump and Bernie supporters is that they both support something. (Individual cases may vary.)

  5. Avatar for bdtex bdtex says:

    Think we’ll get to 300+ comments with this one? Ron Paul people used to carpetbomb articles like this one.

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