I voted for Hillary but On Kremlin-Gate - Bernie Speaks For Me.

[kpete]

Link to tweet

[Trial_By_Fire]

1. The evidence appears to support the latter...

As always Senator Sanders, thanks for all your hard work and supporting progressive/democratic values.

[beam me up scottie]

15. Yep. Bernie's been talking about Russia's involvement for months.

In fact I actually posted links for someone when they said they'd never seen him mention Russia. Here they are again:

Bernie on Russian hacking in December:

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/12/11/gop-russia-woes-worsen-bernie-sanders-speaks-trumps-nonsensical-denial.html

Bernie on Russia hacking in January:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/01/10/bernie-sanders-town-hall-russia-hacking-sot.cnn

Bernie on Russian interference in February:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bernie-sanders-investigation-russia-michael-flynn-links-donald-trump-election-campaign-democrats-a7581996.html

Another from February:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/02/28/bernie-sanders-on-russia-investigation-ac-sot.cnn

And his statement from Bernie's website:

Sanders: Investigate Trump Ties to Russia
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday asked the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee to investigate the relationship between President Donald Trump and the Russian government.

“It is incumbent upon the Congress to take seriously its constitutional responsibilities. The American people must have confidence that governmental decisions reflect their interests, not that of a foreign government. A robust investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee is critical to restoring that confidence,” Sanders wrote in the letter to Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the intelligence panel.

The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russia played an active role in the 2016 election with the goal of electing Trump as president. Additionally, multiple media outlets reported last week that U.S. intelligence services have verified portions of a dossier that alleges that Russian agents hold damaging evidence about Trump’s past personal and business dealings that could possibly make Trump susceptible to blackmail.

There also have been reports that the Trump administration’s contacts with the Russian government are having both a chilling effect in the intelligence community and jeopardizing longstanding relationships with our allies.

“Throughout his campaign, and continuing to today, President Trump has refused to come clean with the American people about the nature and extent of his relationship with Russia,” Sanders wrote/.

“Every day that President Trump and his team dodge these questions, and every time their previous denials are revealed as false, that confidence is further diminished.”

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/-sanders-investigate-trump-ties-to-russia

Bernie is one of Trump's most vocal critics and he continues to be a thorn in his side. We need every voice right now and I applaud all of our hard working senators who've spoken out about this issue.

Way to go, Senator Sanders!

[Trial_By_Fire]

20. Thanks for all the links and info!

Senator Sanders is all over America getting awards, attending rallies, giving speeches, promoting candidates... truly a very hard working dedicated American promoting democratic values.

[beam me up scottie]

64. You're welcome!

He does seem to have more stamina than many people half his age.

[Warren DeMontague]

40. Thanks for those links!

[beam me up scottie]

73. My pleasure! Bernie's been talking about this for ages.

I had a feeling some folks were unaware that he's been pushing this issue for months and thought I'd clear that all up ahead of time. Not everyone follows each of our senators so it's good to have all of the information before assuming some of them aren't on board with investigating Russia.

[bettyellen]

51. Here's his latest great quote "Dems should stop politicizing" Russian investigation...

Link to tweet

[beam me up scottie]

59. ZOMGWTFBBQ??? LOL! Did you watch the interview?

What he said was in response to a question about how to get Republicans on board . Bernie replied that Democrats shouldn't politicize the issue. And he's right, in order to convince them to call for a special prosecutor it would help to not make this about Democrats vs Republicans. How is this an outrageous statement?

And secondly since we don't yet know for certain that there was collusion Bernie's also right to note that he's not on the intelligence committee and be cautious about going on record with accusations.

I don't want any of our senators making unsubstantiated allegations and that includes Bernie.

I listened to the interview and agree with Bernie. This Wallace person cherry picked one thing he said and is using it to try to generate outrage. That may pass for serious political discourse on Twitter but to me it just looks like another cooked up nontroversy. I'll save my outrage for our enemies.

[bettyellen]

62. He made unsubstantiated allegations Dems would politicize the investigation. Idiotic. Muddying the

Waters as bad as any of DTs own hacks. He knows they'll use these quotes of him trashing Dems. It's happening way too often, shitty allegations are shitty.

[beam me up scottie]

67. No he didn't, he said it shouldn't be politicized and I agree with him.

And I could care less about how the right lies about our politicians to fool low information voters. We shouldn't have to dumb down every thing we say because ZOMG SOMEONE MIGHT TAKE IT OUT OF CONTEXT!!!

Bernie was asked a question about how to get Republicans to support our efforts and he answered it.

[bettyellen]

75. He doesn't note how the GOP has politicized and helped cover up

But he does say the Dems might plan to. That's his choice to frame it that way. I can't twist that into anything helpful.

[beam me up scottie]

78. He wasn't asked which party was politicizing it, he was asked how to get Republicans on board.

But he does say the Dems might plan to. That's his choice to frame it that way.

He did not say Democrats were politicizing it or planning to politicize it. He said they shouldn't politicize it IF they want Republican support. That's not 'framing' that's answering the question.

I can't twist that into anything helpful.

There's no need to twist anything he said. He was asked a question and he answered it honestly.

[Crunchy Frog]

66. Nothing there that can't be willfully misinterpreted

By those who are sufficiently determined.

[beam me up scottie]

68. Precisely!

[Crunchy Frog]

72. Just waiting for

My post to be deleted for stepping over some invisible line.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. Every democrat has been saying this for ages

[Cha]

3. Democratic Senator Al Franken Speaks for me.

Sen. Franken rips excuses for Comey firing into tiny shreds

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9044195

BS isn't the only one out there.

[mcar]

4. Nearly all of our Dems have spoken out strongly

I applaud them all.

[Cha]

9. Exactly, mcar.. I'm proud of all our Democratic

Reps and Senators who are speaking out for Democracy.

Like Rep Adam Schiff..

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9044869

[mcar]

12. My own Senator Bill Nelson!

[Cha]

22. My Senators Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz!

[oasis]

28. It's good to see Mazie getting national exposure.

I volunteered for her campaign when she ran against Linda Lingle for Governor in 2002. She lost, but we volunteers had a blast talking story while sign waving and passing out flyers door to door.

It seems Mazie has remained the solid, true blue Democrat I met back when I lived in the Aloha State.

Mahalo, Cha for giving her props.

[Cha]

30. Oh, good to hear the backstory on Sen Hirono,

oasis!

I was in upper State New York then and only read about lingle.

Well, look who persevered.. Mazie Hirono!

Hirono defeats Lingle in US Senate race in Hawaii

snip//

Hirono ran on a platform of stopping Lingle as a representative of national Republican interests. At every turn, Hirono linked her opponent with well-known GOP names including Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and George Bush.

http://newsok.com/article/feed/459218

I don't know why that article doesn't have a pic of Mazie instead lingle..

I bet you had a great time campaigning for Mazie!

[oasis]

31. Thanks for catching me up. It's been awhile since

I left Hawaii. My old friends and workmates that I stay in contact with, vote for Democrats but are not into politics much. It was an effort to get some of them to come along with me when I was volunteering.

I miss Hawaii.

[Cha]

32. You're Welcome!

, oasis!

I miss New York and all my friends None of my friends or family are into politics like I am.. since 1999.

[NastyRiffraff]

42. Proud of my Senator, Chris Van Hollen!

Like many, many DEMOCRATS he's been relentless in calling for a special prosecutor.

Kudos to all of them! Too many to name, but they've been strong and unrelenting.

[JTFrog]

5. + a brazillion! nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. Hillary warned about trump being putin's puppet during the debates

Lol

How have people just discovered this?

[Cha]

11. Yes, Hillary did warn about trump in the Debates..

he's a little late to the hell hole we're in.

[still_one]

29. Exactly La Lioness

[LanternWaste]

96. Bravissimo! and +1!

Bravissimo! and +1!

[NurseJackie]

13. Amen.

[Cha]

27. Halelujah!

[Me.]

14. And Me.

BS's question is one that's been asked by many for months...move along folks

[Cha]

26. Really.. BS is late to the hell hole we're in..

he doesn't speak for me.

Thank you, Me

[sheshe2]

16. My Dems as well

Markey and Warren!

All our Dems are fighting for us.

[Cha]

25. Yes, So many Democratic Senators and Reps are

on the Front Lines against trump and his Russian collusion.. and Hillary was speaking out against it BEFORE the election.

[lunamagica]

34. +1 ICAM, Cha

[Cha]

35. Hey Aloha, lunamagica!

[lunamagica]

48. Hola, Cha!

[NurseJackie]

43. Thank you! (I like Franken's speaking style. His demeanor isn't distracting.)

It's my hope that more DEMOCRATS find their voice and speak out against the criminal actions of this administration.

Al Franken (D, Minnesota) and Maxine Waters (D, California) are the Democratic voices who speak for ME!

[Cha]

45. Hillary spoke about it in the Debates.. but

too many were brainwashed with HDS.. this is the living nightmare that many of us knew would happen on Election night.. and even before.

[Gothmog]

86. Senator Al Franken is amazing

[boston bean]

6. Glad he is talking about it now.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. Finally.

[boston bean]

10. Yep. Today is first I heard him mention it.

Usually he is discussing other issues he believes caused Clintons loss.

Maybe he has. But i have not heard it. Good on him.

[sheshe2]

18. Amen

[R B Garr]

19. Yup, and this vindicates Clinton, so it's about

time for sure.

[white_wolf]

36. He's been talking about it for months as one of the posts above shows.

Seriously this constant Bernie bashing is getting absurd.

[R B Garr]

17. He answers questions when asked.

And he says what's already been said or obvious to all. Maybe he'll pick up the pace now that it's obvious the Russian mafia is in the House. Al Franken and Adam Schiff have been brilliant.

[VOX]

21. Thank you, Bernie!

Word for word, thought for thought, I'm with you 100 percent. Keep punching!

[William769]

23. Democrats speak for me. nt

[NurseJackie]

44. I'm selective too.

[moda253]

24. I mean it's never too late to join the party....

Take that how you will.

But Hillary said it during the debates.

Democratic reps, sens and governors have been saying it for months.

[Bluepinky]

33. Bernie has been correct on almost every issue.

I appreciate his unwavering support of Democratic values.
Just wondering about something--when writing a post in support of Bernie's position and statement, why the need to also state that you voted for Hillary? We can support both of them at the same time, we and they are on the same team to rid our country of this foreign takeover of our country. Support for Bernie doesn't mean you don't also support Hillary (although some of the DU posters think otherwise).

[Tarheel_Dem]

49. "Support for Bernie doesn't mean you don't also support Hillary". Count me as one who....

"thinks otherwise".

[Blue_Roses]

37. Well said, Bernie!

We should ALL be saying this very loud.

[democrank]

38. A big thank-you to Bernie and anyone else willing to stand up and speak out against Trump.

To my way of thinking, party affiliation is far less important than principled stands on issues.

[Warren DeMontague]

39. Kick and Rec for SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS! A TRUE HERO!

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I KNOW I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE WHEN I SAY WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL TO SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS, FOR BEING OUT THERE, FIGHTING FOR US!

[panader0]

46. I believe your statement of us all being grateful

is sadly disproved by the rancor exhibited upthread against Bernie.
I found nothing in this video that wasn't true, or nothing that
should have not been embraced by Democrats--but-- oh well......

[George II]

47. Well you don't speak for me:

I can think of at least two that I'm more grateful to, my two Senators.

[Warren DeMontague]

58. Precisely! We are fortunate to have progressive leaders like SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS

Fighting for US!

[George II]

91. We are fortunate to have dozens of Democratic Senators fighting for US!

[Warren DeMontague]

92. Yes! We are!

For instance, my state has two terrific Senators!

You have no idea how much I wish the rest of the Senate were as on the ball as my two Senators are, on all sorts of issues that are important to ALL GOOD PROGRESSIVES!

[George II]

93. I live in what I think is the bluest state in the country:

Both Senators are Democrats
All five Representatives are Democratic
Governor is a Democrat
All state-wide office holders are Democrats

[Warren DeMontague]

95. Good for you!

My state has the first openly LGBT Governor in US History, 2 of the best Democrats in the Senate, and is generally one of the most popular states for citizens to relocate to, year after year.

Our state party - usually far ahead of the curve on issues that it takes the east coast a good 5 years to catch up on, on average - does great every election cycle and our turnout regularly beats the national numbers.

[Tarheel_Dem]

50. Au contraire. You DO NOT SPEAK for me.

[Snotcicles]

52. lol. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

69. I don't speak Portuguese, unfortunately

but I think that translates to "THANKS, SENATOR SANDERS!"

[Warren DeMontague]

53. Oh. That's some really fascinating information.

Anyway, thanks to SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS for FIGHTING FOR US, since he is a TRUE PROGRESSIVE HERO!

[Tarheel_Dem]

54. Perhaps, but he sure as hell ain't got no coat tails. Have any of his handpicked candidates won?

[Warren DeMontague]

57. I don't understand.

Do you disagree with what Bernie Sanders is saying, up there?

[Crunchy Frog]

60. There's people here who think Australia's got a crap healthcare system

Because of something Bernie said. At least that's what I gathered from an immensely long thread on the subject.

[Warren DeMontague]

63. Yeah, Sort of like if I say "I would like Republicans to stop lying through their teeth"

WARREN DEMONTAGUE SAID "I WOULD LIKE REPUBLICANS"! HE SHOULD STOP GIVING THE GOP THESE SOUND BITES


I hate it when that happens.

[Tarheel_Dem]

61. He's not saying anything that Hillary & other Dems haven't already said. Not everything out of BS'

mouth is worthy of a stone tablet, and treating it as such only widens the divide. It's the cult of personality surrounding him that tests my gag reflexes. Any other lesser progressive can say the exact same thing, at the exact same moment, but only BS will get a thread devoted to what every other Dem has already said.

[Warren DeMontague]

65. So we all agree! Thanks, Senator Sanders!

[Snotcicles]

70. I do. Thanks, Senator Sanders. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

71. ...

[beam me up scottie]

79. Yes we do!

Thank you Bernie!

[R B Garr]

76. Exactly, this statement just reiterates what others have been saying for months.

But it seems to be a hot subject now getting lots of attention, so that's where the camera action is....

But Hillary and other Dems warned of this a long, long time ago.

THANKS to everyone!

[Warren DeMontague]

80. Precisely! We're so fortunate to have strong progressive leaders and voices

all hands on deck!

[R B Garr]

82. Yes, EXACTLY. Hillary and other Democrats have been speaking about this

for MONTHS. Glad Bernie is joining the chorus of voices, which is a huuge media focus now, btw. Stronger Together.

[Warren DeMontague]

83. Exactly!

Thanks, Bernie!

[R B Garr]

84. Stronger Together! Thanks to Hillary for pointing out what a puppet Trump is

for Putin. Thanks. So glad Bernie is reiterating how serious this situation is.

[Snotcicles]

77. You're the first person I've heard call other Democrats "lesser" than Bernie Sanders.

Maybe there is hope for you yet. And you want to talk cult. That BS thing is so fucking childish.

[Tarheel_Dem]

88. Maybe you can answer the question that the person I was replying to, won't? How many of....

BS' handpicked candidates, if it's not too "fucking childish", have actually won and where? Simple question that only requires a number.

[brer cat]

55. Just for the record,

you don't speak for me. And shouting rarely improves the message.

[Warren DeMontague]

56. Yes, exactly! We are fortunate to have SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS fighting for us!

[beam me up scottie]

74. You speak for me, Warren! AND KEEP SHOUTING ABOUT OUR TERRIFIC SENATOR FROM VERMONT BERNIE SANDERS!

[Warren DeMontague]

81. AM I SHOUTING? IS THIS THING ON?

[beam me up scottie]

87. Don't forget to wave your POM POMS and do a few SOMERSAULTS!

Is it 'wave' your pom poms? I was never on the cheerleading squad so I might have the terminology wrong.

Any who...

We should all be THRILLED that our senators are united in their efforts! And it looks like we ARE!

[Warren DeMontague]

89. Wave That Flag

Wave It Wide, And High...

[beam me up scottie]

90. Let your freak flag fly!

Almost Cut my Hair

Happened just the other day
It's gettin' kind of long
I could've said it was in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
And I feel like I owe it, yeah ... to someone, yeah
Well, must be because I had the flu this Christmas
Oh, yeah and I'm not feeling up to par
Oh, I tell you baby this increases my paranoia
Yeah, like looking in my mirror and seeing a police car
Well, well, I'm not, I'm not giving in an inch to fear
Well, you know I've promised myself this year
Well, I feel oh, like I owe it, I owe, I owe it to someone
Oh ... like I owe it to someone
Oh, yes when I get myself together
Yeah, you can find me in that sunny southern weather, yeah

I'm goin' to find a space inside a laugh, yes
Separate the wheat from some chaff
Oh, and I feel ...
Like I owe it, yeah ... to someone

- David Crosby

[SixString]

41. K&R

[Demit]

85. Why would you frame it like that? Has Hillary said something opposite about "Kremlingate?"

I'll bet there's a way to show your approval of a Bernie Sanders opinion without referring to last year's primary election or general election. Try it!

[obnoxiousdrunk]

94. That's how

you get a 100 replies thread .

[Orsino]

97. That is the central question...

...but Sanders is far from the only one asking it.