'This guy is a fraud': Bernie Sanders blasts Trump for selling out voters to help Wall Street

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



05 FEB 2017 AT 11:37 ET

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of perpetrating a “fraud” on American voters by cozying up to Wall Street bankers instead of keeping his campaign promises.

While meeting with the JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Friday, Trump railed against Dodd-Frank financial regulations that were put into place after the economic collapse of 2008.

“It is hard not to laugh to see President Trump alongside these Wall Street guys,” Sanders told CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday. “I have to say this, Jake, and I don’t mean to be disrespectful. This guy is a fraud.”

“This guy ran for president of the United States and said, ‘I, Donald Trump, I’m going to take on Wall Street, these guys are getting away with murder.’ And then suddenly he appoints all these Wall Street billionaires, his major financial adviser comes from Goldman Sachs and now he’s going to dismantle legislation that protects consumers.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/this-guy-is-a-fraud-bernie-sanders-blasts-trump-for-selling-out-voters-to-help-wall-street/

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. The sky is blue, water is wet, Trump is a Fraud. All not alternative facts.

[not fooled]

2. Bernie tells it like it is

dump voters have to be in major denial to not realize by now that the rubes got tricked by a New York con man.

Of course, those of us here figured it out well before the election.

[DK504]

10. When these ignorant voters start losing their houses

they may start to pay attention. There will be NO way they can cry and wail,"It's Obama's fault", as they also lose healthcare.

We can all point to this exact moment in time when the Orange Menace/traitor tanked the economy.

[Hokie]

3. I wish Bernie would make up his mind

The other day he was heaping praise on him.

[retrowire]

5. Heaping praise eh?

I'd love to see your proof.

[George II]

6. Just putting out there what has been reported...

http://nypost.com/2017/01/10/bernie-sanders-heaps-praise-on-donald-trump/

(I know, it's the NY Post, but....)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/23/sanders-praises-trump-for-nixing-tpp-delighted-to-work-with-him-on-pro-worker-policies/?utm_term=.b8743b6c16af

[yurbud]

26. that's on a specific issue, just as some others have voted for his cabinet picks.

[yurbud]

27. NY Post is right wing. At least WaPo qualifies it accurately in the title.

[George II]

28. Are the quotes accurate and in context?

[m-lekktor]

7. Bernie does nuance better than some on DU apparently. nt

[QC]

9. Nuance is useless for refighting the primaries. n/t

[bekkilyn]

13. You left out Bernie's big IF statements (nt)

[INdemo]

15. WTF are you talking about ..Do you have a quote?

[DonViejo]

17. Here you go...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1691452

[Bengus81]

18. LOL...WHEN was that?

I follow Sanders on Twitter,he seems to be the ONLY one taking him on.

[dae]

20. He has, he will support policy they agree on and he doesn't hesitate

to criticize him when he opposes Trump's policies.
Seems fairly straightforward to me.

[LiberalLovinLug]

24. It sounds like you need someone to explain it to you

Maybe you should write this down for future reference,

Bernie praised Trump's decision in quashing the TPP for good. Because it is what he also agrees with. He doesn't have to cow tow to the Democratic party's paralysis because they are split on the issue. Is he supposed to flip flop and now be FOR the TPP?

He is also playing a game of teeing up the Don so he can later rip him a new one. Like praising him for, in the primaries, saying how much he will bring good paying jobs back to America and that he will work with him to make that happen. A shot across the bow that he will keep the heat up on him on that issue. Its a way to keep things in the public spotlight.

Yes he could have gone full turtle and said he wanted to make Trump a one term president and would oppose everything out of spite, but that only works on braindead deplorables, it doesn't work for the more intelligent Democratic base, and many independents either.

[randr]

4. To the many Twitler voters who would have gone with Bernie

Listen up! He is still talking to you and telling you the truth. You may have made a choice thinking things would change. They aren't and they won't. Wrap your heads around the fact that you were fooled and get over it.

[Mike Nelson]

8. I never believed he wasn't...

...not even for an instant.

[Maven]

11. So...not 'delighted to work with him' this week? nt

[logosoco]

12. Keep saying the F word, Bernie. Maybe it will sink in!!nt

[zentrum]

14. Go Bernie! Keep

....building the movement.

[dae]

22. +1 Someone needs to keep the fire going.

Give em Hell Bernie!

[ismnotwasm]

16. No shit?

Damn--I knew I was matching and protesting and writing letters and emailing and calling for something...

[Orrex]

19. This will definitely help

Sanders (I) get reelected in his tiny constituency in the far northeast.

But Democrats? Or the country at large? Nah, won't help them much.

[dae]

23. Sure he and his "tiny" constituency had no impact whatsoever and

they have disappeared since the election.

[Angry Dragon]

31. wrong

[dae]

32. ?

[Angry Dragon]

33. the primaries are over and the only people to blame are the voters for Trump

[dae]

34. Excuse me but the poster above me was criticizing Sanders'

supporters and I took issue with them.
Are you another one of those?

[Angry Dragon]

35. I did vote for Hillary ...... I did think Sanders did have more spirit

sorry if I misunderstood you

[dae]

36. I voted for Hillary in the GE but supported Sanders during

primaries and appreciate his voice now more than ever.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

21. Telling us what we already know but it needs constant repeating for the willfully ignorant!!!

[LiberalLovinLug]

25. I do wonder how much of the Bernie bashing I still see on these threads

would have been going on if he had not run or dropped out early. I see this in any thread about Bernie and anything he does, no matter if they agree with him at the time or not.

Too many ex-Hillary supporters on here bitter and still want to attach all the blame on her loss on Bernie for daring to challenge her, and in so doing put pressure on her to listen more to the D base. Time to let it go, embrace his incredible stamina, his drive, his passion for his country to move forward and not backwards. The primaries are over.

[ehrnst]

29. Get. Out. (nt)

[Angry Dragon]

30. Trump never cared about the people