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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 05:52 PM Aug 2015

Sanders rips Trump: 'We left the helicopter at home' (pics)

Last edited Sat Aug 15, 2015, 08:10 PM - Edit history (7)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) mocked GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday for offering rides in his helicopter outside of the Iowa State Fair.

“Oh look, what can you do? It’s Donald Trump,” he quipped during the event in Des Moines that afternoon upon seeing the aircraft fly overhead.

“I apologize – we left the helicopter at home,” joked Sanders, a 2016 Democratic White House hopeful. “I forgot to bring it.”

(snip)
Sanders’ remarks on wealth and privilege Saturday painted a stark contrast with the excess of Trump’s campaign stunt.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/251211-sanders-rips-trump-we-left-the-helicopter-at-home











It's in the garage, forgot to bring it,' says Sanders as he hammers billionaires while Trump flies overhead
Sanders, looked up at the sky and said, as if he were thinking aloud, 'Well, there's Donald Trump, what can we do'
Unable to land his chopper at the fair, Trump left his ride in nearby parking lot; he was leaving Des Moines when it flew over Sanders
Vermont Senator Sanders had, several minutes before, explained his popularity as such: the American people are saying, "enough is enough" '
He added: 'This country belongs to all of us, not just a handful of billionaires' and knocked the 1 percent

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3199512/I-apologize-left-helicopter-home-s-garage-forgot-bring-says-Sanders-hammers-billionaires-Trump-flies-overhead.html
From the Daily Mail

some twitter pics

https://twitter.com/mattpatane










https://twitter.com/BERNSTORMERS

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Sanders rips Trump: 'We left the helicopter at home' (pics) (Original Post) cal04 Aug 2015 OP
Y'know, if these two *did* get the nominations... TDale313 Aug 2015 #1
Oh, Dear Lord, let it happen !!! libdem4life Aug 2015 #2
Yay, Bernie! Great pics! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #3

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
1. Y'know, if these two *did* get the nominations...
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 06:14 PM
Aug 2015

It could make for a really interesting general election 😀 Talk about a contrast. No question in my mind Bernie'd win

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
2. Oh, Dear Lord, let it happen !!!
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 06:31 PM
Aug 2015

That was also quick and clever thinking as well as spot on ... on the fly. ('scuse the pun, but that's all that fit there.)

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