Sanders Campaign Response to the Joe Rogan Endorsement

[HerbChestnut]

Link to tweet

[Fresh_Start]

1. other than disliking trump which values does rogan share?

he is a misogynist
he is a racist
he is anti LGBTQ

the fact that he might for a second vote for bernie?

our tents doesn't need more people who hate democrats

[HerbChestnut]

2. Rogan himself said it was about honesty and consistency in Bernie's positions.

Which, by the way, have been pro-women, pro-racial equality, and pro-LGBTQ rights his entire life. You can disagree with someone on the issues but still respect them for other things. In this case, Rogan is just as tired with politicians selling out the American people as anybody else, and he's willing to vote for Bernie based on Bernie's record. The fact that Rogan's endorsement might also push some of his millions of followers to vote for Bernie is a huge win. The alternative is those millions of people either stay home or vote for Trump.

[Fresh_Start]

3. I was saying Rogan is

misogynist, racist, anti-LGBT

Bernie thinks everything is class warfare
he think misogyny, racism, homophobia aren't as important as class warfare

[Thekaspervote]

4. +1000

[Nanjeanne]

5. We want to win but only with the "right" kind of votes.

[scheming daemons]

6. And yet Bernie and supporters will blast any Dem who takes $1 from a bank employee

Don't be hypocrites.

[Nanjeanne]

8. Really? Bernie blasted a $1 donation from a bank employee? Holy cow.

[TwilightZone]

7. Not really.

Getting votes from racist homophobes is a bit different from promoting the endorsement of one on a candidate's website.

It's not really that complicated. Targeting voters of all stripes is fine (assuming the message fits in with liberal/progressive/Democratic principles, of course). Promoting a racist homophobe simply because he endorsed one's candidacy is not.

[Nanjeanne]

9. Okie dokie.

[The Valley Below]

10. It's not wrong if Bernie does it.

Rinse. And repeat.

[squirecam]

12. Yep

Nt

[NCProgressive]

11. Translation

"Our goal is to get as many votes and skew the thinking of as many gullible minds as possible. We ignore racism, homophobia, white supremacy, misogeny etc. as not mundane to how great a person is as long as we get gullible minds by the thousands on our side and get their votes. Winning at any cost is the only value we espouse."

[Sloumeau]

13. +1

[melman]

14. Good

Good and a very good sign. Not giving in to dishonest bad faith attacks is a very good sign indeed.