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TexasTowelie

(112,197 posts)
Fri Apr 26, 2019, 03:28 AM Apr 2019

Bernie Sanders tells Fort Worth crowd: Texas can turn blue to help defeat Trump in 2020

Fort Worth -- Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders showed up in Fort Worth on Thursday, saying he believes Texas can go blue in the 2020 presidential race.

“I believe we can and will defeat Donald Trump here in Texas,” he told a crowd gathered for a rally in downtown’s Burnett Park. “Let me tell you why I think we are going to defeat Trump here and ... all over the country.

“People understand increasingly he is a pathological liar and a fraud.”

As a man stood on the sidewalk, booing Sanders and for a short time chanting “Trump, Trump, Trump,” Sanders touched on some of his traditional issues, including proposals providing Medicare for all, raising the minimum wage and fighting for working families.

Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/election/article229588329.html

I agree with Bernie that Texas can turn blue to help defeat Trump in 2020--with the correct nominee (see below for that nominee).

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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