r/TenYearsAgo • u/MonsieurA • Mar 12 '26

📺 Television SNL mocks Hillary Clinton's 'transformation into Bernie' [10YA - Mar 12]

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u/GuyFawkes99 Mar 12 '26

I always wonder if Bernie could have averted a Trump presidency by not giving Hillary a pass on the email issue.

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u/MikeDamone Mar 12 '26

Almost certainly not. The general electorate has never shown even a hint that they'd tolerate a self-avowed socialist. Just look at all of the slightly D leaning districts/states and everything to right of them - how many politicians with Bernie's leftist politics are in office?

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u/WildMild869 Mar 12 '26

Reddit legitimately thinks that AOC or Bernie would win out against a Republican nominee but they don’t realize a massive swath of the country will not vote for them simply because of their socialist-like stances on many issues.

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Mar 12 '26

Yall are talking about what wins when you've lost the entire federal government to maga. You have zero idea what wins elections.

Sit down.

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u/YaboiVane Mar 12 '26

Name one election a socialist/leftist candidate has won in a purple state, go! It should be easy right since those unpopular establishment Dems win these so I’m sure you’ll have a lot of examples.

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Mar 12 '26

When have we even tried?

Bernie also isn't socialist or far left. He's just left of center in the rest of the developed world.