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‘Bernie Bros’ Need to Fall in Line Behind Joe

Manny Otiko
4 min readApr 9, 2020

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Biden will give them something, Trump will give them 100 percent of nothing.

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On Wednesday Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential campaign, setting up a presidential race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.

In a perfect world, Bernie supporters, who are on the left of the political spectrum, would throw their weight behind Biden. But according to some media reports, this is not going to be a totally smooth process.

An ABC poll stated that about 15 percent of Bernie supporters planned to vote for Trump. Joe Rogan, the guy behind the eponymous podcast, said he might vote for Trump because Biden was showing signs of dementia.

How can you be in favor of Bernie Sanders’ ideas, such as universal healthcare, free college and increased spending on social services, and then turn around and vote for Trump, a neo-fascist wannabe dictator? With Trump, you’ll…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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