“Trumpism is not going to be defeated by inside-the-Beltway politicians,” he said.

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He’s also an 83 year old white man, and we learned with Biden that the democrats don’t like that.

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I don’t think he has a huge base of people asking him to run for president again. Even being a Bernie bro, I know his chance for that passed back in 2020. Hopefully, we as a society will be ready for the next person who takes up the fight.

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Between the two, I like Sanders more…but I want to see AOC on the ballot, not him. And I won’t pretend it’s not ageism - I am so tired of old people running the country.

If AOC was president, Sanders would surely get an important role and continue to do great work. The presidency is a LOT of work, it ages you fast.

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I agree. I think the AOC/Trump split ticket proves she has more appeal than we thought. Or at least more than I thought. I suppose I shouldn’t underestimate the power of the change candidate when the system is this broken.

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If you can’t see the cognitive differences between these two then… You might be Joe Biden.

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Yeah, but where will he be in 4 years? Age only goes one way.

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The point was it was less about democrats having an issue with age and more cognitive decline. If Biden seemed more cogent during the election then I doubt Kamala would have replaced him.

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Age is just one of so many things the DNC needs to focus and do better on when running candidates.

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Oh look. Age suddenly matters again now that we’re talking about an old progressive.

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Biden won because he wasn’t progressive in the slightest. It’s a sad truth.

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Biden was handed the 2020 primaries for that reason.

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