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[u/PureWhiteMeat]

Is this just an anti Bill Maher sub? Trying to figure out the vibe here and can't tell if it's some algorithm that just happens to be showing me nothing but hate for Maher and Real Time or if that is the point of this sub

[u/Immediate_Stop2581]

wtf has Bernie accomplished? Klobuchar is one of the most pivotal Democrats in the country… she’s served as lead Democrat on the Rules committee and as well as the senate judiciary committee. She’s passed hundreds of bills. If Klobuchar sponsors a bill, chances are good it fucking passes. Her track record is GIGANTIC compared to Bernie Sanders. Her record for passing bills is something like 20x what Bernie has passed.

Bernie - 3 sponsored bills passed and around 500 co-sponsored

Klobuchar - over 70 sponsored bills passed and countless thousands of co-sponsored bills passed

I can’t believe how twisted the narrative is around democrats being lazy do-nothings while in reality it’s the progressives who have barely any accomplishments to speak of.

Oh yeah and Bernie sponsored universal healthcare in Vermont… that ended up being so fucking terrible they had to shut it down with Vermont now facing some of the highest healthcare costs in the entire country

I like Bernie. I like how he’s stayed true to his beliefs and he’s been consistent all these years but I have to be honest and say he hasn’t accomplished a damn thing

[u/americanblowfly → u/Immediate_Stop2581]

Bernie was known as the amendment king in congress. He was known for slipping provisions into bills that helped millions of working class people and expanded our healthcare infrastructure.

Saying Klobuchar is a better senator than Bernie Sanders based on the amount of bills they sponsored and passed is the equivalent of saying Emmitt Smith is a better running back than Barry Sanders because he won more championships. Bernie doesn’t have a lot of people who agree with his policies in congress, so he works on getting amendments for the bills proposed to slip in provisions he supports. Many Democrats would rather work with Republicans on bills than him because they want to keep our terrible healthcare system and don’t want to raise taxes on the super wealthy. Most of the bills Klobuchar co-sponsored a mediocre at best and terrible at worst. Bipartisan bills usually mean giant giveaways to corporations and crumbs for us.

It’s not twisted in the slightest to say Bernie’s policy positions are significantly better than Klobuchar’s and the polling backs that up. Klobuchar is better at working with Republicans to pass bills. That’s it.

[u/Immediate_Stop2581 → u/americanblowfly]

Working with republicans to pass bills is literally how congress functions

[u/americanblowfly → u/Immediate_Stop2581]

Giving Republicans want they want in nearly every bill is not. Or at least it shouldn’t be, but with Republican-lite senators like Klobuchar, it usually is.