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Democratic Primaries

The Velveteen Ocelot

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27. If he's tested positive for cv or has symptoms of it he should stay away, but

Reply to NCProgressive (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:58 PM

Mar 2020

he should also tell the public. He is at serious risk if he's got it. Otherwise he should haul ass back to DC and do his job.

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

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Turns out there's another trending Twitter hashtag: #WhereIsBernie [View all] MineralMan Mar 2020 OP

i thought all the Senate was ordered to stay in wash to work on this.. samnsara Mar 2020 #1

Surely the Senate needs his leadership, right? MineralMan Mar 2020 #4

C-SPAN2 at this moment, the Senate is in session: George II Mar 2020 #2

Hey, those 2 ladies on the left are only about 4 feet apart BidenBacker Mar 2020 #6

It proves that the senate can work fine without Bernie NCProgressive Mar 2020 #8

Has Bernie Disappeared? MineralMan Mar 2020 #3

Now is not the time for political infighting. I trust Senator Sanders to do what he thinks is totodeinhere Mar 2020 #5

Well, see, it turns out that the #WhereIsBiden hashtag MineralMan Mar 2020 #7

I didn't say that "you" should stop the infighting. I said that "we" should so obviously that totodeinhere Mar 2020 #11

Well, with Bernie being, you know, "prudent," MineralMan Mar 2020 #12

He Hoped Mrs. Clinton Might Be Indicted In 2016, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #34

I get it... "they did it too" is a most firm and logical argument to make. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #33

.. MineralMan Mar 2020 #35

Ditto. cwydro Mar 2020 #37

Being in the senate is his job. He should show up. NCProgressive Mar 2020 #9

"Wouldn't be prudent at this juncture" MineralMan Mar 2020 #10

If he's tested positive for cv or has symptoms of it he should stay away, but The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #27

Oh so staying in VT doing online music videos and a stump speech is the right thing? Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #20

Did sanders' rally flop? Gothmog Mar 2020 #36

Sanders needs to GET to DC and do his fucking job!! SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #21

The anger is very deep, and no one should expect it to Hortensis Mar 2020 #22

Understand they might be using a Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #13

Not that I've heard. It's a long, long tradition that MineralMan Mar 2020 #14

I bet they'll be changing that rule after Rand tested positive for Covid-19. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #15

Maybe. Tradition is a powerful thing in Congress. MineralMan Mar 2020 #16

Moscow Mitch was working with his so called Wellstone ruled Mar 2020 #17

They should absolutely change that, or at least get the mechanism rolling so that it can be changed Salviati Mar 2020 #23

Why isn't he dealing with the "fcking crisis" mcar Mar 2020 #18

I heard he was complaining about it from one of his homes in Vermont, MineralMan Mar 2020 #19

Because he's afraid of getting it, or spreading it? NurseJackie Mar 2020 #24

I'm glad our Democratic Senators are fighting for us mcar Mar 2020 #25

That was a strange event Gothmog Mar 2020 #30

Moscow slammed the doors on Dems last night. Cetacea Mar 2020 #26

K&R betsuni Mar 2020 #28

This makes me smile Gothmog Mar 2020 #29

This was interesting to me... NurseJackie Mar 2020 #31

All GOOPers, except for Bernie Sanders MineralMan Mar 2020 #32