geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 13 days agoBernie Sanders gets fact checkedlemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareTheObviousSolution@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoExcept one does not contradict the other. The United States has supported democracy, it’s just that that support had been razor thin. Now, I think it’s pretty clear they are openly shitting on it under Trump.
minus-squaregeneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-213 days agoIf we are playing silly semantics then Russia is a “democracy” as well and Trump is supporting “democracy”.
minus-squareLysergid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoNothing silly here. “Fact checker” twisting Bernie’s words. Sad to be corrected yourself?
Except one does not contradict the other. The United States has supported democracy, it’s just that that support had been razor thin. Now, I think it’s pretty clear they are openly shitting on it under Trump.
If we are playing silly semantics then Russia is a “democracy” as well and Trump is supporting “democracy”.
Nothing silly here. “Fact checker” twisting Bernie’s words. Sad to be corrected yourself?