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Originally posted by Marvin
I see your point and I'm not trying to say sexism doesn't exist or that she doesn't experience it, but you can't just say Bernie supporters voting Trump over Clinton are sexist. There are MANY reasons not to vote for her (just like there are many reasons to vote for her). No other candidate has as much history has her.
Trump and Sanders are different but the one thing they have in common is that they want to change the status quo. Bernie has been talking about the dangers of big money in government his entire campaign and many people see Hillary Clinton as a prime result of that big money (in b4 someone calls me stupid/childish for stating what others think!). She's funded by a lot of big corporations - Alice Walton just donated nearly $400k recently for her campaign - and for some it leads to distrust. Elizabeth Warren pointed out one time when she opposed a bankruptcy bill while being First Lady and then voted for the bill when she became a senator. #WhichHillary and stuff like that is the main reason why people don't want to vote for her. They don't think she's honest and don't know if she'll actually do what she's saying if elected.
As crazy as Trump is, he's not funded by any big corporations other than his own. He doesn't have any controversy as big as Benghazi or the email scandal. He doesn't try to be politically correct and do what others want. This is what the people like about him. Bernie is similar but to a lesser degree.
And like I said, plenty of Bernie supporters would vote for Warren if she was running. I actually have seen numerous people say they'll be voting for Jill Stein if Bernie isn't on the November ballot.
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Trump doesn't get support from billionaires and we don't have to worry about him becoming corrupt because he IS the corruption. He doesn't have political controversy, because he doesn't have political experience. The media and pundits try to paint Trump and Sanders with same brush a little too much. They're more of exact opposites. Even Sanders said "Hillary at her worst is better than republicans at their best".
Also, I've heard Elizabeth Warren by some of the same Bernie supporters. Just saying.