In my mind Bernie Bro refers to the people who voted for Bernie in the primary but didn’t vote for Hillary in the General. Claims of potential sexism aside it takes a really special type of moron.
I hear you, and that’s a fair thing to discuss, but what’s being discussed in this particular screencap is the smear campaign that occurred prior to the general election.
I also think it’s important to note the following, since you’ve mentioned this topic:
An “Obama Boys” strategy was used in 2008 by Clinton supporters. (source)
A higher percentage of Sanders voters backed Clinton in 2016 than her voters backed Obama in 2008. (source)
In my mind Bernie Bro refers to the people who voted for Bernie in the primary but didn’t vote for Hillary in the General. Claims of potential sexism aside it takes a really special type of moron.
I hear you, and that’s a fair thing to discuss, but what’s being discussed in this particular screencap is the smear campaign that occurred prior to the general election.
I also think it’s important to note the following, since you’ve mentioned this topic:
An “Obama Boys” strategy was used in 2008 by Clinton supporters. (source)
A higher percentage of Sanders voters backed Clinton in 2016 than her voters backed Obama in 2008. (source)
(edited to fix a broken link)
But the term predated the actual vote. It was coined in 2015 before the primary.
In 2016 no one actually thought trump was going to win…
No excuse, all the info that he was a racist elitist piece of shit was already out there.