Hillary Clinton Claims "Nobody Likes" Bernie Sanders In A New Documentary
Upon reading the headlines today, one would assume we all woke up in the year 2016 today because it appears Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are running against each other again. In an article released today by The Hollywood Reporter, the former First Lady and Democratic Nominee for president discussed the new Hulu docuseries on her life that will premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival. The topics that are covered in Hillary include Monica Lewinsky, her experience running for president in 2016 and her thoughts on Bernie Sanders.
In a series of quotes now circulating all over the internet, Clinton, when asked about Sanders, stated that "nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician. It's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it." In addition, when asked if she would be willing to endorse Senator Sanders should he win the 2020 nomination, Clinton answered, "I'm not going to go there yet." As soon as Twitter caught wind of the article, the hashtags #ILikeBernie, #ILikeHim, and #NobodyLikesHim began to trend leading many to respond with confusion, anger, and memes.
First came the reactions of many bothered by Clinton's assessment of Sanders in 2020.
Financial data was pulled to prove his likability.
Bernie Sanders outraised Hillary Clinton and every other Democratic candidate in the 2016 primaries combined. The idea that "nobody likes him" is beyond absurd. #ILikeBernie pic.twitter.com/3DZUCaFvy9
— Rob (@philosophrob) January 21, 2020
Photographic evidence of Sander's rallies were also provided.
"Nobody likes him"Hillary Clinton is a pathological liar.#ILikeBernie #NobodyLikesHer #Bernie2020 pic.twitter.com/2YUr8JXusH
— Rob (@philosophrob) January 21, 2020
Some even used her words as incentive to like him even more.
Hillary Clinton: “Nobody Likes Him”Me to Bernie Sanders: pic.twitter.com/LaxeuHdOPR
— :) (@postrenaissance) January 21, 2020
There was also a call to condemn her comments.
If you don't condemn Hillary Clinton's comments today, I don't want to ever hear you talk about unity again.
— John Iadarola (@johniadarola) January 21, 2020
Several users chose not to take the bait.
i refuse to get mad about hillary clinton. shes already done her worst to everyone. not today satan
— Y A R D C O B R A (@allahliker) January 21, 2020
Conservative commentators were happy to chime in on the reignited feud as well.
Hillary Clinton just did the biggest favor for Bernie Sanders any politician has done for another politician in years. Running against Hillary is surefire gold. Just ask Obama 2008 or Bernie 2016 or Trump 2016.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 21, 2020
Some users did embrace a stronger tone in response to Clinton's interview.
#nobodylikeshim is a bold statement coming from a woman who lost to Donald Trump. Nobody likes YOU, Hillary. The people that don't like Bernie are all your rich corporate friends.
— Sarah (@_balletandsuch) January 21, 2020
Many even suggested that she was just operating in jealousy after failing to win the 2016 election.
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HillaryClinton</a> realizing the Bernie Sanders will win <a href="https://t.co/5PpNVQpQQs">pic.twitter.com/5PpNVQpQQs</a></p>— Sister Agatha Van Helsing (StevenAvocado) January 21, 2020
Many Sanders supporters were happy to point out how much he had assisted Clinton's campaign after she defeated him in the primary.
Don’t forget:Bernie Sanders literally traveled around the country for Clinton in 2016. In his first 5 days on her campaign he did 14 events for her. After his loss he said he would “work his heart out” for her. Hillary in 2020: “#nobodylikeshim”
— Daniel Bostic (@debostic) January 21, 2020
Some claimed Clinton was simply out of touch.
Hillary Clinton: People won't vote for Bernie Sanders. Nobody likes him.America: We love Bernie. Nobody likes you.Hillary: pic.twitter.com/nSo8YHTzjk
— Connor Stone (@connorstonehere) January 21, 2020
However, there were some who did agree with Clinton's opinion on Sanders.
Y’all Hillary Clinton didn’t say anything about Bernie Sanders that he hasn't said about himself. He’s not there to get along w/people; he’s not there to "wish someone a happy birthday". He admits, proudly, that he’s kind of a jerk. #NobodyLikesHim pic.twitter.com/tJnNU83QLX https://t.co/QBLAKsWQFt
— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) January 21, 2020
There was a request for him to apologize to female candidates.
Bernie Sanders apologized to Joe Biden but he has yet to apologize to Hillary Clinton & Elizabeth Warren. Let that sink in for a second.
— 👑 Black Professor 👑 (@Wonderbitch82) January 21, 2020
And for his "surrogates" to apologize as well.
The pod bros and journobros are clutching their pearls about the need for unity before Iowa because Hillary Clinton spoke the truth about Bernie. Where have they been all week as Bernie's been using his surrogates to smear Joe Biden with bullshit allegations of corruption?
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) January 21, 2020
Some just really wanted to know why we all cared about 2016 drama.
Honestly, I’m tired of the Hillary Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders show. It’s one of the reasons why I endorsed Elizabeth Warren. If we want to win in 2020 then our party needs to MOVE FORWARD. Reigniting the tensions from 2016 is exactly how we lose again in 2020.
— Ryan Knight 🏳️🌈🗽 (@ProudResister) January 21, 2020
Regardless of how divisive her words may be, it appears Clinton has ushered in new support for Sanders' 2020 campaign.
It’s time to admit Hillary Clinton is an extraordinarily talented politician pic.twitter.com/29C6M2hR0o
— Garbage Ape 🗑 🦧 (@GarbageApe) January 21, 2020
After the press caught up with Sanders today following the article's release, the senator confirmed that his wife does like him.
I just asked
SenSanders</a> for his reaction to <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">HillaryClinton saying “no one likes” him. He said, “On a good day, my wife likes me, so let’s clear the air on that one.” He then pivoted to talking about impeachment. More tonight onNBCNightlyNews</a></p>— Geoff Bennett (GeoffRBennett) January 21, 2020
It's amazing to think that we all have 287 days left of this.
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RemChi
Bernie, gets screwed by the DNC and Hillary: Please support Hillary.
Hillary, after being disgraced but still in the DNC's pocket :Bernie is trash.
Gumshoe
This was really petty and stupid of Clinton to come out with at this point. Sure, she probably doesn't love Sanders, and he wasn't exactly eager to help her in 2016 even when the writing was on the wall for his own campaign, but the guy still eventually came around to her side and campaigned to support her. For someone who blames him for a lack of party unity in 2016, which lead to Trump narrowly winning, it's pretty hypocritical to start slamming him like this in 2020, especially when you aren't even running against him.
That said, people saying "I like Bernie" are not even reading the context of the statement. Her point is that nobody in congress likes him, and you might think "boohoo, why would anyone care what congress thinks?", but the point being made was that his lack of support in congress or willingness to compromise at all have resulted in him passing very little important legislation over his career, which is still a pretty legitamite thing to consider when voting for someone.
(((Richard Cheese; 妹妹 Master)))
Live footage of Bernie Sanders at the DNC
Cickany1990
Wow, the dems should show unity, to have at least a chance to win, instead they just sinking their own ship.
Freakenstein
We're trying, but we get zombies like Clinton rising from the grave to remind Americans she's trying to be relevant. Obviously the NYT are center-right, and so are the news media since they are owned by telecoms. Bernie Sanders wants to challenge those telecoms, and for good reason, so they are doing everything they can to nickle and dime any publicity he has. Fucking Clinton just recently was like "I'm not gonna get into that" when discussing if she will support Bernie Sanders if he gets the Democratic nomination, when the only opposition to Sanders at that point is Donald Putin. When that time happens, they're not going to be openly advocating for Trump--that will be political suicide--but they will be pussyfooting around their distaste for Sanders and mutter "well, Donald Trump did give our wealthy companies tax breaks…"
In other words, there are divides which are silly, and there are divides which must be addressed, because it explains the disconnect between the wealthy and the commonfolk.
Daretobestupid
Or, oooooooor, hear me out: she KNOWS how unpopular she is, still supports Bernie, and is publicly ragging on him in order to get people to support him so as to spite her!
William The Brit
You know when Margaret Thatcher destroyed her reputation and that of her party for decades she had the decency to retreat into obscurity, maybe it's time for cranky aunt Hillary to do the same.
Phhase
You Judas! This after Bernie endorsed your campaign after losing the nomination?
mammon
that's rich coming from the only person in the history of presidential candidate to lose to Donald Trump.
A Very Great User
“No one likes Bernie Sanders” Yeah this coming from the woman who rightly has below a 40% favorable rating on Gallup and lost to Donald Trump for constantly bullshitting on things really dangerous to the country like her email servers and shady trade deals like the TPP. I don’t agree with Bernie on everything but anyone who thinks that that many people like her even compared to him need to be careful.
Alex Reynard
Good god, if Bernie wins, maybe he'll toss Yang in the cabinet somewhere and we can actually get UBI before AI automation wipes out half the white collar pencil-pushing jobs.