The Democrats’ Version Of #NeverTrump? #BernieOrBust. And They HATE Hillary.

The big drama this election is Donald Trump. No question about it. Whether its the media clawing after ratings or just the sheer “How the heck did THIS happen?” that most of us are feeling.

The big winner in all this? Hillary Clinton. Because the Trump drama coming from all sides drowns out the fact that the Queen is having a little bit of #NeverHillary troubles of her own. For many Democrats, it’s #BernieOrBust.

According to this, Bernie Sanders supporters have vowed that they will NEVER vote for Hillary Clinton, even if she does become the Democrat nominee. They have said they will write Bernie in on the ballot, vote Republican, vote third party, or not vote at all. Their attitude? The party establishment has betrayed us and we’re not going to take it anymore!

Sound familiar? It gets even more uncanny the more you actually hear what the #BernieOrBust crowd has to say –

“I will not be voting for Clinton if Sanders does not win the nomination,” said Jon Clemens, a Sanders supporter from Hartford, Connecticut. “She has done nothing to earn my vote, and the Democratic Party should not assume that she will simply absorb Sanders’ supporters. Clinton has only ‘evolved’ to progressive political stances when public polling indicated to her that it was politically advantageous to do so. She is disingenuous, has little integrity and lacks vision.”

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“We Bernie fans just won’t vote for her,” said Steph Faulkner, who hails from Mr. Sanders’ home state of Vermont and is an avid Sanders supporter. “We are sick of the media telling us we have too. We don’t like her. We don’t trust her. We believe she is a Wall Street puppet. There is nothing they can say that will make us vote for such a woman. I mean, heck, people would vote for Trump over her, and he is a monster. What does that tell you? It tells me she is seen as the bigger evil. Trump is less evil than Hillary.”

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“More than 50 percent of Sanders supporters will never vote for her,” Chris Fox, a Sanders supporter in Fairfield, Ohio, said in an email. “That is why she will not beat Trump. Weigh the Republican hate for her (motivation to vote) against the Democrat progressive liberal’s hate for the status quo (unmotivated to vote for her), and we have a major problem on our hands. Only Sanders can beat Trump, but that’s not why we are voting for him. He’s the only person we trust with the job.”

Wow. I’ve said many of the same things about Hillary Clinton that these Bernie Sanders supporters are saying. Anyone else feel like they’ve jumped a time-track and are currently in another dimension? I mean, I think Bernie Sanders would be a complete and total DISASTER for America and I also think these people are nuts for supporting him. But I’m actually AGREEING with them on something political. It’s kind of unnerving.

So – will #BernieOrBust drown out #NeverTrump? They certainly have their work cut out for them, seeing as the media is totally in the tank for Hillary and will do anything to keep people from criticizing her.

Either way (and no matter how I feel about it personally), the disillusionment with political tradition on BOTH sides is fascinating to watch. As a history junkie, it makes me curious how this election will be looked at and studied by future generations.

2016: The Year Things Went Totally Bonkers.