Mary Margaret Olohan on September 12, 2019
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said “damn” Thursday night, becoming the first candidate to violate ABC News’ warning against swearing.
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The Vermont senator defended Medicare for all to former Vice President Joe Biden, a defense that included the word “damn.”
“That’s right, Joe,” Sanders said. “Status quo over ten years will be $50 trillion. Every study done shows that Medicare for all is the most cost-effective approach toproviding health care to every man, woman and child in this country.”
“I wrote the damn bill, if I may say so,” Sanders added.
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ABC News warned candidates on Thursday ahead of the debates that swearing would not be tolerated.
“We wanted to take this opportunity to remind you that, as the debate will air on the ABC broadcast network, we are governed by Federal Communication Commission indecency rules,” an ABC News memo states.
“We will not be broadcasting on any delay, so there will be no opportunity to edit out foul language.”
The warning follows 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s statement following the El Paso shootings during an interview with CNN, “Yes, this is fucked up.”
“We’re averaging about 300 mass shootings a year,” O’Rourke said. “So yes, this is fucked up. If we don’t call it out for what it is, if we’re not able to speak clearly, if we’re not able to act decisively, we’ll continue to have this kind of bloodshed in America. And I cannot accept that.”
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The networks broadcast all kinds of profanity in their regular prime time programs, even soap operas.
Why does my post violate your policy by telling the truth about what words the networks allow in their programming that they tried to ban in the debates?
Weird ! My stomach heaves when confronted with Sander’s portrait, in exactly the same reaction as to Corbyn’s.
Stay away from Teaparty.org! It’s a facebook trap!
Him and Pancho Beto both.
It is a distraction technique. Many use it, when their vocal communication content is rubbish.
Old Bernie better hope nothing ever happens to his hands. If something does he won’t be able to talk.
Valid point…how about we austracize them instead which leaves plenty of room to enjoy the clown activity…
Outlaw the Democrat Party? I can live with that. But then, who would we make fun of?
Love this idea, fully support if ever gets to a vote
Lets get down to the truth for once….95+ % of all mass shootings are caused by guess who….DEMOCRATS…. so in fact we should BAN DEMOCRATS if you insist on banning anything….END OF PROBLEM…. we should also offer FEDERAL CARRY LICENCES TO ANY AMERICAN CITIZEN THAT HAS A LEGAL CARRY LICENCE FROM ANY STATE NOW as an UPGRADE….. That will go a long way to deter ALL CRIME and there would be no such thin as a no carry zone…..PERIOD….
So, bozo o’rourke was walking in the park when he sees a AR15 crawling on the grass. bozo asked the AR15 what it was doing. The AR15 responds “I’m on my way to do a mass shooting”. bozo says “how can you do that….you can’t pull the trigger by yourself”. The AR15 says “exactly you dumb mother F@#%er”.
To Beto you are out of line, guns do not kill the person behind the gun does and if they are mentally unballced or angry over emotion or a happening their their life no President is responsible for their actions only the person them selves are responsible for their actions such as you were when younger and your own mistakes and we all know you made them
get it Beto, do not try and take our guns away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sanders your Medicare for all sucks WE WANT OUR OWN PRIVATE INSURANCE YOU DEMS TOOK FROM US AND THAT IS THAT GO BACK TO YOUR BEING UNEMPLOYED AND KEEP YOUR RICH PARTNERS HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Defined as a “mild expletive “, can be used to express exasperation, frustration. Used with “God”becomes a curse, and offends the religious
ROTFLMFAO!!!
Shuh Duh Fuh Cup
Well, I’ll be damned. I never knew “damn” was a swear word.