One of the main talking points being used against Bernie Sanders on this site is that he supposedly “hasn’t been attacked yet.” This is used as an excuse to explain away Bernie’s slow, but steady, climb in polling and steadily positive favorable ratings over the last few months. According to his critics, Sanders can’t keep these numbers because no one has ever tried to dig up dirt about him.
Bernie isn’t some innocent newcomer who has never had volleys thrown his way. Bernie has been attacked numerous times during his previous elections, and he has weathered all of them to win eight terms in Congress and two terms in the U.S Senate. Overall, Bernie has won fourteen elections, losing only twice since the 1970s. Source
As you will see, Bernie’s opponents were grasping at straws to find something to attack him with…