Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumakwikwi e2008 eDemocratic Party, Tankian pakutanga akatsigira Dennis Kucinich, asi akazotaura kuti
Barack Obama "anopa tariro yakanakisisa yenguva yemberi ine tariro, asi ini pachangu handivimbi nechiremera chipi nechipi chezvematongerwe enyika". Mumakwikwi e2016 eDemocratic Party, akatsigira Bernie Sanders ndokunyora paFacebook, "Kana zvasvika pakurwisana nemaoligarchs, kutungamira kurwira kodzero dzevanhu, kuenzana kwemari, uye zvimwe zvakawanda, hapana mumwe wezvematongerwo enyika ave achienderana uye asina huori saBernie Sanders". Akaenderera mberi achirumbidza Sanders, "Akataura zvaakaita uye akaita zvaanotaura muSeneti. Mipiro yake yose inobva kuvanhu vamwe navamwe; vamwe vose vanobva kuvapi vakuru namasangano. Hazvidi kuti uve shasha kuti uone kuti ndiani ari kushandira ani pano".