Oh, Kitty, aren’t you an optimist! I expect Jez to keep trashing Biden and his family until at least September. This is why I’m pleading with them to stop it; just move past that and focus on the legislative races.

It simply is NOT TRUE that Bernie “took a dream of a strong social safety net with him.”

OK, can we stop with the line that it’s a Dem’s fault (either Biden for encouraging participating, or Bernie for not dropping out sooner) that Wisconsinites had to go out on Tuesday and vote in the Primary? It’s been ALL OVER these sites for the last few days, and it sucks.

I’m glad he was able to scoot the Democratic Party a bit more leftward but thank god he’s dropped out now instead of later in the year. We need as many people to vote for Biden as possible and dropping out early is the only way that is going to happen.

“and his tendency to avoid certain niceties—singing the Democratic party’s praises, buttering up the press—made him an abrasive figure for some”

No, I think all those voters who voted for Biden make up a bigger, broader coalition than all those voters who voted for Sanders. And, given the age breakdown, history strongly suggests that older voters are far more likely to show up to the polls than younger voters. #Math

Yes omg to all of this - and let me say, I’m an old-ish Vermonter who grew up with a Bernie Sanders sign in the yard my whole life. I voted for him reliably as my state rep and then senator and again in the primaries in 2016 (Vermont went 90+percent for him; Hillary in the election proper). This was especially…

I agree with your entire response, and those exit polls she’s using are misleading. Bernie had slight leads with Latinx voters under 30 in a single state, California, and polled about even with Biden otherwise, in California. They keep emphasize polling numbers as if those are real measures. This rambling mess of an…

the data doesn’t make sense if you actually look at it, which is why data should be handled by professionals who are trained in approaching it from a non-biased perspective, and not students gunning for Bernie.

There is “abuse” from every candidate’s supporters. The media chooses to focus on Bernie because he is a threat to the pearl clutching liberals.

Ah yes - thank you for this.

I want to add, that when I complain about Bernie Bros, it’s in the context of Sanders not taking responsibility as he should. It isn’t an erasure of his voters. The fact that it always has to be said that way, and even when it is, there’s still cries of but I’m x and I support him.

Yup, I have nothing to add. This entire article follows from this false principle; those voters don't vote frequently enough or in large enough number to matter. Harsh but true.

Well said.

Not as badly as Bernie Bros want everyone to forget how much Bernie loves gun manufacturers.

Bernie Sanders supports down ballot democrats that are anti choice as long as they are deemed otherwise ‘progressive enough.’ 

Yeah, my first instinct is to side with Lauren, that this is just tokenism. However, I think it’s also really important, for lack of a more diplomatic way of saying it, to remember how important tokens can be, if they also demonstrate savvy and skill.

Do not compare likely running mates Kamala Harris, Val Demmings, Stacy Abrams, or Liz Warren with Sarah Palin. This isn’t about tokenism, and this isn’t about bringing in some cornpone cover girl because she’s pretty and sassy. This is about bringing in a serious intellectual with solid experience and national…

The constant critique people give Bernie, though, is his lack of specificity in his plans. “it’ll happen” because it should. Whereas Biden gave a clear promise of intent.

Why do some supporters make it seem like 1 bot was mean to you online when, especially if you are a black woman or any other PoC, you don’t even have to mention bernie, you just had to say something nice about warren and some bernie supporters will swarm your mentions asking why you want people to die. Their behavior…