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If Biden Gets The Nomination and Trump Wins, Is Bernie Right? [View all]
If so, doesn't this mean that Bernie and his campaign have an incentive to once again do their best to sabotage Biden and the Democratic party's chances in 2020?When you look at Bernie's actions in putting people who were overtly hostile to the Democratic party on the Democratic platform committee, then despite being placed in such positions, Bernie's representatives immediately abandoned the Democratic party and endorsed Jill Stein. After the election, Bernie's campaign surrogates continued to attack the Democratic party and even discussed the silver lining of a Trump Presidency as promoting activism and engagement.
Yet, despite this history, Bernie once again retains many of the who cheerleaded the losses of the Democratic party as his surrogates.
In the past, a lot of us gave Bernie the benefit of the doubt. This time around, is there any reason to expect Bernie and his campaign to act in good faith and not try to once again sabotage Biden and the Democratic party under the belief that it will personally benefit Bernie politically even though it might caused millions of Americans to once again suffer?
As noted by Susan Sarandon below, do Bernie and his surrogates believe that the suffering of the American people will lead to them being woke and in support of their views? Otherwise, if Bernie truly want Biden or the Democratic party to adopt any portion of his platform, he would drop out now, rather than later when the damage is already done.
Why Did Bernie Sanders Put an Obama-Hater on the Democratic Platform Committee?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/05/bernie-sanders-cornel-west-and-obama-hating.html
Cornel West to Activists, Immigrants: Let's Dump The Democratic Party
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/cornel-west-activists-immigrants-lets-dump-democratic-party
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-colbert-confronts-susan-sarandon-about-her-trump-statements
Stephen Colbert Confronts Susan Sarandon About Her Trump Statements
“You said, ‘Some people feel that Trump might bring about the revolution immediately.’ A) How’s that going? What’s your assessment of how ‘the revolution’ is going?” asked Colbert. “Well, I’m so happy that you asked—not really, but OK we’ll get into it,” replied a visibly uncomfortable Sarandon. “Well, have you seen this many town hall meetings of people from all parties storming and knocking on the doors of their representatives and complaining and screaming and yelling?” “Not since 2010,” Colbert responded. “No. Not since the ‘70s, I think,” shot back Sarandon. “This is really out of control. Now there are town hall meetings everywhere. I saw one in California where they were screaming about ICE coming in and taking people. I mean, people are really awake now because ‘the cracks let the light in,’ as Leonard Cohen would say.”
“You said, ‘Some people feel that Trump might bring about the revolution immediately.’ A) How’s that going? What’s your assessment of how ‘the revolution’ is going?” asked Colbert. “Well, I’m so happy that you asked—not really, but OK we’ll get into it,” replied a visibly uncomfortable Sarandon. “Well, have you seen this many town hall meetings of people from all parties storming and knocking on the doors of their representatives and complaining and screaming and yelling?” “Not since 2010,” Colbert responded. “No. Not since the ‘70s, I think,” shot back Sarandon. “This is really out of control. Now there are town hall meetings everywhere. I saw one in California where they were screaming about ICE coming in and taking people. I mean, people are really awake now because ‘the cracks let the light in,’ as Leonard Cohen would say.”
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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