Is Bernie Sanders at fault for Clinton's loss?

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Bernie provided a rallying point for left-wing attacks on Clinton that Trump successfully picked up to destroy her in the General Election.

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The other ironic thing is how progressives were itching at the bit to blame Clinton for Obama's prospective loss in 2008. Matt Taibbi wrote an article about it, and there was a political cartoon on a certain poster's signature of a long time with McCain being inaugurated while Obama and Clinton sat behind him with broken limbs and bruises. If he had lost I'm sure Clinton would have been blamed, even though she dropped out earlier than Bernie despite doing far better than him.

I will say in Bernie's defense though, he did a superhuman job at the 2016 DNC putting a lid on his supporters. I was terrified that he'd be booed off stage by his own mob, but he pulled it off. Probably one of the most tense and successful convention speeches ever.