Will Bernie Sanders be gracious in defeat?

[Crumpets]

Absolutely. He knew it would take a minor miracle for him to actually become the 45th President of the United States, and I think he will be completely content with a Clinton Presidency, so long as she pledges to enact some of his bigger policy points. I also think she probably has a place for him in her administration if he wants it.

Reddit and TYT on the other hand...

[Crumpets]

This campaign has not caused anything worse than scratches between the candidates themselves. Sanders is not technically out of it yet and he has favorable states coming up, so he owes it to his supporters, who literally blew up the "corrupt campaign finance system", to stay in the race.

At the convention, I expect Sanders to be given the respect he deserves by the party and for him to be gracious in defeat and call for unity against Trump. There won't be any grandstanding like Ted Kennedy at the 1980 convention.

Knowing Bernie, his convention speech will be something along the lines of:

"In America today, we have a billionaire class which controls a vast majority of the wealth. According to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 20% of workers..."

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[Crumpets]

It's possible that Bernie will be gracious in defeat, but it's highly improbable that his fans will.

This actually sounds pretty plausible.

There's a post on r/SandersForPresident right now about "why we shouldn't get behind the DNC regardless of what Bernie says" or something like that.