Yes, brought to you by the Democratic Party who enable and normalize Bernie Sanders in 2016 and 2020. That guy is partially responsible for Clinton not consolidating the Democratic base in 2016 to beat Trump.
Trump consolidated the GOP base even after the Access Hollywood tape.
Bernie is not a Democrat and was rejected soundly both times by the majority of the party’s voters. He and the Rose Twitter types are not representative of the party at all. Indeed they seem to hate it more than anyone else.
Also it’s pretty rich for the party to be accused of “enabling” him when his people constantly accuse the party of rigging it against him.
The 2016 Democratic Party platform caved to his demands, it was the most progressive platform, what more does he and his minons want?
I agree. But they’re never gonna be satisfied because it’s not really even about policy for some of them; it’s about a cult of personality around the leader. As long as the leader isn’t in charge, they will think it’s been rigged against him no matter how badly he lost or how many concessions are made to the loser anyway. Biden could adopt all of Bernie’s positions and they’d still hate him. Bernie could adopt all of Biden’s and they’d still love him. The only thing that seems capable of making them turn on him is when he acknowledges the outcome is legitimate and endorses his opponent.
Again, they HATE the Democratic Party more than anyone. Their hate for it is the only thing that surpasses their love for Bernie. That’s why it is indeed pointless for the party to cater to them.
However, it should be acknowledged that MOST of Bernie’s supporters aren’t really represented by the diehard Rose Twitter types either. There’s not much harm in throwing a few bones to the more “pragmatic progressives” in the platform, which doesn’t really matter anyway and if it makes the ones who might actually vote more enthusiastic, then why not? The diehard cultists who won’t vote no matter what and indeed probably want Trump to win are another story.
