☕️ Jeremy Diamond: Trying to figure out if this is downstream of Bernie supporters who still think they got hosed in 2016 and 2020 or the other way around

a big takeaway from all of the Biden drama is that huge swathes of the public — including reasonably engaged people — think that political parties are a small cabal of elites who select candidates by hand

Trying to figure out if this is downstream of Bernie supporters who still think they got hosed in 2016 and 2020 or the other way around

this applies across the political spectrum

I mean, "Biden should drop out now to save democracy" has big echoes of "Hillary should drop out now because only Bernie can beat Trump in the general"

And how did that work out...

Hillary got 3 million more votes than Bernie in the primary. So, yeah, Bernie was a real fucking powerhouse.

What happened after that

"This shitty candidate beat my preferred guy by 3 million votes" isn't the sterling recommendation you think it is.

Ok but what happened next

How was Hillary's presidency... Be honest.

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