timschochet
Footballguy
I see a lot of people want to take me to task for arguing that Bernie didn’t help Hillary nearly as much as Hillary helped Obama. I stand by every word. I heard Bernie speak. His support was tepid. Until the very end he refused to cooperate with the Clinton campaign.
But the most important thing was that he should have given public interviews denouncing the idea that the DNC fixed the nomination for Hillary. This is the biggest myth from the 2016 election. Hillary won because (1) she was much more popular overall (2) because Bernie made no inroads with older black voters and (3) because Bernie’s strongest supporters were voters under 30 and they didn’t show up on Election Day in large enough numbers. Full stop. Bernie should have publicly denounced this conspiracy theory and he didn’t. Shame on him.
But the most important thing was that he should have given public interviews denouncing the idea that the DNC fixed the nomination for Hillary. This is the biggest myth from the 2016 election. Hillary won because (1) she was much more popular overall (2) because Bernie made no inroads with older black voters and (3) because Bernie’s strongest supporters were voters under 30 and they didn’t show up on Election Day in large enough numbers. Full stop. Bernie should have publicly denounced this conspiracy theory and he didn’t. Shame on him.