Some of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) biggest congressional supporters were eager to move on Wednesday, as the Sanders campaign picked itself up from a bruising Super Tuesday.
If only all the world was a safely blue district…
Ocasio-Cortez declined to say if Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) should drop out after her disappointing night, saying that in lieu of an “egregious scandal,” it’s not her place to tell a candidate when to suspend her campaign.
Especially when one of the Bros will do it anyway
“Sometimes there’s a notion that something is safer just because we know the devil that is, but you know, that’s still the devil,” she said before quickly clarifying that she was not, in fact, likening Biden to the dark prince.
Give it a few hours.
No mention of Pressley, which doesn’t surprise me since she gets tons of money from the Evil Democratic Establishment (boo, hiss!) in Boston.
“Bernie won the biggest prize of the night, so now we need to focus on moving forward,” she told TPM. Despite Sanders’ first-place finish in the state Tuesday, both Biden and Sanders netted substantial delegates (counting is still underway).
“Jayapal suggested that voters were opting for Biden because of his familiarity.”
Short memory, she has. Bernie was on the primary ballot 4 years ago, and people aren’t familiar with him?
Ayanna Pressley actually endorsed Warren, so I guess she got kicked out of the Squad? Not sure.
They are familiar with Bernie. That’s why they didn’t vote for him.
That too, but she is also well-funded by old-school Boston groups with deep pockets. She was the safer choice to unseat Capuano before an unknown threat showed up.
“He is somebody that people are gonna look back and say look how far he got…”
This is not something you say of someone you expect to win.
Even his biggest supporters are (inadvertently) conceding defeat.
I want to make sure that people don’t think that we don’t matter. We matter.
Uh, it’s not about you. Maybe tell people who consistently show up to vote that they matter to the Sanders campaign.
Not to mention…
And yet…Bernie’s camp is demanding Warren drop out in order to save him…
So, to recap:
Individual Dems supporting Biden and zero evidence of any untoward manipulation of any elections processes = Dems “rigging” and “establishment interfering” in the election to screw Bernie
Bernie’s campaign pressuring Warren to drop out to help Bernie = nothing wrong with that
Young women who don’t know the country. Time to get more experience before spouting off.
“Bernie won the biggest prize of the night” -AOC
When is Bernie’s campaign issuing their official whiteboards?
Moving forward to “Vote Blue No Matter Who”. Yep, that’s the plan…
That is unless you don’t consider Donnie and his henchmen to be a threat to the planet.
The inventory ahead isn’t looking too good for Bernie, either. Did Pressley get smart and not renew her membership in The Squad?
How soon before AOC jumps into the “Subpoena Joe” GOP clown car?
Conceding defeat is painful and difficult, and I don’t really expect Sanders’ most visible surrogates to knife their endorsee in the back the next day. That said, for those who might be inclined to see the “Squad” as more media bark than congressional bite, this does little to convince them otherwise.