BS is not planning to quit the race after today's votes, his aides say

[Cha]

Link to tweet

[msongs]

1. nothing else to do so why not nt

[Cha]

10. Why not? 'cause.. "Dragging out a primary giving our nominee (Joe) less time to prepare for the..

monster in the WH"

And, "Putting voters at risk because they have to go and vote."

he wants the polls shut down but he's still running.

[msongs]

15. it was a snide remark. sorry, next time Ill make it more obvious :-) nt

[Cha]

19. Oh no I got it.. It just gave me an

opportunity to say why not.

So Mahalo and Stay Safe, msongs!

[NurseJackie]

33. I love you.

[Rebl2]

31. Yes there

is. Go back to the Senate and do your job!

[ehrnst]

41. Preserving public health by letting states cancel pointless primaries?

[nature-lover]

78. Sanders should drop out, but there are still state and local elections on the primary ballots.

Need mail in or drop off ballots.

[PubliusEnigma]

2. Piper's gonna pipe.

[still_one]

3. And after he loses NY, he will still stay in the race. No surprise

[riversedge]

4. that is not news.

[amuse bouche]

5. A shame he can't be gracious, bow out and get behind Biden

His Ego is out of control

[amuse bouche]

36. Apparently,country over party is nothing but a silly platitude.

[sheshe2]

60. Correct.

Reverse it, then it is true.

[Cha]

94. smh

Thanks, she

[sheshe2]

103. Yep.

[Aquaria]

85. Did you expect anything different

From someone who isn't in the party, only using it to mooch its resources for his own agenda?

[amuse bouche]

86. You're right of course.

I can't stand the guy but hoped he would do the right thing

[PatSeg]

6. But I wonder how much of his staff

will hang in there.

[Blue_true]

30. That staff? Likely all of them. Sanders voters who are not non-democrats are likely to abandon

him.

[PatSeg]

32. Its always sad

when someone just doesn't know when to let it go. Unfortunately, this is the way he will be remembered.

[honest.abe]

7. He wants to drag it out all the way to the convention to cause as much havoc as possible.

[Cha]

34. And Harm..

Dragging out a primary giving our nominee (Joe) less time to prepare for the..monster in the WH

And, Putting voters at risk because they have to go and vote.

he wants the polls shut down but he's still running.

[awesomerwb1]

8. Shocker

As been stated by others, this is not really news.

Bernie or boom, I mean bust.

[C_U_L8R]

9. Party pooper

[sheshe2]

11. Ugh.

[DrToast]

12. He needs his rallies

Sound familiar?

[Cha]

14. /But BS can't have his rallies now.

[showblue22]

13. We're in the middle of a pandemic.

Senators of both parties are in DC right now trying to hash out something everyone will agree with to help people. Where's Bernie? If it's true, he cares about workers.. He would be there right now trying to interject his ideas. There is no better time than RIGHT NOW!

[IluvPitties]

17. Bernie is all about his ego.

[evertonfc]

18. He's irrelevant.

I'm so sick of Him. He's morphed into just an old, angry and yelling man. I supported him in 2016 but his ship has sailed

[Aquaria]

58. Morphed?

It’s what he’s been all along.

[Basic LA]

20. After today it becomes a third party run...

...against Dems. He wants to give us Trump again.

[Cha]

22. Well put, Basic LA

[PunksMom]

65. I just can't...

I can’t take tRump 4 more years...I can’t!

[Turin_C3PO]

21. Sigh...

[handmade34]

23. this...

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/16/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-feud-100129

...warned that Sanders, an independent and a self-described democratic socialist, ultimately did not feel loyalty to Democrats.

“What I’ve seen in Bernie’s politics is he and his team feel they’re holier than the rest. In the end, they will play dirty because they think that they pass a purity test that Republicans and most Democrats don’t pass,” said Shumlin. “What you’re seeing now is, in the end, even if he considers you a friend, like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie will come first. That’s the pattern we’ve seen over the years in Vermont, and that’s what we are seeing now nationally.”...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

95. Wow

I made the mistake of reading the comments on the Politico article. Some rather vile stuff said about Warren by those claiming to be Sanders supporters.

[cally]

24. He's putting peoples health and safety at risk for

His own ego. He can’t win and BIden needs to focus on beating the orange menace

[dem4decades]

27. Good point. What a selfish ass.

[Tweedy]

79. Joe Biden can campaign like the nominee now

It is numerically over after all.

[Thekaspervote]

25. He's making himself more inconsequential by the day!

Americans need a bit of a break here, but oh no bernie just keeps being his egotistical self!

[BidenBacker]

26. When Bernie was in college

I'll bet he got a big hoot outta peeing in the party punchbowl.

[Walleye]

28. The old leopard doesn't change his spots

[DemKittyNC]

29. Wish I could say I was surprised

but I am not... He needs to GO!

After today Biden just needs to ignore him totally. No more debates. No mentioning of Bernie at all. If reporters bring up Bernie than Joe should just say, "WHO?"

Biden should focus all of his attention and manpower behind dealing with this crisis - being Presidential and leading - and getting his digs in about tRumps failure every now and then. That is his move forward or should be I feel.

[NurseJackie]

35. It really serves no good purpose. It gives his surrogates more opportunities to kneecap Biden....

It really serves no good purpose. It gives his surrogates more opportunities to kneecap Biden. The scorched-earth philosophy of people like Sirota, Turner and Gray is one that's based on a desire to get revenge and inflict as much damage on the Democratic party as possible. If there was ever any doubt of the "destroy to rebuild" philosophy, this should put any questions to rest.

[Cha]

37. Yes, we know what BS' staff did to Hillary in the General Election.. and

what BS is doing NOW..

Dragging out a primary giving our nominee (Joe) less time to prepare for the..monster in the WH

And, Putting voters at risk because they have to go and vote.

he wants the polls shut down but he's still running.

[oasis]

38. As long as the dough keeps rolling in, Bernie staffers are in no hurry

to join the ranks of the unemployed. They know the Biden team has no intention of hiring them due to the monumental lack of character they have displayed over their political careers.

[Cha]

39. he wants the polls shut down but he's still running. Also..

Donald Trump must be defeated,” Bernie Sanders insists, “and I will do everything in my power to make that happen.”

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287673175

[oasis]

71. I don't think Bernie would be a useful spokesperson for Joe.

Okay by me if he sits quietly on the sidelines while Amy K, Mayor Pete, Beto and others go on cable tv to promote Biden's agenda.

[Cha]

72. Exactly.. There wasn't any ship to sail on that.

Excellent point, oasis! StaySafe

[LiberalFighter]

73. Having Bernie stumping for him might be a negative.

Especially if some of his campaign staff are included. People like Nina Turner need to be deep dived.

[oasis]

74. Nina, David Sirota, Brihana Joy Gray are toxic. nt

[LakeArenal]

106. As are Uhgur, Eastwood, and Rogan

[sheshe2]

112. Don't forget West and Sarandon.

[LakeArenal]

113. Good catch. 😉

[sheshe2]

114. Thanks.

[sheshe2]

110. I wish I knew how to use 'strike out' on a word or two. nt

[redstateblues]

82. Keep that money coming. He can buy another house!k

[Macima]

40. He will keep getting his butt kicked

He won't win one more state.

[Cha]

43. Meanwhile BS said this..

Last edited Tue Mar 17, 2020, 07:05 PM - Edit history (1)

Donald Trump must be defeated,” Bernie Sanders insists, “and I will do everything in my power to make that happen.”

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287673175

[Funtatlaguy]

42. I'm ok with that. But just want Bernie to be ALL IN

for Biden when Joe is the nominee.
We will need all hands on deck to remove Trump.

[Cha]

46. I'm not..

Dragging out a primary giving our nominee (Joe) less time to prepare for the..monster in the WH

And, Putting voters at risk because they have to go and vote.

he wants the polls shut down but he's still running.

Bernie Sanders insists, "and I will do everything
in my power to make that happen."

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287673175

[ehrnst]

44. I guess demanding that the primaries be postponed "for public health" didn't work

so he's going to demand that they go on after there is really no path to the nomination for anyone but Joe.

"Public health"



Judging by his repeated recitation of the number of pledged delegates he won when he showed up to endorse HRC, he must feel that even a few pledged delegates benefit him somehow outside of the primary.

[Cha]

49. BS is all over the place..

he wants the polls shut down but he's still running.

Donald Trump must be defeated,” Bernie Sanders insists, “and I will do everything in my power to make that happen.”

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287673175

Mahalo, ehrnst Stay Safe!

[LizBeth]

45. Loser.

[pampango]

47. We'll see. Aides say French talk like that while voting is ongoing.

Once the results are in they tune may change. I hope so if Sanders performs poorly again.

[ehrnst]

48. "French talk?"

[getagrip_already]

84. gop speak for coward.....

Prevalent in far right wing blogs. We have a troll among us......

[Cha]

99. "..French talk"?

[NCProgressive]

50. Three possibilities

1. His aides want the gravy train to run a few more stations

2. BS is masochistic to be rejected by state after state after state in ever worsening numbers.

OR

3. BS wants to cause maximum damage to our nominee and hamper our chances in the GE by claiming a rigged election narrative that Trump can use again.

[LakeArenal]

107. Are they mutually exclusive? I don't think so.

More like a trifecta.

[TygrBright]

52. My, he's descending to complete irrelevance quickly, isn't he... n/t

[radius777]

53. Bernie is going to damage is legacy

if he continues to drag this out, while the country in the midst of a pandemic.

Biden will be the nominee. Bernie needs to drop out so the two of them can meet and discuss how to unite the party going forward, and work to get Trump out and a real president in.

[Aquaria]

62. How precious.

You think BS actually cares about Democrats or the party or in showing a united front.

He doesn’t, and he never has. If he cared about working with others for the greater good, or had the faintest ability to do so, he would have more to show for his time in DC. than a bunch of named post offices.

He has spent a career reveling in refusing to play well with others. Why expect him to change now?

[stopbush]

54. Does it really matter when Ds are quitting him in droves?

[Cha]

57. It matters that he continues to drag

on Joe Biden.. but he said this..

Donald Trump must be defeated,” Bernie Sanders insists, “and I will do everything in my power to make that happen.”

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/1287673175

[tarheelsunc]

55. LOL of course he's not!

I'm absolutely done with his narcissistic attempts to divide the party and thus enable Trump's destruction of the country. I would say I hope someone primaries his ass, but he doesn't have the courage or decency to run as a Democrat in a statewide election.

[Kaleva]

56. He can still run but the rest of us can just ignore him.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

59. Time to start ignoring him and his surrogates.

Let them howl at the moon all they want; Bernie's done.

[still_one]

76. +++

[mcar]

61. What a surprise!

[Happy Hoosier]

63. He isn't a gracious man. NT

[wishstar]

64. Seems like a waste of money and energy that could go to defeat Trump instead

[Docreed2003]

66. The country is facing a crisis

Bernie has no path forward to winning the nomination. Why can't he graciously step down and acknowledge the loss, cast his support behind Biden, and focus on the stark tragedy facing our country right now?? If he did that, he could cement his legacy as being someone willing to fight for progressive stances who helped bring about the end of Trump. To continue beyond today reeks of hubris.

[BlueIdaho]

67. There goes Bernies Legacy...

If he persists his biography will end up on the .99 shelf at Barnes and Noble.

[betsuni]

68. "We're going to win this thing the Bernie way. Which means if I lose, I'll bring everyone else down

with me." -- Larry David as Bernie on SNL.

[Cha]

69. Larry David knew.. he's been paying attention.

Mahalo for the reminder, betsuni.

Fortunately.. I think the Majority of Voters are too Determined for that Not to happen! Stay Safe!

[betsuni]

70. Yes he has!

I hope Larry doing Bernie won't be necessary anymore.

[Cha]

87. That'd be great.. betting he

feels the same.

[NurseJackie]

75. The DNC needs a mercy rule like in baseball.

[Hoyt]

77. + 100000. No joke.

[still_one]

80. and in those delegate rich states he isn't going to exceed his standard 30-35%

Really sad that this is how he wants to be remembered

[Cha]

100. Yes.. but as we say..

not surprising.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

81. Then he is a Putin puppet

There can be no other explanation. The longer he stays in, the closer to multigenerational ignominy he veers

[liberalmuse]

83. I'm done.

Go away, Bernie. I don't know if I would vote for him to stay in the Senate at this point.

[Tarheel_Dem]

88. Let's hope he reconsiders. We have to move forward with or without him. n/t

[nolawarlock]

89. Of course he's not! There apparently aren't enough dead!

There is no reason to keep these primaries going. Smaller elections and ballot questions can be postponed but the presidential election can't, and that's in the constitution. If he dropped out now, maybe we'd have a few less dead relatives when it's all over. You know many elderly people are going to go out and vote no matter what. Doesn't Bernie care that he's endangering them for a cause he cannot win?

[Yavin4]

90. His campaign aides need that cash from donations

Although at this point, they have to be drying up. Unless they're coming from a strange source...cough..Putin..cough.

[tritsofme]

91. 'Tis but a mere flesh wound!

[Cha]

92. I knew that was coming.. Touche'!

[Vivienne235729]

93. I wonder if this is about money. He's in it to keep fundraising?

[ucrdem]

97. I think that is a polite way of expressing it.

A less polite post would speculate where the money is coming from.

[liberal N proud]

102. And use Democratic resources

[ucrdem]

96. Nope, he won't quit until he's pushed, and then he'll sue.

We've seen this movie, snore. My strong suggestion is to get it over with ASAP.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

98. "It's just a flesh wound"

[liberal N proud]

101. 2016

[guillaumeb]

104. While I have argued for waiting,

the fact that it is statistically impossible for him to win would suggest that he should withdraw. Whoever wished to vote for him could still do so, and he would still receive delegates, but the result would be unifying to face the task of winning in November.

[Jersey Devil]

105. Quit? No time for that when dealing with a "fucking global crisis"

Quick! Bernie needs a phone booth to change in.

[Cha]

108. OTOH.. if he dropped his campaign with no path..

he'd have more time for the "fucking global crisis"

[Beakybird]

109. Bernie, I'd vote for you if you were the nominee, but screw you

for putting people's lives at risk to fluff up your ego. I'd say much worse things if it weren't for decorum.

[GemDigger]

111. Here we go again. a 2016 redo of "Wham Bam and here comes the thank you ma'am" as he fucks us over

again. No mercy this time BS. None.

[coeur_de_lion]

115. He used to annoy me

Now he fucking pisses me off.

[XRubicon]

116. LOL

I love a good joke.

[StevieM]

117. This is somewhat amusing to those of us who remember 2008.

Hillary was excoriated for not dropping out sooner in a much, much closer race.

Could you imagine if Bernie was running against HRC, and was leading her by the same margin that Biden is leading him by, and she refused to drop out? Can you imagine the vitriol and scorn she would be receiving right now?