People need to stop panicking about Sanders

[TDale313]

Biden is going to be the nominee. I’m glad Sanders suspended the campaign, I don’t honestly care if he chooses to stay on the ballot in the upcoming states cause it’s not gonna matter. I personally think the best thing people who find him and his supporters irritating could do is stop. giving. him. attention. Quit rewarding what you see as bad behavior. You think he’s grandstanding? Ignore him, ignore supporters who are being jerks, reach out to that huge percentage who will vote blue in Nov. Pivot to the general. We’ve de facto been there for a while anyway. Focus on the fact that Repugs are totally prepared to use current events to steal this thing. Keep your eyes on the prize. We need Trump out.

[ismnotwasm]

1. Not panicking. Just salty

*sigh*

It will work out

[DownriverDem]

2. It's not Sanders we worry about.

It's his supporters. Now will we see all the undecideds support Biden?

[berksdem]

10. spot on IMO!

[The Magistrate]

3. No One Is Panicking, Ma'am

People are noting what the situation actually is, that this a grudging speech which is uttered by a small man who still imagines he can blackmail the Party into granting him a measure of control over its convention and policies.

It is unfortunate, but he is living down to lowest expectations any had for him, rather than rising to the occasion, as the needs of the country demand.





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[LongtimeAZDem]

4. His supporters have reached a toxic state; if he started NOW, Bernie might manage to bring

some of them around in time.

Instead, this will just encourage them to continue to "Bern it all down"

[SheltieLover]

5. Totally agree

If the media would stop fanning the flames of dump's antisocial behavior, he may well have evaporated well before 11/16. And they continue to feed his narcissism with constant tee vee time. 🤮

[Pisces]

6. He could have suspended before Wisconsin voted yesterday!!

[SCantiGOP]

7. and that would have further depressed the Dem vote

You do know there was a critical State Supreme Court vote on the ballot? That was the whole reason for the GOP pushing to have the vote.

[DarthDem]

8. Exactly

Sen. Sanders' conduct presents a self-solving problem. The more he acts small and petty, the less influence he has. Since he's acting small and petty, let's accord him a corresponding amount of respect and attention.

[ShazzieB]

9. Thanks for being a voice of reason!

I agree -- people are freaking out prematurely.

In many ways, a lot of us are still shell-shocked from 2016. I get it. It was traumatic. I was traumatized myself. But this is NOT the same as 2016.

I thing people are going to come to understand that, once the news settles in.

It's going to be all right, people. I really do believe that!

[democrattotheend]

11. Have other candidates asked to be removed from ballots?

I'm not aware of any other candidates doing so. Ballots in the early states still showed candidates who dropped out before Iowa.

[honest.abe]

12. I would not call it panic but serious concern something similar to 2016 could happen again.

If he doesnt unconditionally drop out and endorse Biden, his hard core supporters will hang on till the bitter end and when the bitter end finally comes they will so pissed off they either wont vote, vote for Trump, or vote write-in. Furthermore, Biden will be cast by them as not being much better than Trump and not worth the effort to vote. That is what happened in 2016. We cannot afford this again.

[monmouth4]

13. Will he be speaking at the convention? I'm hoping not but who knows..n/t