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In reply to the discussion: Sanders stumps for Mello in Omaha, stirs national debate about definition of a progressive [View all]onenote
(42,704 posts)I can accept your arguments for why party leaders stumping for Mello makes sense.
But there are things called airplanes. There is no reason why Sanders couldn't have also put in an appearance in Georgia. Yes, he finished well behind Clinton there. But are you seriously suggesting that we have a road to success if we write off the tens of thousands of Democrats who did vote for Sanders in the primary? If he had showed up and said that he stands with John Lewis in supporting Jon Ossoff and that Jon Ossoff is needed in Congress, it would have sent a powerful message to a group of voters who are suspicious of the Democratic party but reachable.
Sanders got only 35 percent of the Democratic primary vote in Virginia. Yet the Sanders-endorsed candidate in the race for the nomination for governor has clearly benefited from that endorsement. Staying away from Georgia based on primary results makes no sense.