2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]pnwmom
(109,021 posts)He was wrong not to drop out in mid April or early May when the numbers of remaining delegates made it mathematically impossible for him to win (unless the super-delegates decided to overturn the results of the voters -- which was never going to happen.)
Instead, he insisted on continuing to campaign hard against Hillary all the way up to the convention.
But he could have redeemed himself when Wikileaks leaked those DNC emails -- the ones where people were "plotting" to help Hillary. He should have explained that since those emails were in May, they were just trying to figure out how to help the person who had already won the required number of pledged delegates. But he didn't. He played the martyr, and then got to go to the convention and pretend to be the savior.
And he helped ensure the election of DT.