Bernie hired a Jill Stein voter as national press secretary for his 2020 campaign.

[DanTex]

https://heavy.com/news/2019/03/briahna-joy-gray-bernie-sanders-press-secretary/

Ugh. I know, I know, "expanding the party" "independent voters" blah blah. Here's the problem with that. Bernie is probably not going to be the nominee. This isn't a knock, it's just reality. He's one of the leading contenders, but it's a crowded field, so the odds of any individual candidate are well below 50%, whether it's Bernie or Harris or Warren or Biden or Beto or whoever.

In the end we're going to have one nominee, and the most important thing is for that nominee to defeat Trump. The nominee is not going to be the first choice for most Democrats. Which means the very last thing we need is for any of the main contenders to run a campaign that bashes the other contenders so much that supporters conclude that it's not even worth voting for the D in the general election.

We all remember that in 2016, there were Bernie Sanders delegates to the convention actually booing Democratic speaker after Democratic speaker. And not just a few. Which means that, of all the contenders, Bernie should be extra-aware of the problem of whipping supporters into irrational and destructive anger at other candidates.

And yet, in 2020, Bernie's campaign co-chair is a Jill Stein voter, and now his press secretary is a Jill Stein voter. WTF?

And what if Bernie does win the nomination? Yeah, I'll vote for him against Trump, obviously. But how does this help him lock down, say, Harris supporters, or Biden supporters in the general? How does he convince the party to unify behind him, when he has populated his top campaign positions with people that refused to unify behind the nominee in 2016?