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Originally Posted by Izulde
I think Berners really underestimate how their jackassery has hurt his standing. A number of progressives I know have discussed it privately and the overwhelming consensus is that none of us would be happy about voting for him in the general election (Full disclosure: We were all Warren supporters. Most had Bernie had a second candidate, but a few were considering others.) Nor is it just Bernie Bros. It's the women, too.
When you have people in your own lane who are not enthusiastic about supporting you because of the behavior of your supporters, that's a huge problem. And for me personally, I lost a lot of respect for a fair number of people in this cycle. They truly are the Trumpers of the left.
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Exactly so. And I do think Sanders himself is very slow to reign in his people - a decent bit of the jackassery comes from people associated from his campaign. Like he seemed to be most clear cut about chastising his supporters for going after Warren after Warren dropped out of the race. Which seems politically fortuitous. Every once a while he does like to say some of his supporters go too far, but it feels half assed at best.
Which makes other candidates' supporters wonder (fear?) how he's going to govern.