We are at a historic turning point not only for @BernieSanders but for his followers: Do they care more about the country or themselves?

Bernie can't win. No chance. Zero. But he *is* needed now in the Senate to be fighting for the people in the COVID-19 disaster..../1
...elections are not about being right. They are about winning. And yes, sometimes it is about the one you see as the less bad winning. Why? Because the less bad is less bad. And others who think that "less bad" choice is good are not your enemies. They just disagree with you../2
...we now have a convention that will be held in mid-August. @BernieSanders followers - and sometimes Bernie himself - has proclaimed or indicated that this will go all the way to the convention, even though Bernie cannot win. That means - to the delight of Trump - the dems...
...will be wasting money, refusing to prepare for the general, getting frustrated, and generally creating the perfect environment for failure.

@BernieSanders - Dont make dem voters risk their lives to vote in pointless primaries. If you do, every death from that is on you...
...do not go down in history as the man whose ego prevented him from acting in the best interest of the nation. You will go down as the other Trump. Your rabid supporters - not all of them - who view you as an irreplaceable God already are exactly like Cult45 in their obsession..
...if you continue on this pointless quest, if you willingly put lives at risk for pointless primaries, if you willingly make democrats waste money on a pointless battle, there is only one thing that can be believed: You are working with Trump. Far-fetched? Sure. But how can...
...someone who claims to love humanity give less than a rat's ass about actual people? Many of your supporters not only accepted - but cheered for - millions losing their health insurance under Trump on the sick theory that "burn down the village to save the village."...
...I don't want the village to be burned down. Every day you stick with this is another day that aids Trump. Yes, your supporters will blame Biden because the voters who disagreed with them needed to be taught a lesson.

If you care about this country, join reality...
...we are in a crisis. We cannot afford your followers "whatabout' and "Biden did xxx"

THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN. You have only won states with very low percentage - although one was just significantly below average percentge - of people of color. You have LOST them.....
...your overwhelmingly white, your overwhelmingly young voters don't care about that. In their abject condescension, they just proclaim that people who disagree - in this case, voters of color - are just too stupid to understand what is good for them.

You lost. Yet you won...
...you have transformed the democratic party in strong ways. You have moved it to a much more people oriented party.

But all of that only matters if democrats win. And every day you stay in decreases that chance, for absolutely no reason. You cannot win. It is impossible...
...the math is absurd. You have never come close to winning the percentages you would have to win going forward - twice what you have received in every state. And this with your support shrinking, not growing.....
....you advance your cause by coming inside the tent and working to change things AFTER democrats win.

There is a word for caring more about being right than winning in an election: Losing.
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