Sanders calls for unity, but his supporters have other ideas

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — When Bernie Sanders addresses throngs of supporters who gather at his rallies, the divisions that plague the Democratic Party can feel far away. The Vermont senator speaks of building a “mutliracial, mutli-generational movement" that will cut through economic divides, catapult him into the White House and transform the nation.

Some of the highest-profile surrogates campaigning on his behalf are less sanguine.

Speaking at a concert for Sanders on Friday night, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., led sustained booing from the stage at the mention of Hillary Clinton, his rival in the 2016 primary. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat who has campaigned for Sanders across Iowa, says the Democratic establishment should conform to the progressive movement, not the other way around. “We aren't pushing the party left, we are bringing the party home,” she says.

Then there's filmmaker Michael Moore, who fires up Sanders crowds by bashing “corporate Democrats” and suggesting that the party's own leadership may swoop in and steal the 2020 nomination from Sanders in a way that some of the senator's supporters believe it did in 2016.

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You know Michael there are many rank and file union members who work for these corporations who may be annoyed by a millionaire film maker lecturing them.

[katmondoo]

1. His supporters may bring him down.

[comradebillyboy]

3. Typical Sanders ploy. He pretends to be above all the rancor and hostility

while his staff and surrogates savage the Democratic party and Democratic candidates. His act is very predictable.

[empedocles]

4. The staff that he hires and keeps

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Maybe its time to move on? Apparently there are some trust issues from the HRC/democratic...

party lock on delegates (and other issues) from the 2016 elections. The party (democratic) has put in place enhancements and / or changes to prevent such from happening again. I'm looking forward to supporting whom ever our candidate is (and their VP), and giving rump a can of whoop a&& coming this Nov. 2020.

[Generic Brad]

6. If he can't lead his followers, how can he lead the country?

It seems they are more in control of his campaign than he is.