Just saw Bernie Sanders on Ali Velshi, where Ali was asking him why he hasn't

[Celerity]

166. He seems to matter enough to get you and others all wound up over him yet again.

Funny thing that, I did not see many of the 'Bernie is a bad man and always will be' types offer up even the slightest approval of his consistently having Biden's back in terms of Sanders saying Biden was our nominee and should not drop out, whilst the clear majority of the elected Dems who called for Biden to drop out where from the wings (moderates, centrists, conservatives) of our Party that the perpetually vocal anti-Sanders crew lionise. Same thing applies to AOC having Biden's back.

Also, Sanders has said:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-bernie-sanders-says-hell-005015066.html

Sanders said Tuesday evening that he hopes Harris defeats Donald Trump in November, telling reporters: "I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that she becomes president" — but with a caveat that he needs to see more from her. Sanders stopped short of an endorsement, saying Harris needs to outline a specific plan to help working-class people before he will formally back her campaign.

"I look forward to strongly supporting her. But I think if she is going to win, she's going to have to focus a great deal of attention on the plight of the American working class, come up with some very specific suggestions as to how she's going to address the reality that 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck," he said, without outlining what specifics he hopes to see from her.

Harris has "to make it clear that she's on the side of the working class of this country. If she does that, she's going to win, and I think she can win big." Asked whether Harris' choice of a running mate is important to his endorsement, Sanders said, "Yes, it is."

Sanders had demanded similar commitments from Joe Biden before he supported him in the past. Sanders has tended to seize opportunities to elevate his key issues, like expanding Social Security and raising the minimum wage. In fact, Sanders had publicly backed Biden up until the moment he dropped out of the 2024 race, saying Biden still had a path to victory if he supported expanded Medicare benefits, a bigger child tax credit and tax hikes on the wealthy to preserve Social Security.

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