Sanders joins Democratic leadership, isn't officially a Democrat

[Maven]

6. It's not about a magic "D"

It's about hypocrisy. Don't say the Democratic Party doesn't represent the ideals it once did, and sit on the sidelines shouting prescriptions about how it can get back to its roots, when you aren't even willing to call yourself a Democrat and change the party from within. Don't whine that an institution you were never part of and contributed nothing to previously didn't roll out the red carpet, and then when you lose fair and square, foment claims of fraud and an unfair system, only to retreat back to your rarefied position as an "outsider" and do nothing to address the disunity you helped to create. Don't.