Bernie. Don't go there. Just do not. Just STOP.

[ehrnst]

162. When we don't hold our own candidates to account, then the GOP will in the General.

Bernie was claiming that Swallwell was being ageist when he said that Biden 'had his chance, so he should pass the torch."

Bernie said that was ageism, and that Swallwell was just talking about Biden's age being the reason that Biden should drop out, and that ageism was comparable to racism or sexism.... which is what many of his rivals for POTUS have actually experienced.

MADDOW: The last question for you and it is a little bit of sticky wicket
and I do not want you to be annoyed for asking. But it is the thing –
when I talked to people about having on the show today, it was the number
one thing people wanted me to ask you about, which was the issue raised by
Eric Swalwell, who has now dropped out of the race for president, in the
debate, when he – and he directed it to Vice President Biden and his
refrain was pass the torch. That you`ve had your chance, you`ve been in
politics for a long time and we need younger leadership basically.

Basically making an overt age argument for why Vice President Biden
shouldn`t be the nominee and implicitly why you shouldn`t be the nominee.
You called that ageist after the debate. But I wonder how you grapple with
the substance of that argument.

SANDERS: You know, if you look at history, there were arguments why black
people shouldn`t be president, why women shouldn`t be president.

There were some people who are 90 who are a lot more active and energetic than people who are 50.
You have to look at what somebody believes, what somebody is fighting for,
what their experience is about. Just to look at age is I think missing the
boat in a very, very deep way.

MADDOW: But he is talking about length of experience in the political system.

SANDERS: Yes.

Then when Maddow goes on to talk about how Swalwell was talking about experience not JUST age, Sanders then tries to change the topic to his talking points, and then repeats the accusation Swalwell is ignoring Biden's experience, not referring to it, and is therefore ageist.

MADDOW: I mean, you`ve been in public office since before Eric Swalwell
was born. I mean, he`s saying, people who have been in the system, who`ve
been trying all this time to make change, you need to get out of the way so
that new voices can (INAUDIBLE).

SANDERS: And what is his – those people`s positions? Do they believe in
Medicare-for-All? Have they fought to raise the minimum wage? Have they
been a leader in tackling the issues of climate change? Have they been on
picket lines their whole life standing with working people, been active in
the women`s movement, active in the gay movement?

In other words, it`s just not good enough to say, hey, I`m young. Pass me
the torch.

http://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/rachel-maddow-show/2019-07-10

(who is not) of saying that people should vote for them "just because they're... latina...woman...young...

Because, according to Bernie, anyone who isn't an older white male that he is running against/doesn't approve of is liable to do that...
Again, and again, like so many times before, he sees such candidates as being prone to wield their non-old white male status as the ONLY reason to vote for them, not experience or a record of acheivement that rivals his. His status quo characterization of someone who dares to challenge him while not being a white male.

"It's not good enough for somebody to say 'hey I'm a Latina vote for me' that is not good enough.

"It is not good enough for somebody to say, 'I'm a woman, vote for me.' No That is not good enough,"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/21/sanders-identity-politics/94221972/