Bernie Sanders names the one thing Democrats should not do if they want to defeat Trump in 2020

[NurseJackie]

23. No he won't. That's just wishful thinking.

Bernie Sanders might become our nominee.

No he won't. That's just wishful thinking. I happen to live in the real world.

You will no doubt disagree, but saying or implying that Bernie Sanders and those who support him want to "destroy the Democratic Party" is, quite literally, a smear.

Oh, please! That's exactly what the goal is. What other purpose could there be for the lies and smears that the party is "corrupt" and "an absolute failure"; and "ideologically bankrupt"; and the "party of the one percent"; and the "party of the elite"; and "the party of the one-percent"; and the "party of Wall Street"; and "doesn't care about global warming"... omg the list of lies and smears and attacks just goes on and on.

My question to you regarded whether you acknowledged that the concept of "devisiveness" could cut both ways.

I told you that the party is more important than one man. One man is not the party. One man is not more important than the party. Efforts to smear and denigrate the party hurt more than one man. When the party is tarnished and falsely seen as being no different than the GOP, or when people are continually told that the Democrats are "corrupt" and "failures" then voters have no incentive to support and vote for Democrats.

That's certainly very "destructive" in my opinion. That kind of behavior and those kinds of lies (left unchecked and unchallenged) can certainly DESTROY the party. Why would anyone want to do that?

What good purpose does it serve? It only benefits Trump and the GOP and Russia... so why does anyone defend (or ignore) this type of behavior that is hell-bent on "destroying" and dividing and weakening the Democratic party?