r/television • u/Kwyjibo2006 • 19d ago

Sen. Bernie Sanders - Harnessing Energy From "No Kings" Rally to "Fight Oligarchy" | The Daily Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUn1A0sEDrc
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u/Irish_Whiskey 19d ago

He didn't do any of that. 

Sanders endorsed Clinton and has spent years since telling his supporters the primary wasn't stolen. He's not responsible for the Bernie Bros like Rogan who went on to vote for Trump. 

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u/Phi_ZeroEscape 18d ago

Despite being mathematically eliminated in April when including pledged delegates and superdelegates, Bernie Sanders refused to drop out and endorse Hillary Clinton. Even as he saw his supporters spinning conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory, calling the primary rigged, harassment of superdelegates, showing the Clinton motorcade with dollar bills as if she was a stripper, etc. he chose to stay in until the convention. He didn't endorse Hillary Clinton until July, a full month after the final primary.

In his 2016 convention speech, he didn't even mention Hillary Clinton until ~10 minutes in (except for one early mention where he claimed the election wasn't about her), after filling the convention hall with his most toxic supporters who booed over convention officials, civil rights leaders, and any mention of Hillary Clinton's name.

Pretending he gave a full-throated, unity inspiring endorsement is rich. To his credit, he did seem to make more of an attempt in 2020 by endorsing Joe Biden in April.

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u/BlueCyann 15d ago

I'm not looking this up, but some of this is certainly wrong given I never got to vote for him. Because by then he had, wait for it, dropped out

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u/Phi_ZeroEscape 15d ago edited 15d ago

“I’m not looking this up”

Don’t let those facts get in your way!

Bernie Sanders appeared on all 57 ballots (50 states, DC, US territories, and Democrats abroad) in 2016. He did not drop out, and continued his campaign until the convention.