• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    You might be right, they might block her. I’ve been shocked at how much they are willing to protect themselves from Progressives, but that’s not why Bernie never got the nomination. Bernie never got the a Democratic nomination because he’s NOT a Democrat.

    Bernie is an Independent, and has always been a staunch Independent. He may caucus with the Dems, but he doesn’t fundraise for them, he doesn’t share his campaign money with them, he doesn’t support them. Over the decades, he has been nearly as critical of Democrats as he was of Republicans.

    The Presidential nomination is the greatest gift a party can bestow upon a party member, and they are going to give it to a loyal member who has worked hard for the party, NOT an outsider who is just hijacking the party’s infrastructure to use it to ride to victory, and support policies that the party doesn’t support.

    Bernie wasn’t nominated because he wasn’t a Democrat. AOC is a loyal Democrat, and if she gets the primary votes, and the DNC still won’t nominate her, then that’s the end of the Democratic Party. Dems shouldn’t be so worried about that, the Republican Party died about a decade ago, and became the MAGA Party. It happens, parties die, and new ones pop up.