Still #NotWithHer: Bernie Sanders Confirms He Learned Nothing From 2016



On Friday morning, Bernie Sanders appeared on The View and once again showed the nation why Hillary Clinton supporters hate him with the passion of a thousand suns.

Taking the bait from conservative Meghan McCain, Sanders engaged in a thorough rejection of both Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign as well as her own personal expertise. The conversation went as follows:

McCain: What do you think Hillary did wrong to lose to someone like Trump?

Sanders: I'm not enthusiastic to go back to 2016. But I think, in some ways, she didn't reach out to working-class people the way I think she should have. There were states where did not campaign as vigorously as she should have, in Wisconsin, Michigan, maybe some other states. But that was 2016...

McCain:...We're hearing about a lot of Democratic candidates who are meeting with Hillary Clinton for advice though, people like Amy Klobuchar. Do you think you'll do the same?

Sanders: I suspect not. Hillary has not called me. Look, we have differences. Hillary has played a very important role in American politics...

McCain: But you're not interested in any advice from her?

Sanders: I think not. You know, I think every Democrat is going to come together. Let me say what I've said before. I hope to be the Democratic nominee and have the support of the whole Democratic Party behind me. If I am not and somebody else is, I will support that candidate. Because what's most important is that Trump is defeated. But Hillary and I have, you know, fundamental differences and that's what it is.

Already, Bernie Sanders is perfectly content to continue to try and win over the only group he deems worthy: the White working-class. However, what Sanders fails to realize is that the majority of that White working-class is women and these women are deeply offended by the way that Sanders has consistently attacked and berated Hillary Clinton over the past four years. Sanders has yet to understand that Clinton had the most popular votes in our nation's history of anybody not named Barack Obama. He has failed to understand how female Clinton supporters felt threatened and harassed by his supporters throughout the campaign. And he has failed to understand how his own staff continuously denigrated and degraded women rather than creating a safe, welcome place for them to reach their potential.

Bernie Sanders can't comprehend the seething hatred female Hillary Clinton supporters have for him. His Friday appearance on The View, a daytime program whose primary audience is women, showed how tone-deaf he remains. By going on the program and speaking ill of Clinton, Sanders proved that he is unwilling to put aside the same condescending tone that existed throughout the 2016 campaign. In his mind, Sanders doesn't need Hillary Clinton's advice, despite the fact that he lost the Democratic primary to her by nearly 4 million votes and over 900 delegates. No, in Bernie Sanders' mind the only person whose advice he needs is Bernie Sanders, the one person who can become the Democratic Party nominee. He and he alone can save us.

Does that mindset remind you of anyone else?

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