Bernie Sanders campaign spokesman on CNN

[showblue22]

Bernie Sanders campaign spokesman on CNN just said Bernie Sanders really needs Elizabeth Warren's endorsement but she is torn between her values and party insiders. He went on to explain how important it is for her to do this to consolidate the progressive vote.


This is insulting. This is not how you're going to get an endorsement. It likely has nothing to do with "party insiders" and more to do with sticking with her values. Maybe, just maybe it's hard for people to endorse the behavior that comes from his campaign. When you endorse someone you don't just put your name on policy but also character, decency and values.

[KPN]

1. Lol. I'll accept that conclusion when I hear it from Elizabeth Warren. Until then ...

[boston bean]

3. Did you see her on Rachel last night?

[KPN]

17. Yes.

[showblue22]

14. I'm interested in knowing what you think might be the reason.

Elizabeth Warren is a very smart woman. I thought her interview on Maddow was her giving an answer on why she is not endorsing right now. She knew exactly what she was doing when she talked about it on Maddow. IMO

[KPN]

20. I agree. She knew exactly what she was doing in played it beautifully.

She doesn’t make many mistakes. Hi

[PatSeg]

2. "Party insiders"?

Is that like the Democratic establishment?

[OnDoutside]

11. "Warren Establishment" ?

That said Bailey had a Mexican party last night

[squirecam]

4. So it went from

#bendtheknee to #prettyplease.

You can’t trash someone like they have and demand, or even expect, their endorsement.

[MFGsunny]

18. + 1000 n/t

[Happyhippychick]

25. +1

[yardwork]

30. He said he was sorry about the snakes. /nt

[uponit7771]

5. Soooooo, this guy pretty much confirms the "a-hole" part of the Sanders campaign no?

[showblue22]

7. Yep. Doubling down.

[dalton99a]

8. Endorse NOW, or suffer

[Sloumeau]

6. Senator Warren should make her own decision in her own time.

I do not think that the idea of Warren supporting Sanders is necessarily the lock that some Sanders supporters might think it is. Perhaps Warren is still thinking about what she said after that debate a little while back:

"I think you just called me a liar..." she said.

Then, of course, there were all of the snake emojis from the Sanders supporters, implying that Warren was a snake. How many Biden supporters sent out snake emojis, I wonder?

[OnDoutside]

13. No harm in waiting a week or longer, until some more primaries have happened.

[KPN]

22. I agree. It isn't a lock at all. She's not

going to step into a cow flap.

[LakeArenal]

9. She feels he called her a liar on national tv

That should help her endorsement.

[William769]

10. Kick & recommended.

[Yavin4]

12. Gosh, maybe Bernie should not have had a big rally in Boston before Super Tuesday

Just to embarrass Warren.

[honest.abe]

15. Yeah, that insult will really help to bring Warren to Sanders side.

[showblue22]

16. I really don't know what they're thinking.

It feels like they're clueless on having done anything wrong.

[Blue_true]

42. Every top person in his campaign hates the Democratic Party.

They can't resist taking shots at the Democratic Party every chance the get. Screw them and screw the horse they rode in on.

errr, Cenk has taken care of the horse.

[showblue22]

43. Haha!

[mcar]

19. Another man telling her what to do

Nice.

[LizBeth]

28. Exactly, overriding her voice before she even has a chance to speak. Really crappy.

[mcar]

31. Yeah, but there's no sexism in the Democratic party

from what I'm being told.

[LizBeth]

33. I just had a post tell us women we are now suppose to vote Tulsi if we don't want to be sexist.

From a man.

[mcar]

36. I saw that one

Seems like some people get a bit defensive.

[LizBeth]

39. blindness due to privilege that prevents them from seeing sexism and racism and every day life.

[mcar]

40. Or that!

[HarlanPepper]

21. She's not going to endorse Bernie.

[uponit7771]

23. +1, I don't see it either

[Blue_true]

44. I will be stunned if she does.

If she endorsed him, she endorse every underhanded tactic that his campaign has used and will use. I believe that she has a lot more integrity than that.

[LiberalBrooke]

24. Bernie and his surrogates blew it.

He was a logical endorsement but they treated her like crap. Similar behavior is why he did not get my primary vote.

[Blue_true]

46. She was on the ropes after the first four primaries.

He was leading in Massachusetts and she didn't appear to be a threat to beat him there and even if she had, delegates would have been split proportionally. Biden was beaten in Massachusetts, so he posed no threat. What did Sanders do? He went to Massachusetts and held a big rally literally in Warren's backyard, since her home in Cambridge is not far away. His objective was to humiliate her, he could not let her have one shining moment before she dropped out. His action blew up in his face, voters that may have voted for him in Massachusetts seem to have bailed, he got humiliated by Biden in a state where Sanders was way ahead of Biden. Maybe if Sanders had not been continuously trying to erase Warren during the whole campaign, including humiliating her in her home state, he would have her endorsement in the bag, in a race that likely would have looked somewhat different from how it looks today.

[msongs]

26. more condescending propaganda from our revolution nt

[LizBeth]

27. THat is a shitty thing to do. What a shitty thing to do. Geez, they keep proving over and over

their lack of integrity.

[brooklynite]

29. As Mike Murphy ("Hacks on Tap") framed the dilemma...

One guy is too stubborn and the other is too conciliatory.

[Politicub]

32. Warren is a capitalist. Why on earth would she endorse a doctrinaire socialist?

Warren believes in highly regulated free markets and consumer protections, but doesn't go as far as Bernie in calling for a socialist state.

She may not endorse anyone. That's her prerogative. I hope she endorses Biden, but that's completely up to her. It will not change my highly favorable opinion of Warren and her policies one way or the other.

[Act_of_Reparation]

34. That's kind of insulting as well.

I don't think Warren is such an emotional trainwreck that she'd put her feelings about the Sanders campaign before the legislative change she wants to see implemented.

[showblue22]

35. It's not about her feelings at all.

It's about whether you want to endorse the character, integrity, decency of a campaign.

[MineralMan]

37. "party insiders" actual Democrats, apparently.

If I were Elizabeth Warren, I would simply not endorse anyone. I know she won't be intimidated into an endorsement, and such tactics are the very worst way to try to get one from her.

Shame on Bernie's spokesperson.

[Wounded Bear]

38. Warren is a sitting Senator, with leverage...

There is no need to give her endorsement out frivolously. She should be judicious, and probably will eventually endorse Joe.

Frankly, it wouldn't surprise me if she pulled the Obama move and doesn't endorse until after the convention. Why should she?

Bernie has never really been someone who tempers his abrasive style in the interest of gaining support. He's trying to win the Dem party candidacy while attacking all the people he will need to support him should he win.

[Cha]

41. That's right.. insult Elizabeth to get her Endorsement..

that always works.

[BootinUp]

45. typical Bern type treatment though. nt