Bernie Sanders asks Elizabeth Warren and her supporters for backing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Bernie Sanders made a pitch for the backing of Senator Elizabeth Warren and her supporters on Sunday in an attempt to reverse his rival Joe Biden’s surging momentum towards the Democratic party’s presidential nomination.

In a series of appearances on political talk shows two days before crucial primary votes in Michigan, Missouri and four other key states, Sanders highlighted the alignment of his progressive policies on a range of issues to those of the liberal Massachusetts senator, who dropped out of the race on Thursday and who has yet to announce an endorsement.

His move came on the same day as another former rival, the California senator Kamala Harris, announced that she was backing Biden to win the nomination and beat Donald Trump in November, adding to other candidates who have dropped from the race and swung their support to the former vice-president, including Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and Mike Bloomberg.

“We would love to have Senator Warren’s support, we would love to have the millions of people who supported Senator Warren,” Sanders said on CNN’s State of the Union.

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[dalton99a]

1. Did he apologize for the 'organized nastiness' and 'bullying' inflicted on her?

[Kahuna7]

2. Warren may not be keen to endorse him because he held a rally

in MA the weekend before the vote. She came in an embarrassing third place. He could have spared her that.

[whathehell]

10. Warren received only TWO percentage points less than Bernie, in MA,

yet people keep talking about her "embarrassing" third place finish, when she was really in a virtual TIE for second place. .

[NurseJackie]

3. And people in Hell want ice water.

“We would love to have Senator Warren’s support, we would love to have the millions of people who supported Senator Warren,” Sanders said on CNN’s State of the Union.

And people in Hell want ice water.

Even though she didn't endorse anyone, she was VERY clear in her condemnation of Bernie's campaign and the organized smears, attacks, insults, denigrating comments and sexism.

[comradebillyboy]

4. How pathetic that he is begging for her endorsement on the Sunday shows.

Couldn't he have picked up the phone and called her and discussed the matter personally?

[Thekaspervote]

7. I believe the 2 campaigns did talk, and in her interview with Rachael she said she talked

Personally with sanders about his campaign managers, surrogates and followers being so incredibly nasty to her. Nothing was settled. Talk about getting kicked...must have been awful for her

[relayerbob]

9. He apparently has spoken with her, as has Biden

The look in her eyes when asked the endorsement question was close to the same one she had when he ate Bloomberg's lunch on TV. I suspect I know who she wants to win (and it ain't Sanders, IMO) , but doesn't want to be put on the spot.

[Thekaspervote]

5. Bernie needs to look at the numbers. EW supporters are almost evenly split Biden sanders

And, I can only imagine following her interview with Rachael that that number is now tilted even more in favor of Biden. Have seen a lot of twitter posts from her supporters and they are hurt and very angry at sanders. And why wouldn’t they be!

[relayerbob]

6. I suspect

waiting until after his ass was handed to him on ST and then saying he is appalled at the attacks on Liz (but no one else) - only after he desperately needs her support, is not going help his cause. More opportunism. We aren't blind nor deaf.

Most of the Warren supporters here on DU, and most of the ones I know elsewhere are going with Biden. Polls may say roughly 50-50, but Warren's people are mostly pragmatic, well educated, and well-informed voters and know that to get progressive policies in place, in any form, mean winning. And insulting us first and then begging forgiveness when stuck in quicksand isn't going to play well. We'll see how the votes turn out.

I think Liz is just going to wait and see how things turn out and then support the Democratic nominee. It's the smart and safe move

[Thekaspervote]

8. This!

[LizBeth]

11. Not a chance in hell dude, not a chance in hell. Sanders is no Warren. I am all HRC.

Sanders doesn't cut it.