Thread by @AndrewMakeTweet

Deflating morale after scoring a win is a tactic to win more in the future, and we must rise above that.

Coaches and generals know you can lose a battle, but win a war, be losing at halftime, but win the game.

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And this happens in politics too. Clinton was winning early in 2008 but did Obama buy into losing or did he claim underdog momentum?

Trump (a sad example) was heavily down in polling to Clinton in 2016 but he quit or did he push forward?

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So yes we’re down but it’s not over. Yes we’d prefer to be doing better at this point but frankly it’s amazing that Sanders is doing this well.

We decide where we go from here.

Individually we decide our own level of action.

This is a gut check for us.

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And, to me, for all scenarios, it makes sense to fight hard.

Here’s why:

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We need Sanders to do as best as possible for a host of reasons and scenarios.

First, regardless of who wins, we need Sanders campaign to help down ballot progressives in upcoming primaries. 5/

Second, if Biden wins the primary we need concessions (VP, #GreenNewDeal, #MedicareForAll) and how much we continue to show up influences the scale of those concessions. 6/

Third, if Biden or Trump is president, we need the organizing capacity we’re building along the way to resist the harmful parts of their agenda. 7/

Fourth, if Sanders wins it all, we need that organizing capacity to pass #MedicareForAll. 8/

And lastly, to still help Sanders win this primary, which is still in play, we must help him endure long enough through Biden’s successes now, bc there are paths to winning in the possibility of a Biden collapse or simply by generating more and more support for Sanders. 9/

So know that optimism and pessimism are less relevant than productive action and for all those reasons we need you MORE active now.

Don’t let them sink morale, do more!

These are the true moments!

This is our gut check!

#NotMeUs #BernieWarriors #Bernie2020 10/10