Thread by @cmclymer

I look forward to seeing what Bernie Sanders offers alongside other candidates.

I think it’s entirely appropriate to ask why he’s running for the Dem nomination as not-a-Dem.

It’s reasonable to challenge this, and I’m confused at the pushback against asking.

#Bernie2020

I would hope that anyone—and it’s certainly not everyone—who gets upset that people are challenging Bernie’s standing and record would recognize the irony: that’s what people who want a coronation do. They bristle at the mere suggestion their anointed candidate isn’t perfect.

Bernie Sanders, if he is the eventual nominee, will make a much stronger case in the general by answering these questions with patience, listening to folks when they express their concerns on his record, and bringing folks together into a coalition.

That’s what a leader does.

And I really hope Bernie Sanders does that.

I want to beat Trump, and if Bernie Sanders is our nominee, he needs to be the absolute best candidate we can offer coming out of the primaries.