Thread by @JarrettHill

Sanders supporters, I'm not trying to fight with you, I'm seeking some understanding: I hear many of you saying one version or anoyher of “the establishment is pushing Bernie out.” When you say that, who specifically do you mean?

I ask because if it’s voters voting but not choosing Bernie, that’s literally how the process works.

If it’s other candidates (via endorsements of Biden) that doesn’t translate to pushing out Bernie, because only voters can do that. It's dems choosing a dem in a dem's primary.

When voters or fmr candidates that ARE members of that party don’t vote for or endorse Sander, how is it because they’re pushing him out?

It's a party he’s decidedly chosen to not be a part of and very vocally wants to blow up - or revolt against.

If blowing up the establishment is the goal, why not run as an independent and not rely on the party/system that he/you hate so much that you want to kill it?

And if you want to revolt against a party/system, and the people of that party/system don't want that specific type of revolution, how can you be mad at them for not choosing you?

I'm just confused by Sanders' revolt message and how that’s supposed to connect with Democrats.

Again, not trying to fight, disparage Bernie, or otherwise argue his candidacy – because I actually don't think all the ideas he's proposing are bad ones, some I really like – I'm just trying to get this strategy and the upset around it's seeming ineffectiveness to win over Dems.

It's a tough sell of a message from a person who comes to the parties, benefits from the establishment, uses its legacy, tries to appeal to its base, but refuses to join the Party.

Honestly, it's really rooted in the conversation we have around appropriation.