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We coulda had Bernie... (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you fill me in? I don't remember hearing or reading about it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Before Super Tuesday in 2019, Bernie was the forerunner despite the DNC's best efforts.

So every conservative democrat dropped out and endorsed Biden while the candidate who shared many of Bernie's policies split the progressive vote (ensuring none of the progressive policies the former Reagan campaigner was running on would actually be implemented).