Bernie Sanders threw in the towel after his long fight with Hillary Clinton on July 12. But not only did he end his campaign, he endorsed Clinton in the process.
He went against everything he stood for as a candidate, and he made his own supporters look stupid. They supported him because he wasn’t a career politician and was honest, the opposite of Clinton. Now, fans of the Bern are left wondering if he meant anything he said or if it was all just for show.
Feel the Bern was a political revolution based on far left socialist ideals. While Hillary is far left in her own right, she does not go as far as Bernie does. On numerous occasions, he has called her out for not being liberal enough and for being a corrupt politician.
Sanders fought against income inequality in this country. He wanted to make sure the middle class and poor weren’t being robbed by the rich. Hillary Clinton is the antithesis of this. She loves Wall Street, as they’re the people who make her rich. She is in the elitist class with millions of dollars in her back pocket. Hillary doesn’t stand with the little people––she crushes them.
In relation to this, Sanders wanted to get big money out of politics and give democracy back to the people. But this is the only way Clinton thrives. She needs the big money to be in politics, otherwise she wouldn’t be a career politician. Sanders and Clinton were tied for most of the primary in pledged delegates, but the super delegates had to support Clinton or lose their funding. Sanders made his money from real people believing in his cause. Clinton got hers from wealthy donors.
Sanders has also been an advocate for women’s rights. While you would think Hillary would be the poster woman for feminism, she has a history of shutting down. She would continually call women crazy for alleging that her husband would force himself on them. She would blame the victims then but now preaches that a woman should be believed when she claims sexual assault. She also paid her female senate workers less than their male counterparts. Sanders has only ever been a supporter of women and their rights, while Hillary Clinton has contradicted her own statements with actions in the past.
There are many more instances where Sander’s beliefs are polar opposite from Hillary’s actions. He’s been a liberal through and through in his time in the Senate, but Clinton has many instances where she shows she’s in this for the political gain and not for the people. Despite all these facts, Sanders sold out and endorsed her anyways. How could he so quickly turn on his own revolution and halt the momentum he created? Maybe he sees Trump as a bigger enemy, but he could have at least made it to the convention for one final showdown with Clinton.
If I were a Bernie supporter, I would be embarrassed at the kind of politician he turned out to be.
