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Honestly, I Feel a Little Betrayed by Bernie Sanders.
I still respect him and his work, but it’s hard not to feel let down.
Wrapping my mind around the events of the past couple of months has been difficult to say the least, one of them being that Bernie Sanders ultimately made the decision to exit the Presidential primary and endorse Joe Biden. Given everything that has transpired since he made the decision to suspend his campaign, I’ve been conscious of the fact that at least a part of me feels somewhat betrayed by Bernie Sanders.
Don’t get me wrong. I still have unwavering respect for the work Bernie has done throughout the course of his career in politics, and I am grateful for his campaigns because if nothing else they woke me, and millions of other people up. He has almost singlehandedly changed the entire national discourse around issues such as healthcare and student debt, and there’s no denying he’s certainly left a positive mark on the way Americans think about these issues. But I would be lying if I didn’t feel at least a little bit let down by some of the decisions he has made in recent weeks.
For years, Bernie has claimed that our government should belong to the people, and be moved by the desires of the constituents as opposed to the powerful corporate interests. So I can’t help wondering why —…
