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Thank You, Bernie.
A response to Bernie Sanders ending his Presidential campaign.
Today, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his political campaign.
It is difficult to know where to begin.
Never in my life did I imagine I would shed a tear over a political campaign. Never in my life did I imagine I would be so affected by a politician. Never in my life did I imagine I would be so driven by a political movement. I will save the raw anger for another time. I will address all the reasons why I think this has happened at a later date. For now, I just want to take a moment to process my genuine grief and thank Bernie Sanders, his campaign, and his volunteers for what they have built.
For forty years Bernie has carried the weight of the concerns and the pain of the working class in the United States on his shoulders, fighting for the best interests of the American people consistently and unapologetically even when it was unpopular to do so. Bernie Sanders is not a once in a generation leader he is once in a lifetime, and I cannot thank him enough for building the foundation of something that will extend far beyond this single Presidential campaign. I am eternally grateful for everything Bernie has done to bring the policies Americans deserve out of the margins.
