Originally Posted by
RickJamesLich
Honestly I think Bernie supporters and the liberal media in an ironic twist came back to haunt Sanders more than anything else. In particular the Bernie Bros brought a level of ignorance and abrasiveness to politics that even Donald Trump has reached, if you look at how they behaved at Trump rallies you'd see guy's walking around in KKK outfits and running around and calling everyone "racist", with zero intent on creating dialogue, for example. Sounds funny at the time but I think enough people picked up on that to the point where Sanders himself came as a turn off by extension, sadly.
Ditto with the left wing media, we've seen shows like The Young Turks, the Daily Show, etc. dedicate so much time to bashing white males that it's almost unpopular to be a white male running for President now. It didn't even take long for BLM to rear their ugly head at his rally, pretty much assuming the guy was "racist" without taking a moment to examine his policies or beliefs. Of course these aren't the only factors in his failed run for the Presidency but it seems pretty obvious, at least to me, that they were big ones.