12-04-2016 13:00 via feeds.theguardian.com

Why I feel betrayed by Bernie Sanders | Lucia Graves

I believed him when he said his campaign was about something more elevated than winning. The attacks on Clinton are a damaging turn in the wrong directionWhen Bernie Sanders announced he was running for president last April, I was ecstatic about his candidacy. I was intoxicated by the idea that he would pressure Hillary Clinton – a sometimes maddeningly dedicated pragmatist and incrementalist eager to skip the primary election entirely – to uphold the highest liberal standards on eve
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