$16 million of the $73 million the candidate raised in 2015 came from individual donors who said they were without jobs, according to the report.
I must say, that is the most impressive, albeit disturbing, figure I've seen in all my years observing politics.
I hope there are not children going without their meals or people going without medicine this evening because their parents or caregivers have pinned their hopes on Sanders.
This kind of thing, if Sanders is the nominee, raises the stakes big time. Bigger for the Democratic Party than ever before. Either Sanders is going to deliver a socialist Congress and victorious election, followed by policies that work out as perfectly as he says they will, and an economy that grows faster than it ever has in American history, or the damage done in lost credibility to the progressive movement and the Democratic Party will be massive and lasting for a generation.
And if he loses the general election, never let it be said that progressives didn't get their ideal candidate or that he wasn't far left enough. A big loss means that argument is absolutely dead.
Risky. Big gamble.
Promising the moon and stars and everything in between is great as long as you don't win. But if you win, you have to deliver.
These people are literally giving him the last of their livelihood based on his promises. I hope he understands that. I hope Democrats who let this outsider in to risk it all our marbles understand that as well.