During an interview on MSNBC this afternoon Senator Sanders took a turn back to 2016 and did it in way and with words that I immediately associate with dt. I couldn't put a clip in so I am referencing the TPM article.
"Sounding a Trumpian note, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) told MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt Wednesday that “some people are saying” he would have won the Democratic nomination in 2016 if the system wasn’t “rigged.”
“Some people say that if maybe that system was not rigged against me I would have won the nomination and defeated Donald Trump,” he said. “That’s what some people say.”
"He got irritated as she continued to push the question of whether he’ll drop out if he’s not the nominee, demanding to know if she’d asked the question of other nominees."
I have a diary up from this morning on a new YouGOV poll showing Warren surging into 2nd place and this argument from him makes me think his internal polling may reflect the same surge (albeit in this one poll).
Sanders needs to stop this right now.
TPM article