'A complete lack of competence': Bernie Sanders furious with followers in key battleground state

[JohnSJ]

"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has grown increasingly unhappy with how supporters of his who took control of the Democratic Party state apparatus in Nevada have run things in the past two years, and he's making his feelings known through his surrogates.

According to a report from Politico, the senator from Vermont's opinion of the tenure of supporter Judith Whitmer, who took control of the state party as a progressive, has taken a turn for the worse as she now faces ouster.

Politico's Holly Otterbein wrote, "Socialists had managed to bring down one of the most powerful establishment forces in the nation, the famed Democratic machine built by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. They saw it as a blueprint for the progressive transformation of state parties. Two years after the experiment began, there are regrets."

According to the report, there is a belief in Sanders' camp that Whitmer has abandoned her progressive leanings, and support for her further leadership has disappeared."

https://www.rawstory.com/bernie-sanders-nevada/

[Ocelot II]

1. It's because the ideologues are so tangled up in their ideology

that they can't concentrate on the tiresome grunt work of managing a political party - fundraising, record-keeping, GOTV, etc. Too busy ranting about the evils of capitalism to figure out how to create a spreadsheet.

[JohnSJ]

2. +++. We almost lost that Senate seat in the midterms because of their nonesense. 48.88% to 47.99%

[betsuni]

6. +1

[rollin74]

3. NV Democratic Party needs new leadership

things have gotten worse for Democrats in Nevada since the socialists took over the party leadership

we barely squeaked out a victory in the U.S. Senate race and are now stuck with a GOP governor

we may be in serious trouble going forward if we don't find some new folks to lead the state party

Nevada is still a purplish blue state and depending on the political leanings of ex-Californians pouring in, there is no guarantee that it will reliably side with Democrats

[JohnSJ]

4. Well said

[Maru Kitteh]

5. IMO Bernie has always had an issue with attracting nutbars and

(because they like him), being a bit too casual about letting them hang around for far too long - till the damage is done to our country, the democratic process and the Democratic party.

He's done good things Bernie, but I wish he would fix this, because it ruins everything.

[betsuni]

7. +1