Bernie Sanders attracted a crowd on the Senate Floor last night when he returned from Vermont to vote on the pending, and unfortunately Failed, Gun Control Bills. He was greeted and embraced by Senators from both sides of the aisle (yes, yes including John McCain).
“It’s a steep reversal from his decades toiling in the House and Senate, largely ignored by the Washington press corps and power brokers, as a lonely iconoclast. The really good news for Sanders is he’s been able to build up this new national standing without much of the typical blowback candidates see from voters back home, one of the occupational hazards that usually comes with running for president.”
And, yes, Bernie is still not heeding the continuous hue and cry for him to concede the nomination, but by doing so he is heeding his constituents.
“What’s more, as the Boston Globe reported earlier this month, Vermonters want to see Sanders stay in the race through the convention. Globe reporter Akilah Johnson tells Newsweek she only encountered one Vermont resident during her reporting for that piece—a Hillary Clinton supporter—who suggested it was time for Sanders to come home. But she even said she still likes Sanders.”