Fresh off a massive win on Super Tuesday—which was just last week, but feels like it happened in a different century—Joe Biden nearly swept all of Tuesday’s elections. It was a very bad night for Bernie Sanders, who has a slim path forward to the nomination.
swept all of Tuesday’s elections. It was a very bad night for Bernie Sanders, who has a slimBiden won Mississippi, Missouri, and most importantly, Michigan, which Sanders carried in 2016 and Hillary Clinton lost again in the general. By morning,Washington, but he will still fall short in the delegate count.
“I want to thank Bernie Sanders and his supporters for their tireless energy and their passion,” he said. “We share a common goal, and together we’ll defeat Donald Trump. We’ll defeat him together.” Indeed, there was a massive age gap between Biden’s and Sanders’ voters. In Michigan, Biden cleaned up with voters over 50; Sanders pummeled him with younger voters.Pundits speculate Biden got a big bump from the coronavirus pandemic, since the White House’s inept response has done such a good job of reminding voters why Trump’s unfitness for office is downright dangerous.
Michael Moore, a Sanders surrogate, said as much on MSNBC. “I think Trump has just pummeled this country so badly,” he said, describing the mood of voters in Michigan, where he lives: They’re frightened, they’re demoralized, there’s a malaise. People can’t take one more day of this. The coronavirus has driven home just how much danger we’re in with this individual in the White House. Asking people to do two things—get rid of Trump, and get rid of the economic system that gave us Trump—was too much to do. People are like, “Please just get rid of Trump. Please.
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