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In reply to the discussion: The hypocrisy of the latest round of Bernie-bashing [View all]karynnj
(59,474 posts)It is completely conjecture that Sanders' supporters did not vote for Clinton. For the most part, they did. I would argue that more independents followed his lead and voted for Clinton than would have happened had he not existed. One thing that was rarely noted was that there were more Republican votes than Democratic votes in the MI and WI primaries. One state I know where the Sanders people helped is NH, which Clinton narrowly won after Sanders blew out the primary. In the general election, there were many Sanders Vermont people who went to NH and many spoke to people they won for Sanders (often against voting for Trump in the Republican primary.).
Sanders authored the legislation that improved the VA -- so, he did author legislation that actually passed. That was a joint bill of Sanders and McCain - they chaired the veteran's committee or were the ranking member, changing as control of the Senate changed. In fact, if you want to play that game, what significant piece of legislation did Hillary author that passed?