Joy Reid on AOC loss to Connolly

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101. They showed that when they boxed out Bernie in favor of Hillary in 2016

I really think Sanders would have beaten Fat Donnie handsomely in 2016. I also think the "brain" trust of the Dems knew this but chose to go with Hillary because they completely missed the degree of her unpopularity among certain cliques of voters.

And I do agree that Hillary was extremely qualified in terms of experience, educational background, and intelligence. But many voters couldn't bring themselves to vote for her despite the known fact that the fate of SCOTUS hung in the balance of that election. Many more, particularly young, voters sat out the election because they saw what the damned Dems did to Bernie Sanders and resented the Party and its nominee because of that.

(I cannot disagree with your quip about 74-year-olds being young. Still, not every 74 yr old is suffering bad health or dementia. Although, I gotta admit, it would be nice to see a young, fiery Liberal in the WH again.)