If Bernie blows up Biden's campaign -- or if the Democratic establishment can spin it that way -- it becomes much harder to pry Democrats (who don't particularly care about Biden, but badly want him to beat Trump) away from the party and further left. Bernie knew with a loss he was basically a spent political force, and was obviously aware of the Democratic desire to demonize him and sabotage whatever leftist movement can spring up in his wake. If you have no personal political future, and even looking like a sore loser can keep others from accomplishing what you tried to do, you play ball with the establishment candidate. He did this in 2016 and it's a big reason why (despite many attempts) the "Bernie cost Hillary the election" nonsense never stuck.
Also it allows him to broker trust between the burgeoning left and the old guard of the party, since he's chummy with Joe and Schumer but also people like the Squad, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman all adore him and see him as their Gandalf
If Bernie blows up Biden's campaign -- or if the Democratic establishment can spin it that way -- it becomes much harder to pry Democrats (who don't particularly care about Biden, but badly want him to beat Trump) away from the party and further left. Bernie knew with a loss he was basically a spent political force, and was obviously aware of the Democratic desire to demonize him and sabotage whatever leftist movement can spring up in his wake. If you have no personal political future, and even looking like a sore loser can keep others from accomplishing what you tried to do, you play ball with the establishment candidate. He did this in 2016 and it's a big reason why (despite many attempts) the "Bernie cost Hillary the election" nonsense never stuck.
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Also it allows him to broker trust between the burgeoning left and the old guard of the party, since he's chummy with Joe and Schumer but also people like the Squad, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman all adore him and see him as their Gandalf