I watched a YouTube video several years ago that discussed how Mr. Bean live streams and compilations have flooded YouTube despite the original series not being that long. I can't find the video because the search results are indeed flooded with these
I'm sure if there had been an open primary he would have ran. If he said this before the election and the result was the same, then you'd have people here saying "He should have campaigned for them and saved these statements for after the loss"