There's no good reason to anathematize Bernie and his supporters.

[NanceGreggs]

123. Call it venom, if you like. But that is my position.

Those who refused to vote for HRC – simply to keep Trump out of the WH, if for no other reason when it came down to the wire – are of no use to the party, or anyone else.

Throughout the primary and then the GE, I have seen said people regurgitating RW talking points, repeating RW lies, and spreading fake news if it in any way bashed HRC or the Dems.

I, for one, have absolutely no use for people who think their hissy-fits are more important than the welfare of the country and their fellow citizens, nor do I have any respect for people who claimed to be “True Progressives ™” who immediately turned into de facto right-wingers out of sheer pique because they didn’t get Bernie.

Who needs them? They have proven themselves untrustworthy anyway, and are just as likely to do the same thing the next time the majority of Dems, via the primary process, nominate someone not to their liking.

Can the Dems attract new voters in future? Absolutely. But trying to attract those who preferred to see Trump win than let go of their selfishness is a waste of time.

So Hillary was hated by some people? Yes, she was. But they do not represent "the left" any more than they represent the middle, or the moderates, or anything in between. The fact is that the majority of Dems wanted HRC - that's how she wound up being the nominee - and all we heard from the Bernie-or-Bust contingent was that the majority should have just gone along with what they wanted, and screw everybody else.

Well, screw them. They got Trump, the guy they supported, either directly or indirectly. They can live with that.