Bernie staying the race fuels conspiracy theories and makes unity just that much harder.

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7. Not so. Take him at his word. If people in other states want to vote in their primaries, he's right:

it is good and helpful for the party that he stay. It's not "bad and dangerous for the party and fall campaign" as you say. You should hear your fearmongering about Bernie "demanding" or "false hope." Bernie supporters know the numbers, and so does he.

This here? ""establishment stole the nomination", or "the media hates Bernie", or "I'm voting for Jill Stein"? They're over that, no matter how you revive a 2016 fear of Berners to impugn them when the primaries aren't even over until June 6.

If Bernie and the party did what you wanted, the party itself would be interpreted nationwide as forcing Sanders to suspend, forcing disgruntled voters in the other primary states left, to just stay home. No, that would not be cool.

His supporters will have plenty of time to "get over" their disappointment -- they're already seeing the writing on the election wall -- in order to buy the "party package" for the General Election.

Just relax. Breathe.