Vice President Joe Biden told CNN on Wednesday that while it was “clear” who the Democratic presidential nominee would be, Democrats “should be a little graceful” in waiting for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to drop out of the race.
Hillary Clinton declared herself the presumptive nominee Tuesday night, when she won primary contests in New Jersey and California. The Associated Press had declared her the party’s presumptive nominee Monday night after calling superdelegates to see how they planned on voting.
“I think that’s his call,” Biden told CNN when asked whether Sanders should exit the race. “It’s clear we know who the nominee is going to be. I think we should be a little graceful and give him the opportunity to decide on his own.”
Neither Biden nor President Barack Obama have formally endorsed either candidate. Reports earlier this week said President Barack Obama would be ready to endorse Clinton as early as this week, though.
Getting really tired about how people have to walk on eggshells around Sanders and his paper thin skin.
This s*%t isn’t about you Sanders, this is about our country, and stopping a lunatic from f*%king it up.
We have been graceful. The grace period ended last night.
I agree with Joe in principle, but the fact that he even feels the need to make the comment is a sign of how ridiculous the situation is. It’s like having a child in the house who throws volcanic screaming tantrums if he doesn’t get his way on literally every goddamn thing, and everybody around him ceaselessly coddles the little shit in fear of another outburst.
It would be entirely different if the primary race had literally been in doubt until last night—I could sympathize with the disappointment of a true, last-minute loss. But the fact is that the race has essentially been decided for a number of weeks now, and Sanders has had more than ample time to reconcile himself to that fact, and plan accordingly.
Instead, he clung to the mind-boggling delusion that Clinton was going to be indicted any day now by the FBI, and that he was going to be able to persuade the same superdelegates who he’s been calling corrupt tools of Wall Street to abandon Clinton and vote for him. He’s been living in a fantasyland of his own construction.
Give him until just after the meeting with President Obama tomorrow then when the White House gate is closing behind him tell him to get with the party or fuck off.
This is embarrassing for Sanders. If he doesn’t endorse Hillary after meeting Clinton tomorrow, I think Obama will give him a pacifier.