Where are all the Never Bernie Democrats?

Published February 13, 2020 8:50pm ET



Around this time four years ago, as Donald Trump was looking more likely to be the Republican nominee, a loose collection of conservative pundits and Republican elites rallied around the description: Never Trump. But now, with Sen. Bernie Sanders having arguably won the first two Democratic contests heading into Nevada, where he’s favored, a similar movement has not taken hold among elite Democrats or liberal opinion-makers.

Sure, there are plenty of liberals panicking about the prospect of a Sanders nomination. But the arguments are primarily focused on his electability or about how his plans would never pass through the Senate. Nobody is arguing, as Never Trumpers did, that they would refuse to vote for Sanders were he the nominee.

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