Editing Bernie Sanders (section)

====2016 Presidential Run====
Bernie's movement started when he ran for president in the 2016 election as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He called himself a "Democratic socialist" of the Scandinavian model and his campaign slogan was to create a "political revolution". 

He surprisingly exceeded all expectations by winning 23 states and 43% of the vote against the establishment darling and heavy favorite [[Hillary Clinton]], who won the Democratic Party nomination. This was in large part due to votes from the rural working class, who saw his campaign as a way to show their discontent with the Democratic establishment. Many in his movement wanted him to continue his run as a third-party candidate in the general election, such as [[Jimmy Dore]], but even though Bernie called for a "political revolution", he dropped out of the race and endorsed the establishment-backed Hillary Clinton. 

In a debate titled "Tankie Defeats Destiny"<ref>https://youtu.be/HB55g2kunNU?si=QAxQltO1IB6p2UGC&t=60</ref> with the streamer [[Destiny]] on February 23, 2021, [[Haz Al-Din]] suggested the Democratic party ''"rigged"'' the election against Bernie and that the mainstream media was changing peoples views against him in a ''"rat-fuckery way"''. One piece of evidence he provided was the Wikileaks emails showing Hillary Clinton was given the questions prior to a CNN debate against Bernie, among other biased actions by the DNC. Later in the debate, Haz suggests that after the primary large swaths of his working class supporters joined the "[[MAGA]]" movement started by the Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]], which went on to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 general election.