but "speak" to his supporters

Well stated, Zeus, and welcome to DU!!

to likewise ignore Bernie and his supporters.
Stop the attacks and anger towards his very sincere supporters, who we will need in November to defeat the billionaires, Trump forces, and Russians.
Biden has won the primary. There is no reason to lash out at Bernie the way so many do here on DU.

Say nice things about him and his supporters and run like it's the general. Doing otherwise will just give them something to fight against.

They want conflict, don't engage.

But absolutely, nothing is served by us gnawing on each other.

The tribe has spoken

Their voices need to be heard. Is it *really* too much to ask?

to catch up.

We don't have to engage in exercises in futility.

Math is your friend.

I can't believe we're having ANOTHER primary where this isn't understood.

but also infuriating because Sanders continues to run deceptive and doctored ads against Joe while he keeps running.

Sanders has every right to say why he is better, I have no problem with Sanders making a positive case; However, deceptive negative ads only help Trump. Any loyal Democrat would quit in Sanders' position. Why is Sanders so special that he can keep damaging our nominee?

Should still be in. It's not "fair that I didn't get to vote for Cory Booker or Kamala Harris".

I can't believe we are having another primary wherein it is not understood - when you lose, you get out.

You get out immediately and wholeheartedly get behind the winner and do whatever possible to get that person elected, along with the down ticket candidates, all across the country.

It was proven in 2016 that allowing the season to drag on only to have the bros humiliate civilized / rational Dems by throwing temper tantrums like spoiled 2 year-olds at the convention where they booed our real heroes like John Lewis was very destructive. it's one of the main reasons we got stuck with Trump.

Bernie needs to get out now and campaign hard for Biden who has won overwhelmingly on the rules that Bernie wrote. The rules he thought would result in his winning. Oh well, hoisted by his own petard. He needs to show some class, some honor by getting out now.

I just don't want anyone giving some people an excuse to claim that "the establishment" is out to get them.

Say nice things, lots of nice things. Keep uniting together as a force to beat Trump. Sigh. It's like we need half a dozen superheroes to beat him.

Why does it’s matter whether Bernie stays in or not?

Neither of which has any point beyond pettiness and vindictiveness.

Don't do trumps job for him.

Nobody is paying attention to his surrogates, and I’m a Bernie supporter. Like I wrote, we’ve got bigger issues than what his surrogates are saying.

Bernie has become the symbol of progressives. Is satisfying his ego more important than the causes that he supposedly stands for?

....they're PAID employees of the Sanders campaign - Turner, Sirota, Gray, Orfalea.

Bernie's *paid* surrogates are on regularly attacking, directly or indirectly, Biden. People are indeed paying attention.

it to run its course?

The last states to go have just as much voice as the first. Listen to them.

....even more so after tonight.

So why prolong something that has essentially been decided and put voters' health at risk?

Not ok.

Yes, I'm going to 'vote blue' no matter, but the primary needs a SERIOUS overhaul if we're just going to pretend the same last-round states don't matter, every time. It's not ok.

Biden will increase his lead by about 170 more delegates tonight, giving him a 330 delegate lead, and Sanders isn't leading in a single one of the remaining states. He will have to win EVERY remaining state by 60%, and he's only been over 60% in three - home state Vermont, tiny Northern Marianas, and Nevada, a caucus state.

So which states do you think he'll win to begin to catch up?

Concentrating on more than one thing at a time.
It matters, if Bernie has the integrity to realize the math is not there after tonight. It matters, if the math is not there if you back away and aim your fire solely at the GOP and Trump or if you stay in and continue to sling mud at the eventual nominee and the Democratic Party. It matters a great deal.

Why continue to debate a non-viable candidate who has no intention of unifying the party? It's time to shift priorities to defeating Trump. Anything else is waste of time and missed opportunity.

....more debates.

step down and get 100% behind Biden like all our other Democratic runner have responsibly done. The voters have spoken.

We need a united party including moderates and liberals against Trump. I support Sanders but will vote for Biden if he gets the nomination, just like I voted for Clinton in 2016.

Thank you, and spread the good word. We need more people like you speaking up.

The primary election is a contest. The general election is war.

there's no path to the nomination via pledged delegates and the votes of the people, and which will give states the go-ahead to cancel the upcoming primaries, and preserve public health.

I have my doubts, however.

There is no mathematical way for Sanders to get a plurality of delegates.

Even the conventions are now in question for both Presidential candidates.

possibly towards Bernie if only young and unafraid people are showing up at the polls.

Very helpful in the general as well.

Biden needs to go GE mode.

never again do I want to hear ANYONE try to tell me he's a Democrat, that he cares about our party, that he cares about this country, or that he cares about the people of this country. His spiteful, divisive, and reckless campaign have made it painfully obvious that there is only one person he cares about.

With most of his political cache intact. Looks like this time he will burn his ship to the waterline.

and pound trump into the sand ... call his out on his lies!

Just cut them out of the conversation. Moving on!!!!

He can’t win so no use attacking him. The only thing that will do is alienate his supporters, who we need to vote blue in Nov.