A Son of Liberty
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I didn't think this was real, so I went to DuckDuckGo and, I found out I was wrong
She pointed to the election of President Trump as "proof that nominations shouldn’t be too democratic" because he lacked "conventional qualifications and appreciation for democratic norms" versus previous nominees such as former President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Many people linked the op-ed to Sanders' recent surge in the polls, including Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir.
"'Bernie is doing well, therefore people are stupid and we must save them from themselves.' Points for honesty and for saying it out loud. It is a prevailing view in too many elite quarters. But change is coming," Shakir wrote of the op-ed.
I don't know why I didn't think it was real. I guess I just couldn't believe they actually said it out loud. And, what's more, they said it almost 2 years ago... they're not hiding it, and they haven't been hiding it for a while now. And of course we all know this, but, for some reason, it's still jarring when I see it...