 I think it's fair to say that it's not a foregone conclusion that Joe Biden will lose to Donald Trump because I genuinely believe that COVID-19 has shaken up the dynamics of the 2020 race and maybe voters will just make a decision based on Donald Trump's handling of COVID-19. Maybe this will just very narrowly be a type of referendum on Donald Trump, but as time progresses on, more and more people are losing confidence in Joe Biden. Why? Because he has a problem attracting young and Latino voters and he's doing nothing to win them over. On top of that, more and more evidence is mounting against him. Tahr reads claims are being validated. They do seem credible, not that they weren't already, but now we have more evidence, more individuals corroborating her claims. And on top of that, you know, it's very transparent what his campaign is trying to do. They've kind of pushed him aside and they've tried to make his wife, Joe Biden, the face of his campaign. And this is obviously to hide away the fact that he is suffering from cognitive decline. That's such an issue that I don't think he should have run to begin with. Even Obama tried to influence him not to run because he didn't think that he could get the job done. So there is this sense of worry, not just with the left, but with Democrats as well, that Joe Biden isn't going to be able to get the job done. Now the left knows that there's something that we can do. There's a stronger candidate that can beat Donald Trump. It's not a guarantee, but he's stronger, Bernie Sanders. And I tweeted out Bernie Sanders should unsuspend his campaign, and that's probably one of my most popular tweets ever. It got 18,000 likes. And on top of that, a couple days later, Bernie come back, trended on Twitter with nearly 60,000 tweets. So there is a real yearning for him to come back for practical reasons. It's not just that Joe Biden is not instilling us with confidence that he can beat Donald Trump. But on top of that, there's a pragmatic reason why Bernie Sanders should unsuspend his campaign. He was just removed from the New York ballot. He said his goal was to influence the Democratic Party's platform and rules. And in order to do that, he's got a rack up delegate, so he told you to still vote for him. I intend on doing that, but they just removed him from the ballot of a very delegate-rich state. So this can be seen as an out. Well, I wasn't going to unsuspend my campaign, but now it looks like I have no choice because my voters, they need to have a say. Our agenda needs to have some type of sway over the Democratic Party platform. And if the New York State Democratic Party says that I've got to be an official candidate who has declared that he's running for office in New York, then I guess I have to unsuspend my campaign and declare my candidacy once again. Now look, do I think Bernie Sanders would do this? No, I don't. I don't think he's going to do this because he responds to all the criticism he received. Like, we knew that there would be growing pressure for him to drop out. You saw Larry David, you know, tell him to get out. You saw the view hosts, like Whoopi Goldberg, asking him why he hasn't dropped out. So he wouldn't do this. He wouldn't want to do that. And I think that he knows that he still probably won't win, so he doesn't want to get his supporters hopes up. But here's the thing. Joe Biden is a horrible candidate. And one thing that we know for a fact is if turnout is low, if young people don't turn out for Joe Biden, he's going to lose. And he hasn't done anything that changed that yet. So while I admit that Bernie Sanders, you know, unsuspend his campaign probably won't change the trajectory of this race, it at least, if nothing else, will pressure Joe Biden to do better. This is why I wanted Bernie Sanders to stay in until the convention. Because if you run a grassroots campaign where people dedicate their hard earned cash and their lives, like my friend Joy, she sacrificed five weeks of her life to go to Iowa and knock on doors for Bernie Sanders. Like, for him to suspend his campaign, it feels like a slap in the face to all of his supporters. And I know that that's not his intention. So I'm not trying to attack Bernie Sanders. And I know that, you know, it seems like I'm crying over spilled milk. And I know that even if Bernie Sanders did in fact take my advice and unsuspend his campaign, it's not like the Democratic Party would let him win, however you want to use the word let. I mean, if Joe Biden fails, if, you know, there becomes so much pressure for him to drop out because of the tower read allegation or what have you. I'm not under this, you know, impression that Democrats will be like, all right, we've got to bring back Bernie, I guess. Dang, this sucks. They're not going to do that. They'd replace him with some other neoliberal Democrat, Andrew Cuomo, whoever. You know, throw a neoliberal name at a dart. It doesn't matter. So, you know, it's not like this is actually going to change anything. I'm fully aware of the fact that Joe Biden is probably going to be the nominee, almost certainly going to be the nominee. And Bernie Sanders is not going to be president. He's never going to be president. You know, I'm trying to swallow that pill. But with that being said, now, more than ever, we need strong leadership. Without Bernie Sanders in the race, we've already seen how poorly Joe Biden is performing. Once Bernie dropped out, Joe Biden went back into hiding. And he already was going into hiding once he started to sweep states on Super Tuesday, two and three. So it's not like Bernie would have that big of an influence, but any influence would be better. If Bernie unsuspended his campaign and just held a daily press briefing when it comes to COVID-19, that could make a difference. That could, you know, influence discourse in a way. Bernie is still holding pretty frequent town halls online through Zoom with, you know, health experts and members of Congress, such as the squad. So I mean, you can basically run a digital campaign by changing nothing, just unsuspending to put a little bit of pressure on Joe Biden. But I know Bernie's not going to do that. And just the fact that so many people are yearning for a return of Bernie Sanders, it shows you how weak of a candidate Joe Biden is. Like I was thinking about this and I honestly would prefer Hillary Clinton. I honestly would prefer Hillary Clinton because, look, at least she's qualified. Nobody doubts her cognitive capabilities like she would be able to govern and she'd be at least an adequate leader. She'd be better than Donald Trump and certainly more competent than Joe Biden. But I mean, out of how many candidates, like 22, 23, we got the second worst candidate. Michael Bloomberg, I think was the worst, but we got the second worst, Joe Biden. And it was because Joe Biden was the first Democrat to win a state not named Bernie Sanders. If Pete Buttigieg or Amy Klobuchar had won South Carolina, then I think that, you know, that would have been the Democratic Party frontrunner currently. So it just, you know, as I see, you know, come back Bernie trend, I'm reminded of what could have been. And I want Bernie to unsuspend his campaign. And look, maybe maybe I'm lying to myself when I think that Bernie would have any sway over Joe Biden to do better. Maybe I'm still better. I think it's okay if I admit that maybe I just want to, you know, give the middle finger to Joe Biden and the establishment, right? Because they do that to us at every step of the way. And I just, I think this is about just wanting any lefty in a position of power to play hardball with Democrats just a little bit. I mean, they just removed Bernie from the ballot just to give us the middle finger. So I just, I want them to get a taste of their own medicine. I want the left to play hardball. And I'm just, I'm so disappointed. I don't know what this would accomplish in bringing back Bernie's campaign. I know he wouldn't win. I know that they wouldn't let him win. They'd stop him. They'd use their institutional mechanisms to, you know, suppress the left like they've been doing. Like it's not going to change anything. So it's just, I don't know what I want. I just, I want him to unsuspend his campaign. And I want things to be different. So I mean, you know, you can kind of sense how conflicted I am with this election. Like we could have had Bernie Sanders and Americans turned down not one but two chances to get him. Someone who's genuinely trying to help people. And now we see polls showing that 69% of voters favor Medicare for all. And they've nominated a candidate who is openly hostile towards it, who laughs at people, who ask whether or not he'd ever consider supporting Medicare for all, who literally said he'd veto Medicare for all. This is such a bad situation that we find ourselves in once again. Like you think that after 2016, Democrats, if they wanted to win, would have learned their lesson, but they chose someone worse than Hillary Clinton, which is almost unthinkable. And I can't help but think it's going to get worse. They're going to pick Michael Bloomberg in 2024 or Joe Manchin. I mean, they keep lowering the bar and there's no other conclusion that I can take away from this. Rationally than to think that maybe they just don't want to win or they don't care about winning. They just want to make sure that the left doesn't win. So, I mean, I want Bernie Sanders to unsuspend his campaign, but I'm not of the belief that this will actually accomplish anything meaningful. Maybe I'm just petty. Maybe I just want to give a fuck you to the establishment. But he should unsuspend his campaign. And Matt Lech on Twitter pointed out how any grassroots candidate should just opt to stay in until the convention and never deviate away from that plan. Because when you really invest your life and your money in a grassroots candidate who you believe in, it's a huge gut punch to not even get to vote. Like for me, I'm not going to even have a voice in this election. Like my state doesn't vote until May and Bernie already dropped out and I'm not alone. Most states or at least half the states about haven't voted yet. So the situation is just frustrating. And you know, maybe Bernie just unsuspend his campaign will be cathartic. Maybe it'll just make me feel good. But I mean, people want something to believe in. That's the takeaway from this. I mean, you see these types of, you know, trends, these hashtags on Twitter, you see the response when I say that he said he should unsuspend his campaign. I don't know. It's just that we have an opportunity to get someone who actually cares about us into power. Why not try? Even if failure is almost a certainty. Why not give it a shot just to say we did everything? I think he should unsuspend his campaign. I genuinely do. And I know I'll get shit for this. Fuck it. I don't care. He should unsuspend his campaign and aggressively fight for the nomination. Joe Biden can't do it. I don't have faith in him that he could beat Donald Trump. And even if he did beat Donald Trump, I don't believe he would be a competent leader. So we have nothing to lose and everything to gain by Bernie just unsuspend his campaign. The media is going to hate it. Democrats are going to, you know, bark at him. Who cares? They've already showed that they have no interest in even extending an olive branch to the left. I mean, they just removed Bernie from the ballot. So if they're going to give us the middle finger, we need to just for once play hardball in return. Just once. Probably won't work out. But at least we could say we tried.