 As much as centrists like to tone police the left, lately their own tone has been getting a little bit out of control and their calls for Bernie Sanders to drop out haven't just gotten expectedly louder, we all expected this, knew it would happen. But they are now getting a little bit nastier and they've resorted to name calling in order to cry bully Bernie out of the Democratic Party primary. So as the Hills, Amy Parnes and Jonathan Easley report, Joe Biden's allies are privately grumbling that Senator Bernie Sanders will not get out of the presidential race, preventing the party from uniting ahead of the general election. Sanders' decision to stay in the race has Democrats worried they are repeating the problem of 2016 when a long primary fight was seen as hurting Hillary Clinton, the eventual nominee. At the same time, frustration is growing among some of Biden's aides and allies behind the scenes as the coronavirus pandemic has effectively sidelined Biden and President Trump's approval rating has been on the rise. Team Biden believes that it's impossible for him to fully pivot to taking on Trump while Sanders is still in the race. And there are growing fears that they're losing valuable time. I think he should get out, one Biden aide said. It's a lost cause for him and everyone knows it. If you really care about beating Donald Trump you'd get out and help consolidate the party in what is already a very stressful time for the nation. It's not helpful to anyone to stay in, period. The aide also said Sanders is unlikely to win more policy concessions from Biden by remaining in the race. Quote, I don't think they can push Biden any more to the left than he's gone. How far to the left has he gone, exactly? The aide said. But what he can do is solidify support and make sure we don't have another four years of Donald Trump. The longer they stay in, the worse it is. At a certain point it looks selfish and self-centered. Somehow he's made this all about himself. Quote, he's had lots of time to bow out gracefully and now he needs to do the right thing. One major Democratic donor said, It's April. We're dealing with a global pandemic. The country is in a deep recession and the last thing we need is Bernie Sanders telling us what we're doing wrong. Give me a fucking break. Time is of the essence. We all need to be on the same team right now. Another fundraiser was more blunt. He's an asshole. It's over. Bernie folks are clinging as they always do. So basically their message is fuck you. Drop out so we can unify dickhead. These people are so insufferable. No, how about this? Go fuck yourself. If I were Bernie Sanders, I would stay in all the way until the convention and then run as an independent against Joe Biden. I'd say fuck you because look, everything that they're saying about the necessity of beating Donald Trump, the need to unify as if there'd ever be any unity between them and us. It's all bullshit because let me remind you what Joe Biden said back when Bernie Sanders was the front runner just a little over a month ago. Quote, Biden says he'll contest the Democratic nomination if no one gets a majority of delegates. If Sanders leads in delegates but doesn't have a majority, Biden said he'll fight for the nomination. So now that Biden doesn't have a majority, he has a plurality even though he's in the lead, it seems like going by Biden standards, Bernie Sanders should in fact stay in and fight for the nomination because back then Biden didn't cite concerns about the need to unify and beat Donald Trump. He just said, I'm going to stay in and fight for the nomination. So guess what? Take that, shove it up your ass, Bernie isn't going anywhere and neither are we. And if you think that bullying Bernie out of the race is going to help us unify, you've got another thing coming because I'm going to vote for the Green Party if Bernie drops out when he drops out, if that's the case. And you can cry about that. You can tell me that I am a Russian asset and my response will be fuck you. Because after all of the time that we have spent fighting for our nominee for our candidate, when we were in the lead, all we heard from the media for about two straight weeks was how the Bernie bros would react in the event they stole the nomination away from us. Was that the party is the one that actually has the most say during nominations, it's not actually voters. So go fuck yourselves. I am not going to fall in line. Fuck you. They think that if they spit in our faces, slap us across the face, stab us in the back, call us dickheads and then tell us to unify that everything will be peachy keen. No, that's not the way that things work. And to think that Biden can't possibly go any further left or he won't. What concession has he even fucking made? What he adopted Elizabeth Warren's bankruptcy proposal that will undo the damage that he caused? What other concessions could he make? There's nothing he can do. He's already gone so far to the left to appease Bernie Sanders and it's not working. These people are the biggest clowns ever. They are the biggest clowns ever. And if they lose to Donald Trump, mark my words, they're going to blame you. They're going to blame me. They're going to blame third party voters. They're going to blame Bernie Sanders and Bernie Sanders supporters. But just know they made this bed and they have to lie with it, right? They're the ones who created the standard that you should stay in even if you lose just to make sure you can maybe contest the convention. Still went out. I don't think Bernie would contest the convention. But I mean, at a minimum, he's just trying to get a plurality of Pledge delegates, which is more courteous than what they were willing to do to him when they just outright wanted to steal it from him. So fuck off. Bernie should stay in the race. And if you think that we're going to unify with you, we're not going to unify with you. So you can try all you want to bully Bernie Sanders. But, you know, eventually if he obeys you and he drops out and endorses and ultimately campaigns for Joe Biden, if you think that we're going to listen to Bernie Sanders, you've got another thing coming because I'm not voting for Joe Biden. So you're going to have to make up those votes that you're losing by pissing off progressives elsewhere. I don't know. Go to Fox News and see if you can pull in more center right people. I don't know, but you're not getting my vote. So take that and shove it.