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this sanders/warren thing is dumb

But if I had to take a guess at what happened here it's that someone familiar with that conversation - maybe a Warren supporter, maybe just someone who doesn't like Sanders - threw it out there as a desperation move. I'm actually more inclined to believe it's someone who doesn't like Sanders than someone trying to throw a hail mary for Warren (they're not mutually exclusive of course, but this definitely feels more like an attempt to knock down Sanders than anything. Whether it's an (over)-reaction to the also dumb "Sanders talking points script" or whatever from the other day idk.) It just feel a lot more like an attack on Sanders than it does a "flail and try to save Warren's candidacy" move.

I don't for a moment think Warren herself is "behind" it. If she says the exchange happened then I believe her, but I also believe she doesn't think it's anything worth talking about. (joke's on her the media won't let it go)

If I had to put on my guessing hat I'd say that Sanders said something to the effect of adding the additional burden of Trump weaponizing the sexism in the electorate with zero shame or subtlety would add a additional burden to defeating him that would likely prove to be insurmountable. I would disagree with that analysis but I don't for a second believe Sanders would ever mean "no woman can win ever" that's ludicrous.

And switching to cold pundit hat: I think it's inarguable that a woman faces a far more difficult battle getting elected because of sexism. I haven't shied away that selecting Warren as the nominee would be playing on "Hard Mode" to an extent even as I've supported her. In that sense I can easily buy a reasonable person saying in hyperbole/exaggeration/a private setting that looking at 2016, an incumbent Trump, and all the shit the GOP has and will do that taking on that additional challenge could be quite harmful to winning in 2020.

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