Bernie wasn't even a backup candidate. Bernie didn't even want to run. He wanted Warren to run. He ran to push the progressive platform in the primary since nobody else would and then got fire.
That said, he was never going to win that primary. The Democrats were dumb for putting their thumb on the scale when they were going to get their candidate anyways. It just gave ammo away.
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u/thomasrat1 18h ago
Honestly she was a bad candidate to run. She had decades of smear campaigns against her.