AOC on Elizabeth Warren’s decision to delay any decision to endorse Bernie:

“I always want to see us come together as a progressive wing, I think that’s important and where we draw strength from. But at the same time, I come from the lens of an organizer, and if someone doesn’t do what you want, you don’t blame them — you ask why. And you don’t demand that answer of that person — you reflect. And that reflection is where you can grow.”

It’s good to see that a grownup is in the room. The invective directed at Warren by some of Bernie’s supporters should have no place in politics. It’s a blend of crude sexism and not so innocent leftism.

Looking at the Michigan primary map in which Biden won every county across the state, one has to wonder to what degree sexism figured in Hillary’s loss four years ago. The same question could be asked about Elizabeth Warren’s unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.. It’s interesting to note that across a wide swath of the electorate, the significance of electing a woman to the presidency for the first time seemed to barely register; it wasn’t a consideration that merited any serious discussion. And that includes the left where this democratic demand, this striving for equality and representation paled in importance to the urgency of “class re-alignment,” offered by the Sanders campaign. I would say that more discussion of this phenomenon is warranted.

With regard to the coronavirus, what we see coming from Trump and his administration is a lethal marriage of massive incompetence and willful disinformation and lies. There are no grownups in the White House, only supine hacks and the Liar-in-Chief.

As a result, the impact of the virus is worsening by a order of magnitude each day. Exactly by how much we will find out in the coming weeks and months. People will surely and unnecessarily die and the trauma the country goes through will be far more severe because of this lethal marriage.

Bernie Sanders and his supporters are frustrated by last night’s result. And that is understandable. But they should, actually all of us should, keep a few things in mind. First, the overarching imperative to beat Trump, and do it soundly, remains; one could easily argue that it has grown in recent weeks and months.

Second, Biden isn’t the candidate many of us had hoped would lead the Democratic Party ticket. I supported Elizabeth Warren. But there is little doubt that he now will. And there is no reason to think that he can’t win, even if you think he isn’t best equipped to do it. Public opinion polls, many of them in fact, tell us he can.

The way some of the left are reacting to the probability (not a done deal yet) that Biden will be the nominee going up against Trump this fall reveals a sectarian spirit that has bedeviled too much of the left for a long time. Too bad.