Bernie Sanders argued at a recent town hall that prisoners should have the right to vote. He acknowledged that this was not a popular position, and that he was probably writing a campaign commercial against himself, but he didn’t care.
There are two ways to look at this. A Bernie bro would say that he is displaying great moral courage and authenticity. Anyone else would wonder why on earth he would choose to commit electoral suicide on such a minor point.
If your overriding objective is to beat Trump, is this the kind of man you want to bear your standard? And for the record, giving people who don’t even have the right to decide when to brush their teeth the right to vote is stupid.