I think Hasan is cooking when he said they are being told to do it so Biden doesn’t pin this on the outsiders trying to oust him. AOC and Bernie have given pretty bland generic support statements it’s not like they are going the Fetterman route of going hard in support of him
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I just don’t think that’s valid because everyone from the NYTs to Krugman to the Pod Johns called for a new candidate. That’s why the Biden campaign tried to blame the liberal elites. 

In that context Bernie, AOC aand the Squad aren’t unique voices, and the Biden campaign blaming progressives too wouldn’t make sense.

Also progressives constantly avoiding blame is a weird way of using political power:
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I understand your viewpoint, but you know the centrists/libs will pin any blame on the Squad/progressives even though there is no reason to. Even though the Squad/Bernie’s voices aren’t unique to the rest of the party, because they’re technically “outsiders” the libs will put the blame on them first. Rashida Tlaib still gets shit for not being a party loyalist even though she booed Biden ONCE during the 2020 primaries and has barely said anything about him since. And I think Jamal Bowman showed the Squad that no one is safe if the DNC wants them out (I know there’s other factors that went into George Latimer being the candidate, but I think that’s one of the main takeaways for the Squad coming out of that).

Ideally, yes, they’d banging the drum the loudest to get Biden out. Unfortunately, based on 2016, we know who’s gonna get blamed if Biden loses. spoiler alert: it’s not the elites or the centrists.
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But this is the exact argument for why this strategy doesn't make sense. We're going to get blamed regardless of rhetoric, so supporting Biden doesn't do anything to prevent that.
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