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 mean they don’t really gain anything from being another voice coming out against him though either. I see both sides but I think it’s better for them to just sit this one out they have nothing to win or lose tbh
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Progressives are voted into power because they tell the truth and advocate for good policies. If they act like party loyalists rather than truth tellers, than they lose a lot of that credibility and appeal.

Compare the way the left views Rashida Tlalib and AOC. There is major distrust of AOC on the left, she comes across as too opportunitistic.
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