Appearing Friday on CNN’s New Day, House Majority Whip James Clyburn said House Democrats fear that if White House contender Bernie Sanders takes the party’s nomination for president, it will cause “down-ballot carnage.”
Asked what concerns he is hearing from the Democratic caucus in the House about a self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” as the party nominee, Clyburn replied, “I talk to members on both sides of our political equation, some people who are very progressive, some people who are relatively moderate… I talked to the faith community down there and they were very, very concerned about whether or not we will have somebody on the ticket that will cause down-ballot carnage.
“That’s our biggest problem for my members, we want to see somebody on the ticket that will allow us to expand our numbers, not having to run some kind of a rearguard campaign to avoid from being tarnished with a label,” Clyburn added.
The Democrats created the radical Sanders; now let them feel the consequences at the ballot box.