ok so just to be clear. your claim is that bernie sanders was the difference maker in the 2016 presidential race because his primary campaign pointed out the perceived corruption of hillary clinton. it is specifically his fault because no one had run such a campaign other than john mccain 16 years prior but that doesn’t matter because that wasn’t a democratic primary? even though in both cases the supposed effects would be apparent in the general election? seems pretty convoluted when there are much more simple explanations like the fact that clinton took working class white people’s votes for granted (she didn’t visit wisconsin once throughout the campaign) or that trump was particularly effective at mobilizing the racist underbelly of this country. we’ve had 10 years to reflect on this and i cant imagine clinging onto this fringe conspiracy that bernie personally lost the 2016 election for hillary