Democrats will keep progressives silent and passive only if they whip
up hysteria about the prospect of a Trump presidency. Bernie Sanders is
going along with the charade as a
means of saving face. Like Trump he didn’t expect to be a credible
challenger and he is using Trump as an excuse to bow out and endorse
Hillary Clinton as he planned to do all along. Before he executes his
final “sheep dog” herding maneuver he will keep saying that he wants to
join in the fight against Trump, even though Trump would have to pull
off a political miracle in order to win.
Donald Trump will surely get millions of votes, but Hillary Clinton
will get more and in the states that really count towards the total
needed in the Electoral College. She will use Trump to move to the right
and pick up votes from Republicans uneasy with his candidacy. The only
risk to her is not from Trump, but from Bernie Sanders supporters who
for the moment are unsure of how to respond to their leader’s impending
betrayal.
The worst thing they can do is believe in the almost non-existent
risk of a Trump presidency. His party doesn’t want him and the “Stop
Trump” clique know it. If millions of Democrats would say they don’t
want Hillary Clinton either then the fracturing of the two parties will
continue and the American people will have a hope of real democracy.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "Republicans Reject Trump" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).