“Instead, his primary comment on international affairs seems to be to reiterate and reiterate and reiterate that he had voted against the Iraq War in 2002. When forced to discuss other matters, he quickly bobbles.”

Sanders, he added, is not the first candidate to lack foreign policy expertise. “But what’s deeply troublesome here is how he seems to have no respect for knowledge on it. It’s visible in the almost-disdain he expresses for Hillary Clinton’s experience on the matter. She had been Secretary of State for four years, but he has been in Congress for more than two decades. Exactly when does he think he’ll have sufficient experience to speak fluently on foreign policy?”

Sanders also seems to dismiss organizations such as Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign (both of which endorsed Clinton) as part of the political “establishment” with a dismissive tone.

I have news for Sanders: Many progressives and centrists, including those of us who have apparently never felt “the Bern,” deeply admire the courage and resolve of the national women’s health organization and hold it in high esteem.