Sanders dropping out is presumptuous

Bernie In reference to Connie Schultz's column "Oh, Susan, what have you done?" printed in the Daily Herald April 3.

Excuse me? Relatives wearing out their welcome? Susan, Susan, Susan? Keep on driving right off the cliff? It is beyond presumptuous to suggest that Bernie Sanders just wrap up his campaign and dutifully turn over his voters to the Democratic Party. Not only are many primaries currently contested and many others yet to be held, votes of Bernie supporters are not the candidate's to give away.

In our view, Bernie is the current leader of the American Spring, a movement that will outlast this election season, whatever the outcome. Susan Sarandon along with a growing subset of Sanders supporters, call them the Berniecrats, have every right to vote the way they choose and many will not simply switch their votes to the status quo mainstream candidate.

Bernie, against all expectation, has created momentum which is still growing, because he speaks to and acts on issues that matter to real people. Bernie on the ballot will give voters a real choice come November.

Jill Paulus

Wheaton

Tamara Brenner

Elmhurst