As Bernie Exits, Can Biden Seize the Moment?

Inside Bernie’s Pivot • Mask Misinformation • Fox Hosts’ New Spin [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair]( As Bernie Exits, Can Biden Seize the Moment? Good morning from the Hive newsroom! With Bernie Sanders [leaving]( the 2020 race, Abigail Tracy reports how his progressive views could shape the Democratic Party. Supporter Ro Khanna says the goal is “to push and fight for our ideals” and to defeat Donald Trump. Chris Smith explores whether Joe Biden can turn up the volume—and win over Sanders fans—from his basement bunker. And one Biden official admits to Peter Savodnik that campaigning “when most of a nation of 330 million people is in isolation, at home, and scared” is “an experiment.” Meanwhile, T.A. Frank finds Trump wasn’t the only one pushing coronavirus misinformation. Thanks for reading! [Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race ]( [“Who Better Than Senator Sanders?”: Inside Bernie Sanders’s Pivot From Candidate to Coronavirus Leader]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [After Super Tuesday, Sanders retooled his campaign to focus on the crisis. “Bernie says we want to make sure that we are unified in defeating Donald Trump,” says campaign co-chair Ro Khanna.]( [Image]( [The Hive 1]( [“He’s Out There Looking Big and Important”: Dems Fret as Trump’s Huckster Leadership Blankets Biden’s Basement Tapes]( By [Chris Smith]( [With Sanders out, the presumptive nominee’s stage has suddenly expanded. But can he turn up the volume on his thus-far mild-mannered performance?]( [Read More]( [The Hive 2]( [“A Giant Political Petri Dish”: With Bernie Supporters Desolate and the Convention in Flux, Can Biden Seize the Moment?]( By [Peter Savodnik]( [As Democrats weigh the wisdom of a virtual convention—“How could you possibly replace that electricity?” wonders one congressman—others fret over a presumptive nominee confined to a bunker: “Why isn’t he calling his buddies in China? Bob Kraft is doing more than Joe Biden.”]( [Read More]( [The Hive 3]( [“I Was Looking at Them in the Wrong Way”: Mask Misinformation and the Failure of the Elites]( By [T.A. Frank]( [Trump is not the only one who’s failed the coronavirus test. The WHO and experts of all stripes did too, showing what can happen when untruth becomes a habit.]( [Read More]( [The Hive 4]( [Fox Hosts Now Convinced Coronavirus Death Tolls Are Being Inflated]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [After downplaying the pandemic, then praising Trump’s response, right-wing media has a new spin: The mainstream press is exaggerating deaths to make Donald Trump look bad.]( [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2020 Condé Nast