“But does he have authenticity?”
he’s actually the most authentic candidate they have because he’s the only one who doesn’t lie about what he believes in, AND he’s been pretty much saying the same kinds of things for at least 50 years ...
pretty much all of the rest of them are almost as radically leftist as bernie, but they lie and pretend they are “moderate”, which of course we know is BS, because there’s no longer such a thing as a moderate Democrat ...
Claiming to believe in and saying things is a far cry from actually LIVING in that same fashion. Sanders clearly is not living in the manner that he would be if he was in fact true to his "beliefs" and "sayings."