Why did you select Bernie Sanders as the most extreme person in Congress on the left? Why not Maxine Waters or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Once you can answer that question, you might discover something you weren't expecting in why this divisiveness continues to accelerate.
I think those are fine examples too and I think my comment would be very similar if I substituted one of them for Bernie. I think Bernie has a higher profile than either of those two examples (he ran for president and neither of them did), so it made more sense to me. In retrospect, AOC would have been a better choice since they're both in the House.
