Not according to the Bernie subreddit. If you look at his impressive resume, according to them, he was an educator and some other job which, they then pointed out, are apparently meaningless to Republicans. Next person then bitched that of course Republicans would say that hard work is meaningless.

Progs are the crazy girlfriends of the political world. "I bet you think I look fat in this. Well, you're an asshole for calling me fat." (Nobody else is in the room). Somehow, though, they actually manage to lose arguments with themselves. THAT takes talent.