You are exactly right.

Folks keep forgetting that Barack Obama was moderate and a neo-liberal Democrat- the type who tried desperately to block Jesse's electoral ambitioms within the party.
Truth be told: the Israel Lobby within he party didn't want Jesse around because of his previous public embrace of Yasser Arafat and the Palestian cause.

😆🤣😂...remember when Jesse said of Obama: "I want to cut his nuts out! Barack, he is talking down to black people."
[that was during a CNN hot mic moment].

So yes, Barack & the democrats treated Jesse terribly.