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Mark my words: they will put Kamala 2.0. or Gavin in the race for president instead of AOC or any other progressive. (feddit.org)
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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

no, the reason why Bernie never won a primary is because Hillary and Wasserman circumvented voters choice because Clinton wanted to be the first woman president over putting forward the only candidate that could have went head to head with Trump in 2016.

and before anyone says I'm wrong, tell me why Wasserman stepped down as the DNC chair?

Clinton was never an appropriate candidate that could ever hope to go against Trump. Both of them are to blame for the current state of our country because they were blinded by achievements over what is best for our country. it's a common problem for democrats.

I have no doubt we would be in a better place today if Bernie had been presented as the democratic choice for president in 2016.

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  • [+] -10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Clinton received the majority of votes in the primary. How did they "circumvent voters' choice"?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Superdelegates. They are supposed to make their votes when things are nearly settled. As a collective, they voted for Hillary before the contest even started, which gave people the impression that Hillary was winning.

    This is like a judge giving their opinion, before letting jurors discuss their decision.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Superdelegates don't vote until the convention, potentially they could have still nominated Clinton if Sanders won the pledged delegates, but it never came up, since he didn't. Like I'm not contesting that the party establishment favored Clinton, but you can't say they circumvented the will of the voters when the nominee was the person who won the popular vote.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Throughout the primary, the media counted all the superdelegates as Clinton votes, regardless of their theoretical obligation to vote for whomever won their state's primary. Voters were relentlessly bombarded with the notion that it was impossible for Sanders to obtain the nomination. Yeah, she got more votes, but like, shit wasn't fair, man.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    But opposition to Wasserman Schultz, both public and private, had been gaining steam following the publication late last week of leaked emails which seemed to show a plot by DNC officials to damage Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-conventions/democratic-national-committee-chief-stepping-aside-after-convention-n615826

    The emails fed the criticism from progressives and Sanders’ supporters that Wasserman Schultz and her team were hostile to his campaign from the start and had done their best to help Clinton win the Democratic nomination at the Vermont senator’s expense.

    https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/wasserman-schultz-wont-preside-over-dnc-convention-226088

    Amid furor over an email leak that revealed a bias against Bernie Sanders inside the Democratic National Committee, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she will step down as chair.

    https://www.npr.org/2016/07/24/487242426/bernie-sanders-dnc-emails-outrageous-but-not-a-shock

    “I know that electing Hillary Clinton as our next president is critical for America’s future. I look forward to serving as a surrogate for her campaign in Florida and across the country to ensure her victory,” she said. “Going forward, the best way for me to accomplish those goals is to step down as Party Chair at the end of this convention.”

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/debbie-wasserman-schultz-resigns_n_5795044ae4b0d3568f8397f7

    so tell me. why would Clinton have more votes? OH YEAH! because of the bias that Wasserman forced upon the DNC!

    I could go on and on with reports just like this but I'm pretty sure my point has been made.

    Clinton and Wasserman were working together to circumvent voters choice in order to ensure that Clinton was THE candidate. Unfortunately they gambled with our democracy and lost.

    it's worse than whatever you're thinking too. the only reason why they were caught is because they were trying to cheat. wikileaks wouldn't have had anything to leak had they not try to fuck over Bernie.

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