How Democrats Manipulated Nevada State Party Convention Then Blamed Sanders For Chaos

[Judi Lynn]

How Democrats Manipulated Nevada State Party Convention Then Blamed Sanders For Chaos

by Kevin Gosztola

Democratic Party demonized supporters of Bernie Sanders in a letter written to the Democratic National Committee.

“We believe, unfortunately, that the tactics and behavior on display here in Nevada are harbingers of things to come as Democrats gather in Philadelphia in July for our National Convention,” declared Bradley S. Schrager, the state party’s general counsel. “We write to alert you to what we perceive as the Sanders campaign’s penchant for extra-parliamentary behavior — indeed, actual violence — in place of democratic conduct in a convention setting, and furthermore what we can only describe as their encouragement of, and complicity in, a very dangerous atmosphere that ended in chaos and physical threats to fellow Democrats.”

The letter written by leadership of the Nevada State Democratic Party appears to be an attempt to control the narrative, so that citizens throughout the United States view what happened at the convention as the result of “violent” Sanders delegates, who had no respect for the rules, and not as the result of anti-democratic conduct by the state party.

Nevada State Democratic Party leaders “claim that the Sanders campaign has a ‘penchant for violence,'” Sanders said in a statement. “That is nonsense. Our campaign has held giant rallies all across this country, including in high-crime areas, and there have been zero reports of violence.”

“Our campaign of course believes in non-violent change and it goes without saying that I condemn any and all forms of violence, including the personal harassment of individuals. But, when we speak of violence, I should add here that months ago, during the Nevada campaign, shots were fired into my campaign office in Nevada and apartment housing complex my campaign staff lived in was broken into and ransacked.”

More:
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/05/18/how-democrats-manipulated-nevada-state-party-convention-then-blamed-sanders-chaos

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1. Polifacts rates the claim of fraud at the convention as FALSE

http://www.politifact.com/nevada/statements/2016/may/18/jeff-weaver/allegations-fraud-and-misconduct-nevada-democratic/

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2. How Sanders leadership conspired to cause havoc at the nevada convention

But new audio obtained by CNN shows a senior Sanders aide -- on the eve of the Nevada convention -- encouraging the senator's supporters try to "take over" the convention, change party rules and continue the "revolution" that Sanders has long campaigned on.
"You should not leave," Joan Kato, the national delegates director, told Sanders supporters in a meeting last week at the Rumor Boutique Hotel. "I'm going to repeat that, unless you are told by someone from the campaign ... that you can leave, you should not leave."
The Sanders campaign hasn't responded to a request for comment.

[Ohioblue22]

3. No surprise there, yeah Berniacs are all innocent victims

[procon]

4. But it was rigged, I say, rigged!

It's a conspiracy, blah-blah-blah, everyone is out to get him. How can so many people be so uniform in their ridiculous paranoia and conspiracy theories?

He doesn't follow the rules... it was rigged.

His delegates didn't follow the rules... it was rigged.

[sheshe2]

5. I am confused with your head line.

I thought Bernie was a Democrat.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Okay, try to image the author wrote "some" immediately preceding "Democrats." Would you get that? nt

[LiberalElite]

7. Kicking nt

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8. K&R.