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MirrorAshes

(1,262 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:38 PM May 2016

Do we have a concise rebuttal RE: Nevada?

I'm seeing Bernie people getting the upper hand on this in my social media with misinformation but I haven't found a clear rebuke to post in response. Their bully tactics should not be allowed to be passed off as legitimate. If somebody could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

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SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
1. This was the result of Sanders supporters not understanding the rules.
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:44 PM
May 2016

The rules have not changed since the last presidential election. There was no conspiracy.

Links here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=136170

BootinUp

(47,139 posts)
2. The best rebuttal is to point out that Bernie and supporters
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:49 PM
May 2016

have cried CONSPIRACY, CHEATING so many times and yet what we know is that they:

Stole Confidential data

PLANNED the riot in Nevada ahead of time. CNN has the audio.

They are truly the boy that cried wolf and worse.

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
3. And the Sanders campaign made the ignorance worse by inciting a brawl.
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:51 PM
May 2016
CNN has audio of Sanders Aide Inciting the Nevada Convention Chaos

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/17/politics/democrat-bernie-sanders-revolt/index.html

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."


http://m.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/17/1527511/-Sanders-issues-statement-about-Nevada-and-it-is-horrible

MSMITH33156

(879 posts)
4. Here you go
Tue May 17, 2016, 10:55 PM
May 2016

straight from the Nevada Democratic Party about what actually happened.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/312952650/nsdp

But I don't know why you want to get into an argument with them. They'll just reject any facts you tell them because it's the word of the establishment.

TwilightZone

(25,462 posts)
5. Before I got to your last sentence, I was thinking, "But, they'll just say that's the establishment"
Tue May 17, 2016, 11:56 PM
May 2016

Great minds and all that. haha

TwilightZone

(25,462 posts)
8. "Only eight of the ineligible delegates even attempted to register at the State Convention."
Wed May 18, 2016, 12:37 AM
May 2016

That sticks out to me every time I see it. They didn't even *try* to register and it's Hillary's fault.

In my opinion, they didn't try because the reasons they were given for the DQs were perfectly valid, like the guy who admitted that he changed his registration a couple of weeks ago. At least he acknowledged it.

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