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RandySF

(58,488 posts)
Wed May 18, 2016, 12:25 AM May 2016

Sanders superdelegate flips to Clinton

A Virgin Islands superdelegate who was supporting Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has flipped his support to front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Emmett Hansen II, the Democratic National Committee superdelegate for the Virgin Islands, originally backed the Vermont senator but decided to switch after learning more about Clinton's plans for the U.S. territories, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.

“There are no more windmills to joust against and no more mountains to climb,” Hansen said. “It comes down to one thing: what’s best for the Virgin Islands, to be fully incorporated into the United States.”

Sanders hadn't given concrete positions regarding U.S. territories, Hansen said, adding that he'd been in talks with the campaign to try to get answers.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/280218-sanders-superdelegate-flips-to-clinton

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Sanders superdelegate flips to Clinton (Original Post) RandySF May 2016 OP
Nice what oligarchy does. Fawke Em May 2016 #1
Damn. Sanders has had one HELL of week. Number23 May 2016 #2

Number23

(24,544 posts)
2. Damn. Sanders has had one HELL of week.
Wed May 18, 2016, 02:15 AM
May 2016

Emphasis on HELL.

And judging by his bewildering "statement" on Nevada and walking away when asked point blank about it, his loss to Hillary in Kentucky and nowhere near slam dunk in Oregon, his ratcheting fight with the DNC, Harry Reid's disgust with his behavior, and now going BACKWARDS in the delegate count, I have a feeling this bad week could stretch out for some time.

None of this bodes well for that man.

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