Bernie Sanders refuses to back down as Clinton on verge of victory

[portlander23]

Bernie Sanders refuses to back down as Clinton on verge of victory
Molly Redden
The Guardian

“I’m going to fight to become the nominee,” said Sanders, speaking to Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union. “Let’s not forget, the Democratic convention is in July. That’s a long time from today.”

“What she would be doing is combining pledged delegates – those are the real delegates that people vote for – with superdelegates … the media should not lump those two together,” Sanders said. “You don’t know what the world is going to be like four weeks from now, five weeks.”

Sanders hinted that Clinton may no longer lead him in pledged delegates after Tuesday.

“I don’t want to speculate about who will end up having more pledged delegates,” he said.

Asked if it was fair to criticize Clinton for the charity’s willingness to accept funds from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Sanders was unequivocal.

“Yes, it is,” he said.

“Do I have a problem when a sitting secretary of state and a foundation run by her husband collects many millions of dollars from foreign governments which are dictatorships? You don’t have a lot of civil liberties or democratic rights in Saudi Arabia, you don’t have a lot of respect there for divergent, opposition points of view, for gay rights, for women’s rights. Do I have a problem with that? Yeah, I do.”

[pandr32]

1. Political posturing as usual for Bernie.

[upaloopa]

2. Sore loser Bernie.

He is making a fool of himself.

[eastwestdem]

3. I hope he stays in the race...it will be fun to watch him become irrelevant.

The longer he wears out his welcome in the Democratic Party, the less likely that anyone here will embrace any of his issues. Another advantage of him staying in will be that, as an active candidate, he will not be able to talk at the convention unless he gets the nomination, or is given special permission. It is a given that unless he agrees to pull out and actively support Hillary, he won't be given permission. (Only the new nominee gets to speak on the final night, not the losers.)

[onecaliberal]

4. The only thing Clinton is in the verge of is indictment.

[beachbumbob]

5. Sore losers usually end being dispised by the American people

Sanders will be no exception ...

[portlander23]

6. Looks like you forgave Hillary for 2008

[Joe Chi Minh]

7. 'Sanders refuses to quit presidential race, with 1,900 Bernie

delegates attending DNC,' is the thread-header, but why not :

'Sanders harassed to quit presidential race, with 1,900 delegates attending DNC, laughs at the petulant presumption of his querulous and fearful opponents' ?