Bernie Sanders CAMPAIGN Statement

[Segami]

PRESS RELEASE


Sanders Campaign Statement



JUNE 6, 2016



SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ spokesman, Michael Briggs, on Monday issued the following statement:

“It is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgement, are ignoring the Democratic National Committee’s clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer.

“Secretary Clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to secure the nomination. She will be dependent on superdelegates who do not vote until July 25 and who can change their minds between now and then. They include more than 400 superdelegates who endorsed Secretary Clinton 10 months before the first caucuses and primaries and long before any other candidate was in the race.

“Our job from now until the convention is to convince those superdelegates that Bernie is by far the strongest candidate against Donald Trump.”




https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-campaign-statement/

[Raster]

1. KICK!

[Kang Colby]

2. Delusional. n/t

[retrowire]

21. Factual. Democracy is Democracy. nt

[nilram]

62. Funny how still, STILL, at this late date, the posts that generate the most Recs

are the ones that are the most pro-Bernie.

[bvar22]

88. Fact:

ALL the polls show Bernie IS the stronger candidate against Trump, by more than double digits, while Hillary is basically tied.
Kinda stupid to nominate the weaker candidate in such an important election.
Don't ya think?

[Segami]

3. What a sham!

The Clinton machine can't win without dirty tactics

[dchill]

29. That is SOOOO true.

[redstateblues]

4. From the candidate who railed against the DNC for the last year. Sad

[greiner3]

86. The DNC demanded Bernie's feality

In order for him to have partial access to his own data and he abide not attending any unDNC approved debates. He is playing their game and if all were equal he would be ahead 3,000,000 votes. I've read on DU the DNC is a corporation and makes its own rules. Too bad they cheat steal and engage in Nixon's 'rat fucking'.

[Ned_Devine]

5. The HRC people are full blown obnoxious

[reddread]

8. its going to be a War

one they start and perpetuate.
but War.

[Ned_Devine]

57. It sure seems that way

I don't remember it being like this in '08 when I backed Obama

[stillwaiting]

66. Obama, his family, his surrogates, his campaign, and his supporters

Did not treat HRC or her supporters the way that HRC, her family, her campaign, her surrogates, and her supporters have treated Bernie and his supporters.

I can not believe they have collectively decided to treat Bernie and his supporters in the manner that they have. Many Bernie supporters are not going to be able to vote for HRC because she has made it ridiculously personal throughout the entire campaign(in addition to all of the fraud that has happened throughout that they pretend is not happening).

It becomes unsupportable at some point. I think that point has arrived for many.

[Ned_Devine]

77. Yeah, it arrived for me back in '08 with the racist campaign HRC ran against Obama

[Jitter65]

25. Most of us are more angry about this announcement than the BS supporters.

Hillary gets hurt more by this announcement than Bernie. Cheap shot by the media.

[seabeyond]

43. Ya cause ignoring the peoples vote is classy...

[floriduck]

6. You won't hear a Clinton mouth admit that. They'll milk it for all its worth. Ruthlessness.

[TwilightZone]

7. Didn't seem to bother him in 2008 when he endorsed Obama well before the convention.

He should probably make up his mind.

[Peacetrain]

11. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[uponit7771]

14. +1

[retrowire]

22. Oh heavens, not an ENDORSEMENT!!!! lmao nt

[Lord Magus]

70. Bernie outright stated that his endorsment was BECAUSE OBAMA WAS THE NOMINEE.

Yet Obama had not reached the requisite number of delegates with pledged delegates alone. He needed supers to put him over the top. Bernie didn't wait until the supers actually voted at the convention, he took their announced support for Obama at face value.

[Sheepshank]

53. Bernie endorsed Obama before the convention and before Hillary conceded

It all seems quite hypocritical at this point.

[cui bono]

61. So now endorsing equals declaring someone the nominee?

.

[Sheepshank]

67. we are parsing words.....Obama was announced the Presumptive nominee prior to convention

and Bernie's endorsement (along with the others) played into it.

I realize you are angry...but you always seem angry and biting. It's getting old.

[cui bono]

81. You equated endorsing with declaring someone the nominee.

They are entirely two different things. That one leads to another, which is what you are saying, clearly shows that to be true. They are not the same thing.

As to your other comment, you are one of those who thinks anyone who criticizes is angry and a "hater". Maybe you are still mad because I keep pointing out where you are wrong. Have you accepted the fact that in Vermont one does not register in a party? You never did acknowledge that was true after I posted the info with a link to the official Vermont State site stating such in response to your many attempts to make it not so.

.

[Lord Magus]

71. Bernie specifically said in 08 that his policy was to not endorse until there was a nominee.

And that he was endorsing Obama because the Democratic Party had chosen its nominee.

[cui bono]

60. So now endorsing equals declaring someone the nominee?

.

[Martin Eden]

87. Apparently so, in the twisted logic of Hillary supporters ...

... probably because they have to twist logic to support her in the first place.

[LibDemAlways]

9. Hillary's internal poll numbers must be terrible in California for the

Clinton campaign in cahoots with the corporate whores to jump the gun and pull this bullshit on the eve of the California primary. Bernie is going to blow her out of the water here in California and march on to the convention. The corrupt assholes in the press can't crown anyone. Fuck em.

[KoKo]

17. Absolutely to tamper with DNC Rules like this...they are Desperate!

And, it will not go down well for the future.

[WolverineDG]

32. The Clintons don't care about the future of the Democratic Party

they only care about THEIR future. So what if they leave nothing but scorched earth behind them? They'll be long gone & besides, only peasants do the clean-up.

[mythology]

46. What "rule" does this violate?

[FourScore]

58. That was my first thought as well. They were going to lose very badly. n/t

[LibDemAlways]

59. As a result of this, they are going to lose worse.

There hasn't been a poll released in a couple of days here. Highly unusual and suspicious. Hillary must be tanking badly. Bernie supporters will come out in droves tomorrow with a big message to the corporate crooks- not so fast. I hope he embarrasses the hell out of her in this state.

[Lord Magus]

72. Absurd tinfoil hat nonsense. -nt-

[ChiciB1]

92. I Doubt We'll Ever Really Know, I'm Afraid That Even Though He Had

thousands and thousands of people coming out to his rallies and the fact that there are so many new registrations in CA they've probably found a way to fuzz it up and Clinton will come out the winner. I doubt they even care if they find voting irregularities anymore, they've fine tuned a way to blame it on Bernie and his supporters no matter what. It's SOP now.

But, I do wonder what this is going to do because there are far too many Bernie supporters who are absolutely disgusted and fed up with the Clintons and The Democratic Party for the way he's been treated. She's NOT a good campaigner and her negatives are so high that bringing people together will be very, very difficult. I'm already hearing it and this thing from yesterday just seems sooooooooo NOT RIGHT!

BAD MOVE!

[Tragl1]

10. Yeah...

Truth be damned. Process who cares? Clinton is going to get a sea of backlash over this. This time it really isn't even her fault. But damn I'm seeing red.

[wendylaroux]

12. who knows if it was or wasn't her fault? she calls the shots.

[Segami]

19. If you believe that, you haven't been paying close attention

to the lengths Clinton Theater will go to.......the campaign can deny all they want, but this call came from the top.

[Tragl1]

26. I hope this shit backfires...

Watch all the Clinton supporters stay home now...gah I'm so pissed right now.

[pangaia]

34. You bet your ass they did.

It is so fucking obvious.

JUST as obvious as the lies told before invading Iraq !!!

[All in it together]

13. Hope super delegates see the light

And vote for Bernie. It's not over till the Convention.

The media screws up this election once again after playing Trump speeches non stop they insist it's over and Clinton has the Dem nomination. Hope we get her email questions resolved before the convention. Not an indictment after.

[HerbChestnut]

15. The Clinton machine and the media have gone too far this time...

Every time there is an important day of primaries, *every single time*, the night before some huge news story breaks that damages Bernie's chance at winning. Every. Damn. Time. It's not a coincidence, and I'm tired of being played the fool. Hillary will not get my vote in November. She hasn't done anything to deserve it. Have fun losing to Trump.

[anigbrowl]

41. LOL

The primary in Puerto Rico was scheduled long ago. Anyone who looked at the numbers knew she was already within a stone's throw of the nomination and might clinch it before Tuesday. It baffles me that Sanders fans keep invoking a conspiracy rather than accept that she has simply outperformed their preferred candidate.

What do you do at sports games - shush the fans of the opposing team until the score is finalized? Do you call in to complain if TV commentators express confidence that the team which appears to be winning is actually going to win? I guess Cavaliers fans were pretty annoyed to hear the Warrior's 30 point lead characterized as a victory before the final buzzed went off last night. Are you from Cleveland perchance?

[HerbChestnut]

45. WTF?

Where did I mention PR? And no, I'm not from Cleveland?

[anigbrowl]

49. You didn't, but maybe you should have

You can keep blaming 'the Clinton machine' or get with the fact that she has just been doing better where it counts, with voters. I'm really tired of voters' preferences being dismissed as meaningless if they weren't for Sanders.

[HerbChestnut]

56. You're putting a lot of words into my mouth n/t

[Beacool]

16. Did he lose all sense of reality?

"Our job from now until the convention is to convince those superdelegates that Bernie is by far the strongest candidate against Donald Trump."

The party would NEVER deny the nomination to the candidate who has the most pledged delegates, particularly as this will be a historical nomination.

[TimPlo]

24. So no DNC is all about having SD vote acrodign to voters?

I remember when people where bitching about Howard Dean supporting Clinton after Sanders won VT by 80+%? and I remember many Hillary Fans saying that is way the SD are they can vote anyway they want. I am sure you where not one of them.

[Beacool]

51. Since the inception of the super delegates they have NEVER nominated the losing candidate.

It would be undemocratic to go against the will of the people. This year won't be any different.

[TimPlo]

52. So DWS back in Jan

Said the SD vote like they want and even Howard Deans said he voted for how he feels America is best served and not how voters voted where just lying?

[Lord Magus]

73. I don't remember anything of the sort.

The response to Bernie winning huge in Vermont is that Vermont does not decide the nomination. There are 49 other states and 6 territories. And supers are not bound to the voting results of their home state. That doesn't mean they'll ignore the voting results of the nation.

But hey, if think superdelegates should be bound to the candidate who carries their state, fair enough. It wouldn't change the outcome.

[Jon Ace]

33. I think it's more about staying in until every vote is counted

regardless of how near impossible it will be to change the minds of the superdelegates.

[Beacool]

50. No, he and his two weasels (Weaver and Devine) have bee pushing this strategy since early spring.

I find it outrageous that they think that the same super delegates that they have been bashing, should ignore the will of the people and nominate the losing candidate. So much for democracy, fair play and being a progressive.

[tandem5]

18. This is how the networks have always called primaries with super delegates.

Sanders should concede after tomorrow.

[ContinentalOp]

20. Wow, 400 whole superdelegates?

If only there were some way to ask them who they supported and find out if they had changed their minds in the past 10 months. But I guess we'll never know until July when they all vote for exactly who they said they were going to vote for!

[GulfCoast66]

28. Pay attention

They ask all 700+ of the repeatedly. They do not just ask once.

I guarantee you the press has been working their asses off calling them the last 3 days. When enough support her plus the pledged delegates to put her over the line they call it. That is the way it works.

I assure you HRC is the most pissed off about this. It has no upside for her.

[Adrahil]

23. Translation:

[restorefreedom]

27. i smell a uuuuuge bernie win in cali!! nt

[baldguy]

30. Since when does Sanders listen to what the Democratic National Committee says?

[upaloopa]

31. Bernie doesn't run the world

[Segami]

35. The Clintons think they do.....

[Corporate666]

36. duuuuuuude

give it up already.

A man needs to know when he is beaten. Sanders lost fair and square. His stock has only decreased in value over the past weeks and months. He should have called it after New York. He's just been embarrassing himself since then.

[Segami]

38. Duuuuuuuuuuude.....

Go back to bed.

[Corporate666]

47. You're clinging to a lost cause...

Seriously, what does he gain by staying in? We all know politicians bullshit incessantly, so all this crap about "wanting to make sure everyone has a say" is just justification/rhetoric.

He really has zero chance of winning. What is his purpose to stay in other than for self-aggrandizement and not wanting to admit defeat (ego)?

He hasn't been doing his job - the one he's actually getting paid for - for many months now. How long should he shit on the people of Vermont for his own ends?

[Tarc]

37. And the band plays on...

[seabeyond]

39. And then Sanders continues to be an ass, trying to flip the results of voters. As bad as AP.

[Number23]

89. I'm writing just to tell you to look at post 42 which was stupidly hidden for some reason

that is the funniest damn thing I've seen all year.

[seabeyond]

90. That is an hoot! I love it and perfect. Exactly that.

[Doctor Jack]

40. The Five Stages of Grief

We will see it play out a lot here in the next few days. Just let it happen.

[workinclasszero]

44. Delusional

Out of touch with the reality of tonight's events.

A real democrat would get behind the nominee now and take the fight to Trump.

Bernie still wants to fight the democratic nominee.

Hmm......

[ucrdem]

48. Welp we found the tinfoil factory.

[CherokeeDem]

54. This man is hilarious....

[laserhaas]

55. We're with you Bernie

We're Still Here

REVOLUCION'

[Live and Learn]

63. Good for Bernie!!! nt

[chwaliszewski]

64. I'm with Bernie!

[senz]

65. Polite, restrained statement in response to an act of pure scumbaggery.

He knows perfectly well that declaring a candidate with only a 286 delegate lead the "winner" the night before a six state primary in which the state he is expected to do best in, California, has 475 delegates, is a deliberate act of sabotage designed to suppress voter turnout.

Boy, the Hill Camp must have been awfully nervous about losing their delegate lead in these six contests. But calling the election the night before the primaries is dirty.

[avaistheone1]

68. Precisely.

[Lord Magus]

74. What's this "only" a 286 delegate lead? That's massive, basically insurmountable lead.

If California were winner-take-all you'd have a point, but we're not Republicans. We don't have any winner-take-all primaries.

[Mad-in-Mo]

69. KICK

[MohRokTah]

75. I hope he seeks out a therapist. eom

[tex-wyo-dem]

76. K&R!

[felix_numinous]

78. Solidarity

with Bernie Sanders all the way

[840high]

79. Kick with love for Bernie

[RogueTrooper]

80. Oh, dear

The Sanders' Campaign are going to look a little foolish when they have to walk this one back.

[coyote]

82. Clinton supporter's heads must be exploding

[merkins]

83. You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out

[Dont call me Shirley]

84. Kick! Kick! Kck! And Rec!

[emsimon33]

85. K&R

This is a velvet coup on the part of the DNC, etc.

[ChiciB1]

91. Huge KICK For Real Democracy... When Will The People Learn???

Gullibility and funny business probably CAN'T be proven, but I know if I walk into my house and I smell a pile of dog poop I may not know where it's at, BUT I KNOW what I'm smelling!

We'll never know anything FOR SURE, but I'm smelling that pile of dog poop! I could have used the other word for more affect but decided not to.

We can only "hope" that all the new people he's brought into the Democratic Party, all the millennials and the excitement so many of us Boomers have been feeling won't fade away. My son and daughter have kids, two of them signed on with Bernie and they're really, really P.O'ed and they also feel that something fishy has been going on for a long time. I want them to stay involved and keep working for change, but right now they really feel cheated. Time will tell.

After this election I'll be switching to Independent for the first time in my life depending on who may win down ticket. Voting for Alan Grayson in August and have my fingers crossed that Tim Canova kicks DWS ASS!

How did we get so far from what The Democratic Party always stood for?? I've seen the slow changes as I'm sure so many here have, but the factual information on Hillary has yet to be revealed. Her hawkish stance on Afghanistan was even more hawkish than many in the Bush Administration. I could go on about so much more because I've done so much research over the years but there's not much use in reporting anymore information.

I can't get over the last scene in this year's House of Cards where you see Frank & Clair Underwood sitting together and saying they will use FEAR to win re-election! AMAZING!

[LongTomH]

93. Kicking!

It ain't over til it's over....and it ain't over!