AP walks back Clinton "cinch"

[TalkingDog]

https://blog.ap.org/announcements/ap-statement-on-hillary-clinton

"AP will not call her the “nominee” until she reaches that milestone in Philadelphia next month, when the party’s delegates formally cast their vote at the convention."

But hey, Thanks Loads for all the voter suppression.

[PepperHarlan]

1. That's not a walk back

It's clarifying what happened last night for people who have zero understanding of the process.

[BootinUp]

3. which apparently is quite necessary.

[PepperHarlan]

5. Yes, apparently it is.

[George II]

2. They never called her the "nominee".

[TwilightZone]

4. Hence, the word "presumptive". Did you read the first part? They clearly explained why.

This is nothing new.

[wendylaroux]

10. then why the hell the dozens of posts here and everywhere from h fans,saying:"she's won,she's won"

[brush]

12. Well, she has won.

There's no way for Sanders to catch her.

It'll become official on the first ballot at the convention.

[okieinpain]

11. +1 n/t.

[RoccoR5955]

21. And many people don't know the meaning of the word "presumptive."

So they only hear the word "nominee."

[Marrah_G]

6. Too late now assholes, i hope the media got paid well.

[msanthrope]

7. Just like she's "President-elect Clinton" from election day until the inauguration. nt

[DCBob]

8. They are simply clarifying the meaning of "presumptive nominee” for the clueless tinfoilers.

[Democrats Ascendant]

9. Actually, it's cLinched... and nothing special here

She is the PRESUMPTIVE nominee, as every eventual nominee is called until they are certified at the party's convention.

[KingFlorez]

13. You need to correct your thread title. It's clinch, not cinch.

You're welcome.

[onenote]

14. Calling this voter suppression is insulting to the real victims of actual voter suppression.

The people who have faced violence and intimidation to prevent them from voting, who in the past faced poll taxes and other unconstitutional hurdles, and who today are being disenfranchised by ID requirements that are difficult for poor and elderly voters to meet.

No one is preventing a single Sanders voter from going to the polls. Not one. If they choose not to vote it's entirely on them. The reality is that they have exactly the same reason to vote today as they did yesterday. Sanders strategy was and still is to win as many contests by as large a margin today as possible thereby cutting into (but almost certainly not erasing) Clinton's pledged delegate lead. His strategy then involves taking the results from today along with GE polls to the SDs in an effort to persuade them to switch.

That strategy is unaffected by yesterday's announcement particularly since it was widely reported on Sunday and Monday that Clinton was so close to having a combined total of pledged delegates and SDs that it was inevitable that she would be proclaimed the presumptive nominee as soon as New Jersey (a state Sanders admitted he isn't going to win) was called.

So if Sanders voters stay home the only explanation is that they're low information voters who never understood what Sanders' game plan was or they're fairweather supporters -- hardly the revolutionaries they've been depicted as.

[Democrats Ascendant]

15. OMG +1,000,000

THANK YOU for this

[joshcryer]

16. When will the dishonesty stop.

Please. Just fucking stop it already.

[nolabels]

17. I not one to wallow in the misfortune of others, but seeing how i will be a part of it in the future

The thing most don't understand about language is that it is infective and viral when the victims become ripe.

Don't say we didn't tell you so

[Dem2]

18. Presumptive

But thanks for playing.

[WhollyHeretic]

19. I swear some people have never followed an election before

[auntpurl]

20. No they didn't!

They explained their process. They didn't walk back anything. Your cherrypicked quote is extremely disingenuous.