Congressional Black Caucus chair blasts proposed superdelegate changes

[Gothmog]

196. So in addition to not voting for our party's nominee, you have not worked on a campaign in

the modern era. I am working on a number of campaigns currently. In addition, I actually ran for and was elected as a delegate to the National Convention and attended that convention. I actually know several super delegates and these persons are not lazy.

I am sad that you think that it is okay to brag about not voting for Hillary Clinton on this board. Part of the process of being a delegate to the National Convention required me to sign a pledge to support the nominee of the party. I know for a fact that many of the Sanders delegates who attended the National Convention laughed at the concept of honoring their pledge to support the nominee of the party. These sanders delegates were the same people who felt that it was appropriate to boo Congressman John Lewis and to call my daughter the C-word because she would not agree to try to convince me to change my vote. If you look carefully, you will find that attending a state convention also involves an express or implied agreement to support the candidates of the party I am sad that you are willing to brag on this board about not voting for the nominee of the party. I honor my commitments.

I am also sad that you think that members of the Congressional Black Caucus are lazy, party hacks and are corrupt. The claims are simply wrong. The elected officials who qualify as super delegates work hard to be elected and these officials represent their constituents. Part of this representation is the ability to serve an un-pledged delegate to the National Convention and to represent their constituents. The selection of the top of the ticket affects all candidates and the super delegates who I know take this obligation seriously. These elected officials are leaders of the party who represent important demographic groups who are real democrats and who support the nominees of the party.

Again, it is hard to take your posts seriously when you brag about not voting for the nominee of the party. I am sorry that the superdelegates hurt sanders' feelings but that is not a reason to change the system