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leftynyc

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15. Nobody who expects to win can run

Reply to oh08dem (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:25 AM

Mar 2016

independent at this point. Everyone needs to read up on sore loser laws:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sore-loser_law

Anyone doing it at this point is only looking to make sure the other person in their party that has won the nomination doesn't win the general. Bernie would NEVER do that. Trump would.

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