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(Article by Tom Cahill | March 30, 2016)
One superdelegate casually admitted to a Bernie Sanders supporter that shell vote to nominate Hillary Clinton, despite 81.6 percent of her state voting for Sanders.
Levi Younger, from Eagle River, Alaska, is a recent political science graduate who caucused last Saturday with thousands of other Alaskans. Younger recently reached out to superdelegate Kim Metcalfe on Facebook, asking her to side with her state and support Sanders at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Metcalfe, who is listed on the Alaska Democratic Party website as the states national committeewoman since 2012, cavalierly told Younger she would be supporting Hillary Clinton, due to her negative conversations with Sanders supporters.
I pointed out how our states caucus had turned out and hoped shed vote for our resounding majority, Younger told US Uncut in an email. Things unraveled pretty quick from there.
As seen by screenshots of Youngers conversation with Metcalfe, Younger approached the conversation with a diplomatic, respectful tone. However, Metcalfe refused to budge in her support of the former Secretary of State despite the popular opinion of the people, only saying she would support Sanders if he was the nominee.
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