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2016 Postmortem

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(1,772 posts) Tue May 17, 2016, 06:18 PM May 2016

Obama denounces violence at Nevada’s Democratic convention [View all]

Sad that this has to be said at a Democratic convention

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/280213-white-house-political-disputes-never-justify-violence

“The president on a number of occasions has spoken out against violence and has certainly said a political dispute like this can never be used to justify violence or a threat of violence,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.

Earnest said disputes like the one in Nevada should be resolved peacefully and that the “expectation the president has is that there will be a strong commitment to that principle of nonviolence.”

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Obama denounces violence at Nevada’s Democratic convention [View all] hill2016 May 2016 OP

i guess Obama just lost the bernie vote MariaThinks May 2016 #1

Where is the evidence of violence? Skwmom May 2016 #2

ask the White House and Obama hill2016 May 2016 #3

Lange did violence to the rules. hellofromreddit May 2016 #4

Wut? How does one do "violence to the rules" written on a piece of paper? nt Cali_Democrat May 2016 #11

"do violence to" is a common idiom. Search it for more explanation. hellofromreddit May 2016 #14

You honestly think that the WH would put out a statement without evidence Txbluedog May 2016 #10

Was it okay for the Hillary supporter to punch the Bernie supporter? Skwmom May 2016 #5

Well it was interesting to finally... scscholar May 2016 #12

Go a link? I need to document that. concreteblue May 2016 #19

We "don't do cowering" either, Obama. Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #6

There is no evidence of violence but, if you're worried, stop cheating and invoking anger. AtomicKitten May 2016 #7

You mean the cheating that the Sanders campaign has officially challenged? Maru Kitteh May 2016 #15

The cheating vis a vis election fraud and voter suppression, much of it caught on video. AtomicKitten May 2016 #16

I guess Bernie doesn't care enough about the "revolution" to challenge then! Maru Kitteh May 2016 #17

So, who are you believing Mr. President? oldandhappy May 2016 #8

How about a strong commitment to the principles of a democratic process? Skwmom May 2016 #9

Thank you President Obama. Maru Kitteh May 2016 #13

LIKE A BOSS! JaneyVee May 2016 #18