The absurdity of the "Bernie wrote the rules" talking point.

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43. "It would be suicidal to give the nomination to someone who got even less delegates."

If someone else gets more pledged delegates, more power to them, that other person should and will be the nominee.

You think?

On May 29, 2016, Sanders said superdelegates had the “very grave responsibility to make sure that Trump [is not] elected president of the United States. Vote for the strongest candidate.

And even as Clinton secured the Democratic nomination the following week, Sanders continued to push for superdelegates to vote to override Clinton’s pledged delegate majority.

Told on June 7, 2016, that his superdelegate convention push would defy history and the will of the voters, Sanders said, “Defying history is what this campaign has been about.”

Bernie Sanders pushed for a contested convention in 2016. Now he wants to avoid one. Feb 27, 2020