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Related: About this forumSanders fails to oust Clinton backers from convention roles
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/a9a368ce98164309aa0a3f4cd74ad6c8/sanders-fails-oust-clinton-backers-convention-rolesSanders' presidential campaign said in a letter Friday to the Democratic National Committee that Dannel Malloy, Connecticut's governor, and Barney Frank, a former Massachusetts congressman, couldn't be relied upon to perform their roles "fairly and capably while laboring under such deeply held bias."
Malloy is Platform Committee co-chairman. Frank is co-chairman of the Rules Committee.
Democratic officials responded to Sanders' request on Saturday, saying in a letter that Malloy and Frank were elected under party rules and that Sanders wasn't alleging any violations of that process.
The DNC says it reviewed the challenge, found it failed to meet the criteria and "we are compelled to dismiss it."
2/2 for Failed Stunts this week.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Hes been a "democrat" for 10 minutes, the loser in popular votes and delegates, and hes telling the party what to do?
What ridiculous hubris!
dubyadiprecession
(5,722 posts)the DNC will want no part of him. He has blown any future chances to run in the democratic party.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)The comments at the link are mahvelous!
Bernie is slowly, but surely losing any democratic support he even had. I wouldn't be surprised if he lost them 2 to 1 in exit polls in CA and NJ.
BootinUp
(47,196 posts)TwilightZone
(25,485 posts)to Hillary having two.
Cha
(297,718 posts)Could he be any more pissier?
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Every single freaking day! He's got no money. How can he afford those lawyers? But still he's gonna do stunts like this every day!
DRAG DRAG DRAG!
Cannot wait for when I can start forgetting all this...
Just get on HRC band-waggon and drive hard hard hard!! Rah rah rah!
Cha
(297,718 posts)TwilightZone
(25,485 posts)Tulsi Gabbard?
Cha
(297,718 posts)savalez
(3,517 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)sheshe2
(83,927 posts)Oh my.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)person race which means he lost, it does not mean he is in control. His agenda was not bought by the voters, now we want the candidate with a realistic agenda and he should get with the program and get ready to fight like hell to keep Trump from becoming president. Now when we go to his play yard, then we will need to abide by his rules, right now we have a GE we need to win.
Fla Dem
(23,765 posts)charlyvi
(6,537 posts)Now his reason for disrupting the convention is ready made. Pitiful to see him destroy his legacy this way. In future elections, these nihilistic tactics will probably be labeled "pulling a Bernie".
Cha
(297,718 posts)pandr32
(11,617 posts)...and so will others..."pulling a Bernie"
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)The challenge by Sanders lawyers was very very weak and petty
R B Garr
(16,985 posts)But I do have to say it takes it to a whole 'nother level when you have BernieBro attorneys. Yikes.
DemonGoddess
(4,640 posts)anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)at that time he will have no more leverage. Maybe add new platform committee members, to in essence dilute his influence.
still_one
(92,421 posts)California to sue the state to allow those who had already cast their ballot to have a redo vote, because they didn't understand the rules
George II
(67,782 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)He needs to be shown the door.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,233 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Democratic officials have rejected Bernie Sanders
splat
(2,294 posts)Freedom's coming, Bernie.
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)Franks is not amused http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-convention-allies-223685
Frank brushed off the Sanders camp's charges.
"It is inconceivable to me that anything could come before that committee that will affect who the nominee is," Frank said. "I think what you have here is this: Sanders is losing to Hillary Clinton because she is getting many more votes and many more pledged delegates. Some of the Sanders supporters are trying to lay the claim that he's being unfairly deprived of this."
Asked what he thought Sanders' endgame goal was, Frank said it might be to suggest he was robbed of the nomination.
"I hope it is not to lay the basis for an inaccurate claim that he was unfairly denied the nomination and I do see some elements of this," Frank said. "We really had two nomination contests this year. Bernie Sanders is the nominee of the caucuses; Hillary Clinton is the nominee of the primaries, which are more Democratic."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-convention-allies-223685#ixzz49yxEs5OH
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