Bernie's Statement On Nevada

[CrowCityDem]

https://berniesanders.com/press-release/statement-nevada/

Absolutely disgusting. Rather than condemn the abusive actions of his 'fans', Bernie uses this as another excuse to bully the Democratic party into changing their rules to placate him. His lack of leadership is pitiful, and this is another example of why Bernie is not cut out for the Presidency.

[LexVegas]

1. Bernie has no dignity left. nt

[dchill]

9. That would be HRC supporters.

Those who had any to begin with.

Did you read the statement?

[JaneyVee]

2. Worst campaign in US history.

[Jester Messiah]

6. And yet you support her anyway. n/t

[dchill]

12. I see what you did there.

[JaneyVee]

17. Act like a 12 yr old?

[Jester Messiah]

24. Aww, somebody's cranky! n/t

[JaneyVee]

28. Probably the ones whose candidate isnt winning the primary.

[dchill]

26. That's at least 20 year old level.

Too smart for some.

[KingFlorez]

3. There are no excuses for the behavior that occured

And when you factor in that his campaign orchestrated the mess, it makes his statement even more pathetic.

[notadmblnd]

13. The HRC campaign orchestrated this and you know it!

HRC campaign is the one that leaked that Sander's must be destroyed at all costs.

[KingFlorez]

27. Where is your evidence of that? You don't have any

Sanders' campaign got into this mess and now it is backfiring.

[notadmblnd]

44. The very same place that your evidence is.

[obamanut2012]

40. lolz

[JanetLovesObama]

4. Sanders needs to take Jane and GO HOME !!!

He makes me sick.

[cali]

16. Corrupt hill and corrupt sleazy Bill are stomach turning

I'll blame them and you if trump wins

[JaneyVee]

22. Will you thank them if she wins?

[dchill]

20. Hillary needs to take Bill and go home !!!

They makes me sicker.

[arcane1]

5. Your concern is as false as your motives are transparent.

But at least you got in before April. It doesn't grant you credibility, but you might fool some fools.

[cali]

7. From the statement

The chair of the convention announced that the convention rules passed on voice vote, when the vote was a clear no-vote. At the very least, the Chair should have allowed for a headcount.

The chair allowed its Credentials Committee to en mass rule that 64 delegates were ineligible without offering an opportunity for 58 of them to be heard. That decision enabled the Clinton campaign to end up with a 30-vote majority.
The chair refused to acknowledge any motions made from the floor or allow votes on them.

The chair refused to accept any petitions for amendments to the rules that were properly submitted.

“These are on top of failures at the precinct and county conventions including trying to depose and then threaten with arrest the Clark County convention credentials chair because she was operating too fairly.”

[Jester Messiah]

8. Yeah, how dare he not rise to this provocation!?

What a jerk.

[Grassy Knoll]

10. He Ain't NO DEM,Period.

[leftynyc]

11. He's destroying his reputation

Nobody is going to want to be associated with this shit.

[840high]

21. It makes me more determined not

to vote for Hillary.

[leftynyc]

29. Knock yourself out

At last we wont have to deal with you here.

[840high]

55. Why would that ? This is

a site for democrats.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

57. many seems to have this wiierd belief

that if you don't support hillary you won't be able to stay here

while all thats required to stay around is to keep quiet about some aspects of the election, aka not rocking the leaky and very unstable boat that seems likely to be used in the general

[840high]

59. Yep. My plan is

to vote dems down ticket if Hillary wins.

[leftynyc]

60. But you won't be able to trash

Her HERE. What you do down ticket is your business.

[840high]

62. So you want silence? We even

criticize Obama here.

[obamanut2012]

41. what a shocker

[notadmblnd]

25. Pardon me, but it was the Clinton campaign that said

they were going to do the destroying. We know what's going on.

[leftynyc]

30. Congratuations

his supporters are the ones destroying his campaign - and he's allowing it to happen.

[arcane1]

31. They also specifically said they would attempt to "discredit" Sanders support.

Here we see the fruits of that undemocratic motive.

[notadmblnd]

35. Yep, and you know it is true that they are behind the chaos

by how hard they're pushing it.

[arcane1]

37. Right here in this thread, even.

It's obvious who is posting their own actual thoughts, and who is following instructions on what to post.

[DebDoo]

14. Right on, Bernie! So glad he put this statement out - thanks for posting this!

[hack89]

15. Considering half the Credentials Committee were Sanders supporters including the co-chair

his outrage over the 58 delegates is disingenuous to say the least.

[Sky Masterson]

18. I thought it was spot on.

The chair of the convention announced that the convention rules passed on voice vote, when the vote was a clear no-vote.
At the very least, the Chair should have allowed for a headcount.
The chair allowed its Credentials Committee to en mass rule that 64 delegates were ineligible without offering an opportunity for 58 of them to be heard. That decision enabled the Clinton campaign to end up with a 30-vote majority.
The chair refused to acknowledge any motions made from the floor or allow votes on them.
The chair refused to accept any petitions for amendments to the rules that were properly submitted.

[MineralMan]

19. I think he didn't write that release. In fact,

I think Bernie Sanders has completely lost control of his campaign. I further think that there is only one action to take: He should withdraw from the campaign and admit that he cannot win the nomination.

Tomorrow morning would be a good time to do that. I doubt it will happen, though. He'll have to lose at the convention, which will happen on the first ballot. He will not be the Democratic nominee. There is no way that will happen.

Say goodnight, Bernie.

[obamanut2012]

42. I hope he has lost control of his campaign

If not...

[YouDig]

23. Wow, he's totally lost his mind. This reads like a parody.

[arcane1]

34. For a moment there I was worried you didn't get the memo.

Clearly you did

[NuclearDem]

32. The Sanders campaign train has flown off the rails into the ocean

where it's jumped a shark into a refrigerator just in time to escape a nuclear blast.

This is absolutely pathetic.

[firebrand80]

33. The SDs must be ready to flock to him in droves nt

[NurseJackie]

36. It's over for Bernie ... he knows it. It's OVER!

[obamanut2012]

38. I cannot believe how tone deaf that statement is

wow

[madamesilverspurs]

39. A profoundly disappointing and oddly belated response.

"Our campaign of course believes in non-violent change and it goes without saying that I condemn any and all forms of violence, including the personal harassment of individuals. But . . ."

At best, his condemnation of violence is rendered insincere by his immediate pivot to providing excuses for any continuation of it.

[NurseJackie]

47. "But" ... he said "but" ??!! So he's offering EXCUSES and JUSTIFICATION? That's ...

... beneath contempt.

This campaign is clearly in its final death throes. They're struggling against all odds to stay alive. They're in panic mode, and not thinking too clearly.

(Alerter: These are my personal observations and my personal opinions.)

[disillusioned73]

43. Bravo Bernie!!!

Bernie will not yield to the TPTB, neither will I... corporate owned politicians take note..

[Starry Messenger]

45. Ugh. Well, he's lost this anyway, but running out the clock poorly is sad and icky.

[NWCorona]

46. Bravo Bernie!

Was there more than one arrest report filed that night?

[nini]

48. So let me get this straight

The Party is to let in people who were not part of the Party previously. Then those people can demand and get rules changed during the process even thought the rules were hashed out previously and worked before with actual party members. If they do not get those rules changed they can attack the organization they were not previously part of from within.

It's like playing with a bunch of kids who change the game rules to fit their winning.

Go start your own damn party and leave the rest of alone. IF you really have the majority of people on your side you shouldn't have a problem doing that.

[cliffordu]

49. A thousand posts since March 30th ????

You must be full time.

Nice to find work where you can.

All the best!

[lagomorph777]

50. WTF - did anybody here actually READ the statement?

"Our campaign of course believes in non-violent change and it goes without saying that I condemn any and all forms of violence, including the personal harassment of individuals."

[CrowCityDem]

52. One line, buried in the middle of several paragraphs of whining.

[lagomorph777]

53. Oops sorry - I see this is a Hillary thread

Fact-free zone.

[winter is coming]

54. It was a good statement. n/t

[MoonRiver]

51. He has lost the nomination,

and is on path to relinquish any influence he might have had shaping the Democratic platform. He richly deserves what he gets. This is NO statesman.

[basselope]

56. Good for him! Standing up the bullies!

[Surya Gayatri]

58. This is NO leader. He cannot control the "guerillas" that he has enflamed.

He has lost all credibility as a "leader" of his much vaunted "revolution".

Pfffft! Leader? My tush.

[RBInMaine]

61. And there are counter-arguments about how fair the process was. NO EXCUSES!

NO EXCUSES for these sickening THREATS made to the party chair in NV nor heckling and shouting when Barbara Boxer and others spoke, etc.

In Maine, yes, Bernie folks won that caucus and were treated MORE than fairly, and yet they still heckled Barney Frank (a VERY progressive man) and shouted other very rude comments when others tried to speak on issues.

This is SOME Sanders supporters, not all. But it is SHIT behavior right up there with Trump supporters. And it needs to STOP!