We allow anyone to be spectators at caucuses, DNC rules meetings etc, until yesterday

[Omaha Steve]

Suddenly some D's are outraged we ever let our way of doing things be public. They are defending changing in a weeks time how we as a party suddenly closed the door on witnessing a meeting. Why?

https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftherealnews%2Fvideos%2F10154301342962980%2F&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=video

[NorthCarolina]

1. Bernie got much to close for comfort. Rules will be changed, added and fortified

to prevent another challenge to the establishment from ever gaining momentum again.

[MohRokTah]

2. Disruptors to meetings ARE NOT WELCOME!

Throw the disruptors OUT!

[Omaha Steve]

5. Your defending hiding our process

How do you know they wanted to disrupt? Nothing happened until the door was shut. Now if they had been allowed in AND THEN DISRUPTED, I'd agree with you.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/23/superdelegates-clash-begins-at-pre-dnc-rules-meeting/

The smaller space used for today's meeting was carefully guarded, to the disappointment of Sanders supporters. Dozens lined up and failed to get into the room, prompting chants of "open the doors" that security guards could not honor without packing even more people into a standing room-only venue.

[MohRokTah]

7. Their intent was clearly spelled out.

They only went to DISRUPT!

The appropriate action was taken against these miscreants.

[Omaha Steve]

8. First a smaller room to hide in

You have a credible link they were going to disrupt?

I doubt the doctor in the video was there to disrupt. Or the little old lady. Or....

[MohRokTah]

11. I'm glad every one of the disrupting assholes was thrown out!

They had no business there and were only there to disrupt.

This shit has to stop from the extremists on the Left!

[insta8er]

14. I am so glad you were there, could you please post the video?

[LiberalFighter]

15. Especially with the likes of Cornell West.

[99th_Monkey]

16. Ah, so anyone with a different POV is a "disrupter" and a miscreant.

Got it.

[StraightRazor]

19. Sounds like a Trump rally...

[NYC Liberal]

28. No, anyone who shows up with the intent of disrupting is disrupter.

They have no business there.

[geek tragedy]

10. Steve, you're complaining because the DNC didn't change the laws of physics to let more

people in than physically possible?

[Omaha Steve]

12. Why go to a much smaller room than last week without notice?

Why no video monitors for overflow or net viewing? Our party is OPEN for all to see...until yesterday.

[geek tragedy]

13. neither of us knows the answer to that.

could be something nefarious, could be the larger room wasn't available, could be any number of other reasons.

the bigger story is that they're going to cut the number of superdelegates by 2/3, which appears to be a 2/3 victory for Sanders.

[bettyellen]

27. Nope--all meetings are indoors where there are fire codes and just because it never occurred to you

Before this to have them be "open" doesn't mean they were always able to accommodate whoeverwanted to attend. That's ridiculous and you should know better. It's nullshit spread by Trump loving rat fuckers. Not the truth

[Omaha Steve]

29. You missed the room change to small one in the W Post

So far this attitude to shut Dems out is not helping unify the party for this week or Nov.

[guillaumeb]

3. For the same reason the rules were changed after the Mccarthy candidacy.

The career politicians want to make certain that they control their process.

[stevenleser]

4. They showed up intending to disrupt. That's an exception worth making.

I'm glad they were shown the door.

[Omaha Steve]

6. PROVE IT!

Got a link to back that up?

[stevenleser]

32. Prove what? That protesters were there to protest? You want to rethink that? nt

[Omaha Steve]

33. There were Bernie delegates that couldn't get in

Why do you say there were there to protest?

[stevenleser]

34. What you linked to said "TRNN brings youprotesters demanding entry into the Democratic Party rules

hearing.

The fact that some of them may have been delegates is irrelevant. Were they members of the rules committee?

[Omaha Steve]

36. They didn't protest until they were locked out

Not a difficult concept.

Your still defending locking the public out against past policy!

[99th_Monkey]

17. Kick and Rec!! n/t

[joeybee12]

18. Bernie lost...get over it...nt

[Omaha Steve]

21. The party lost when the tricks like shutting out observers became correct policy

Some Ds just don't get that.

[joeybee12]

22. No, YOU don't get it...

An anonymous poster makes claims about nefarious and underhanded tricks when a room simply isn't big enough, and you just eat it right up...seriously, Bernie is over the primary, you need to move on

[Omaha Steve]

23. It's in the W Post

I posted the link, paragraph, and video.

What have YOU got that shows intent to disrupt????

[joeybee12]

24. And your article proves my point...

FFS, there were Sanders supporters on the committee...they were being represented, but those goons, those worthless goons think only their views matter...disgusting...

[Omaha Steve]

25. You are arguing against the DEMOCRATIC party being open

Non committee members in a certain group were allowed in... IF you know what I mean.

[joeybee12]

26. Yeah, right...

The paranoia still exists around here.

[Omaha Steve]

30. There is video of that and open chairs comments

Denial is here too.

[SaschaHM]

20. Why?

I think we've had enough public platform meetings to know how some of the Bernie folks will act when they don't get their way. Maybe they wanted to get some work done instead of having to deal with chants, jeers, and stunts when the losing side loses.

[NorthCarolina]

31. Gee, the DNC probably should have secretly worked to derail his campaign then.

Oh wait, they did. Nevermind.

[2banon]

35. ouch. nasty nasty