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Reid: DNC never gave Sanders a fair deal
By Mark Hensch - July 27, 2016, 06:52 pm
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says Bernie Sanders never got a fair chance from the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Bernie really had a movement out there, and it wasnt right to treat him that way, Reid said Wednesday from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, according to The Huffington Post.
I knew everybody knew that this was not a fair deal, he added.
Reid said outgoing DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasn't impartial during the Democratic primary....
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They weren't exactly supportive of Hillary in the election before. Pretty much shanked her.
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2016
#21
At the beginning of the campaigns, I was very open to both candidates, Bernie and Hillary
still_one
Jul 2016
#128
Yes he did and the Lady in charge of the election polls admitted what they did and said oh well next
Top Cat
Jul 2016
#102
He thinks he's behind the curtain and we don't see, or only see a little. Actually, we probably
JudyM
Aug 2016
#134
Guys, it doesn't matter anymore. These things are a distraction and an intended distraction.
Zynx
Jul 2016
#12
You're right. I don't care. The primary is over. Only the general election matters at this point.
Zynx
Jul 2016
#16
Why didn't he say something when it mattered? He would have known..... What a crock!
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2016
#30
High School cheer leaders. Are the DNC the teachers? Suggesting using Bernie's religion?
think
Jul 2016
#90
Fair elections are important as is the DNC operating in a fair and impartial manor. If DNC members
think
Jul 2016
#110
I'm a Democrat. Millions of other Democrats voted for Bernie Sanders. The DNC should be neutral
think
Jul 2016
#117
No it's certainly not a game. The integrity of the party relies on it's ability to follow the spirit
think
Jul 2016
#133
Just flip the "cheerleaders" attribution and you'll see that the valid points you make are
JudyM
Aug 2016
#135
"We had a really strict rule. We are so strict that I did not vote in the Vermont primary at all,"
think
Aug 2016
#138
3 more members of the DNC resigned today. That's what this thread is about. The situation is being
think
Aug 2016
#143
To answer your question: it would have meant a fair and untainted election which is...
That Guy 888
Jul 2016
#23
Grow up. hmm I read that as "fuck you I got the result I wanted so stop complaining."
That Guy 888
Jul 2016
#31
Right. Because Harry Reid saying Bernie didn't get a fair deal has everything to do with West.
think
Jul 2016
#28
He ran as a Democrat because, as he told Thom Hartmann before he even declared,
dflprincess
Jul 2016
#61
Bwahaha....good one. You just posted a random quote/article/link you may or may not agree with ?
pkdu
Jul 2016
#41
No , on this , I agree with the Snr. Sanders Staffer who knows much more about his campaign nt
pkdu
Jul 2016
#44
Bernie Sanders called what the DNC did to him outrageous. Can you agree with that?
think
Jul 2016
#47
I got it completely. You are insulting Bernie Sanders supporters and claiming they are childish.
think
Jul 2016
#49
Too selfish. You mean like a neutral party that chooses to violate it's own rules to favor one
think
Jul 2016
#54
And you need to have a moral and ethical compass. Good qualities right? Obey the rules. Fight fair.
think
Jul 2016
#63
Whose questioning your ethics? I was talking about the DNC. You know. The main topic in this thread.
think
Jul 2016
#66
I wasn't referring to you & apologize that you took it that way. I meant the DNC.
think
Jul 2016
#69
HEY! THE DNC fucked up! The least you could do is admit it rather than make accusations....
think
Jul 2016
#74
Posting about the DNC's violations is not violating any rules. But feel free to alert if it
think
Jul 2016
#89
Exactly. If it had been a fair fight, Sanders' peeps would be far, far less outraged.
JudyM
Jul 2016
#85
Thank you. Why can't many here get that and at least not rub it in after all that has transpired?
think
Jul 2016
#91
How nice of Reid to deny is was happening so many times while the Race will still on
krawhitham
Jul 2016
#56
What does your post have to do with the DNC and Harry Reid's statement? Nothing...
think
Jul 2016
#109
Thank you. So many posting in this thread can't seem to muster the common decency to
think
Jul 2016
#112
It's pretty hard to get over it when one side say's it never happened. At least Reid & Pelosi
B Calm
Jul 2016
#113
Yep. And 2 former heads of the DNC also agree. Both Ed Rendell and Howard Dean made that clear.
think
Jul 2016
#114
What in the world are you talking about? I am not a fan of Rendell but that's just ridiculous
think
Aug 2016
#140
A bit different that was a general election and there was nothing we could do.
Demsrule86
Jul 2016
#131