Bernie Sanders Says Democratic Primary Schedule ‘Distorts Reality" HRC ROOM

[hrmjustin]

Sam Frizell

"I think that having so many Southern states go first kind of distorts reality"

Bernie Sanders told “Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore at a taping Wednesday evening that scheduling Southern states early in the Democratic primary “distorts reality.”

Sanders’ remarks came after Wilmore asked him whether he believed the Democratic primary system is “rigged.”

“Well, you know,” Sanders said, “people say, ‘Why does Iowa go first, why does New Hampshire go first,’ but I think that having so many Southern states go first kind of distorts reality as well.”

http://time.com/4293069/bernie-sanders-says-democratic-primary-schedule-distorts-reality/

I guess he dislikes the south.

[SharonClark]

1. LOL - Having open primaries distorts reality

[OhZone]

11. ^YUP! nt

[LiberalFighter]

2. Is he calling Iowa and New Hampshire southern states too? Wow!

[Godhumor]

3. Anything he doesn't win is the South or stolen

Dontcha know?

[realmirage]

18. lol true that

[displacedtexan]

4. Ugly.

What an ugly thing for BS to say about Americans who just happen to live in a state that doesn't consist of about 6 white people.

[liberal N proud]

5. Didn't know Ohio was part of the south

Maybe it moved and that is why winter was mild by comparison.

[Setsuna1972]

21. He really said that ???

What a slap in the face ! What will he call New York after Hillary wins next week ? Somehow the Confederate Yankees just don't sound right

[MarianJack]

6. The distortion of reality...

...is coming from Back Bench Bernie!

PEACE!

[yallerdawg]

7. The "SEC Primary" came about...

because for so many primary cycles, the national primary was effectively over before it got to many southern states, and we never saw candidates.

One big block of votes on Super Tuesday was sure to get us some attention finally!

If Sanders was a Democrat, he might have been aware of this and planned accordingly.

[SaschaHM]

8. As a black democrat from the south (NC),

I'm so over this loser dissing the South because he just showed up and couldn't get black votes. I really hope Hillary hits him on his South comments.

[realmirage]

20. agreed

I wonder though if Bernie isn't doing enough damage to his own campaign with the nasty turn he has taken

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Oh for God sakes

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Can he be more out of touch? He comes off like a caricature of a Rush Limbaugh straw man.

[IamMab]

10. When he retires, Bernie Sanders will finally be able to pursue his true passion: making dog-whistles

Seriously, this seems like he's just giving black voters a middle finger. I mean, if the 8 states Sanders won had gone first, would he be singing the same song? Wouldn't 8 caucuses in a row have also "distorted reality?"

Sanders can't stop talking soon enough for my tastes. Everything he says now is tainted by his not-so-subtle prejudice.

[msongs]

12. having primaries where I lose distorts reality. primaries where my supporters can't bother to

register distorts reality.

[sheshe2]

13. Say what?

[Historic NY]

14. So says the guy that never participated before as a Democrat.

[BlueMTexpat]

16. Ding, ding, ding!

We have a winner.

[Lucinda]

15. Does he really think he'd do any better in the South if they voted later?

His demographics havent changed much the entire campaign so far. The order they vote in would mean absolutely NOTHING to the final numbers.

[DemonGoddess]

17. Sour. Grapes.

Jeeez, he needs to just suspend his campaign already.

[Walk away]

19. I don't understand how Bernie attracts young Black voters...

Do they like being used like this? Their poor parents!

[calguy]

22. Bernie will get a huge dose of reality

on Tuesday.