2016 Postmortem
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As Hillary Clinton declares that there is no way I wont be the Democratic presidential nominee, her establishment cronies continue to try to pressure Bernie Sanders out of the race. The latest gambit casts Sanders' supporters as violent thugs.
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz told MSNBC that she found the behavior of Sanders supporters, upset over what they saw as procedural shenanigans at the recent Nevada convention, seriously disturbing and chided them for throwing chairs and engaging in violence.
Theres a slight problem with this claim: It never happened.
Snopes.com and NPRs ombudsman both concluded that there is no evidence a single chair was thrown at the convention meeting. It appears a person lifted a chair and put it back down. Oh, the horror. NPRs ombudsman also concluded that use of the word violence by her organization was inappropriate, as no violence seems to have occurred.
Its bad enough for reporters, pundits and Clinton supporters to repeat explosive claims about the convention, as widely occurred, but when the head of the DNC attempts to smear primary voters with false accusations, she has officially crossed the line.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/05/24/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-nevada-democratic-convention-chair-column/84789144/
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(3,473 posts)Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said Nevada Democratic Party leaders "hijacked the process on the floor" of the state convention "ignoring the regular procedure and ramming through what they wanted to do."
Caucuses and delegate math can be incredibly confusing, and the arcane party structures dont reflect how most people assume presidential selection works.
But the howls of unfairness and corruption by the Sanders campaign during Nevadas state Democratic Convention cant change the simple fact that Clintons supporters simply turned out in larger numbers and helped her solidify her delegate lead in Nevada.
Theres no clear evidence the state party "hijacked" the process or ignored "regular procedure."
We rate this claim False.