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Sanders campaign rejects Trump claims: Democratic primary is 'not currently rigged'
The Hill ^ | February 2, 2020 | Justin Wise

Posted on 02/03/2020 6:51:52 PM PST by karpov

Jeff Weaver, a senior adviser to Bernie Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign, on Monday pushed back against President Trump's accusations that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is working to "rig" the primary contest against the Vermont senator.

"It is not currently rigged. Last time it was rigged," Weaver, who as served Sanders's 2016 White House campaign manager, said on MSNBC as the Iowa caucuses got under way.

Weaver added that Trump's comments are an attempt to paint the primary as a tool of the political establishment — and himself as the only candidate working outside of the machine.

"We’re not going to play that game," Weaver said. "The danger for Trump is the people who support Trump, working class people in Pennsylvania, people who voted for Barack Obama twice and then voted for Trump, people in Iowa [are the] same way. Those people could be brought back by Bernie Sanders, not Joe Biden."

Trump, in a series of tweets over the weekend, claimed that the DNC was working in tandem with former New York mayor and 2020 White House hopeful Michael Bloomberg to "rig the election" against Sanders. Trump also alleged without evidence that Bloomberg was in talks with the DNC to "have the right to stand on boxes" during Democratic debates.

The comments came after the DNC abruptly announced that it was nixing the donor threshold for a primary debate in Las Vegas later this month. The move could present an opening for Bloomberg, a billionaire businessman self-funding his entire campaign, to reach the debate stage.

For the Nevada debate, Bloomberg and the rest of the candidates need to reach 10 percent support in at least four national polls, or 12 percent support in two sanctioned early-state surveys from Nevada and South Carolina, according to the new criteria.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Delaware; US: Iowa; US: Nevada; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: andrewyang; bernie; berniesanders; clowncar; delaware; getshorty; iowa; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; lasvegas; michaelbloomberg; mikebloomberg; nevada; newyork; sanders; vermont
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To: karpov

Oh yeah ? Just wait til all the Special D “super delegates” swing into action. Ha!


21 posted on 02/03/2020 7:54:41 PM PST by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE).)
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To: karpov

Sanders KNOWS it’s rigged.

He’s just holding for a bigger mansion than the one he got in 2016 for throwing the nomination to Hillary.


22 posted on 02/03/2020 7:56:14 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: karpov

They unrigged it this time, wink wink...


23 posted on 02/03/2020 7:59:01 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: karpov

Yeah, I like that too. “Not currently’’. Hang on Bernie, they’ll get it rigged again you old coot and you’ll be left at the altar again.


24 posted on 02/03/2020 7:59:19 PM PST by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?)
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To: kiryandil
Trump also alleged without evidence that Bloomberg was in talks with the DNC to "have the right to stand on boxes" during Democratic debates.

From now on if any Trump voters see mini Mike, they need to start shouting

Mini Mike! Stand up Mini Mike!!

25 posted on 02/03/2020 8:23:05 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Most so called Cures for most viruses are imaginary. It has been ride it out, to survive or die.)
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To: kiryandil
FEEL THE


26 posted on 02/03/2020 8:30:24 PM PST by Salamander (Living On The Ledge....)
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To: Grampa Dave

Love it


27 posted on 02/03/2020 8:53:27 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: jmacusa

“Yeah, I like that too. “Not currently’’. Hang on Bernie, they’ll get it rigged again you old coot and you’ll be left at the altar again“

What TIME did he say this?


28 posted on 02/03/2020 10:00:26 PM PST by The Antiyuppie (“When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day”)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Yeah, could have been a bit premature. Considering the app crashed, he may be singing a different song today. Time will tell.


29 posted on 02/04/2020 1:57:36 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: aquila48

And then came the iowa caucus debacle


30 posted on 02/04/2020 2:23:53 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nick dip .com)
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