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.
"Were 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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Oh yeah ? Just wait til all the Special D super delegates swing into action. Ha!
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.
They unrigged it this time, wink wink...
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.
From now on if any Trump voters see mini Mike, they need to start shouting
Mini Mike! Stand up Mini Mike!!
Love it
Yeah, I like that too. Not currently. Hang on Bernie, theyll get it rigged again you old coot and youll be left at the altar again
What TIME did he say this?
Yeah, could have been a bit premature. Considering the app crashed, he may be singing a different song today. Time will tell.
And then came the iowa caucus debacle
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