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Bernie did what he did without it. All he needed was the DNC tag of DEM.
Here’s the difference. GOP let Trump win the nomination and he redefined the party. The DNC didn’t let Bernie win the nomination so the needed transformation never happened.
Granted, I suspect the willingness to play ball re money decided both those actions.
he lost the primary by wide margin, how did they “not let him win”?
Court Concedes DNC Had the Right to Rig Primaries Against Sanders
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is such a on-the-nose traitor.
When history books look back at how America turned fascist leading up to WW3, the first chapter will be titled "Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC Primaries of 2016"
Margins are irrelevant in primaries since the vote in at least the last half of states avalanches to the presumed winner.
There is more to rigging elections than fucking with the vote. In a primary that spans over a month it's really easy for the media to create narratives to drive low information voters wherever the establishment wants them to go.
Even that wasn't enough to beat Sanders in 2020, so they had every establishment candidate but Biden drop out and endorse Biden right before Super Tuesday. They also had Clyburn make a surprise endorsement in South Carolina so all the black churches would direct their congregations that way.
On top of all that, Elizabeth Warren refused to drop out even though she ended campaign operations and effectively went into hiding. This is the only part of the plan that doesn't have direct evidence, but the establishment definitely got to Warren somehow, either with a stick, a carrot, or both. Warren and Bernie split the progressive vote, and yada yada yada, Trump won in 2024.
Thanks Obama