Bernie Sanders Says He Will Drop Out if Biden Gets Plurality Coming Into Dem Convention

[Swordsmyth]

Senator Bernie Sanders vowed to drop out of the presidential race if former Vice President Joe Biden ends up with a plurality of pledged delegates heading into the Democratic convention in July.
Sanders made the remarks during an appearance on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday night. The senator stayed in the race against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016 despite having fewer delegates but said that a rules change after that election cycle makes the situation different this time. If he is left with fewer delegates than Biden at the end of this primary season, he plans to bow out of the race, insisting that using superdelegates to decide the nomination would be a mistake.
"If Biden walks into the convention, or at the end of the process, [and] has more votes than me, he's the winner," said Sanders, before confirming he would concede whether the lead was a majority or a plurality.
At the end of the 2016 primaries, Democratic convention rules allowed superdelegates to vote on the first ballot, which is no longer the case in 2020. Instead, a candidate who has a majority of at least 1,991 delegates would automatically win on the first ballot. However, if a candidate only had a plurality of votes, a second ballot could potentially be decided by superdelegates.

More at: https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-san...-gets-plurality-coming-dem-convention-1490614


He's already selling out.

 

[dannno]

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/26611186-0c11-4ae6-a4f8-19843c5dc0de

 

[Sammy]

He is a joke. He endorsed Hillary Clinton last election. He even campaigned for her 26 times.
I was proud of Ron Paul when he refused to endorses McCain & Romney.

 

[Stratovarious]

...and why is it that the left doesn't hate both Bernie and Biden for being super white, and 100
times wealthier than the people they pretend or promise to represent ?

Is it because when your rhetoric is based on giving free stuff to aliens and those with darker skin,
along with confiscating earnings from productive people to pay for it in exchange for votes , they are
somehow ok and acceptable but MSM, SNOWFLAKES, and Sjw's ?

 

[sparebulb]

At whom will the Bernie Bros direct their rage?

 

[AngryCanadian]

He is a joke. He endorsed Hillary Clinton last election. He even campaigned for her 26 times.
I was proud of Ron Paul when he refused to endorses McCain & Romney.

The leftists are making this election quite easy for Trump re election it seems.
I really didn't see how Sanders then in 2016 and now posed a serious challenge.

 

[Swordsmyth]

At whom will the Bernie Bros direct their rage?

The world in general.

 

[jmdrake]

Senator Bernie Sanders vowed to drop out of the presidential race if former Vice President Joe Biden ends up with a plurality of pledged delegates heading into the Democratic convention in July.
Sanders made the remarks during an appearance on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday night. The senator stayed in the race against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016 despite having fewer delegates but said that a rules change after that election cycle makes the situation different this time. If he is left with fewer delegates than Biden at the end of this primary season, he plans to bow out of the race, insisting that using superdelegates to decide the nomination would be a mistake.
"If Biden walks into the convention, or at the end of the process, [and] has more votes than me, he's the winner," said Sanders, before confirming he would concede whether the lead was a majority or a plurality.
At the end of the 2016 primaries, Democratic convention rules allowed superdelegates to vote on the first ballot, which is no longer the case in 2020. Instead, a candidate who has a majority of at least 1,991 delegates would automatically win on the first ballot. However, if a candidate only had a plurality of votes, a second ballot could potentially be decided by superdelegates.

More at: https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-san...-gets-plurality-coming-dem-convention-1490614


He's already selling out.

Obvious guy says "Bernie has no chance at winning the superdelegates anyway and so he's making a face saving move." He can act like he's "standing up for principles" when in fact he knows the jig is up if he can't go into the convention with more delegates than Biden. Prior to this Bernie had said whoever had the plurality should be the winner.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/v...ality_of_delegates_doesnt_get_nomination.html

 

[Swordsmyth]

Obvious guy says "Bernie has no chance at winning the superdelegates anyway and so he's making a face saving move." He can act like he's "standing up for principles" when in fact he knows the jig is up if he can't go into the convention with more delegates than Biden. Prior to this Bernie had said whoever had the plurality should be the winner.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/v...ality_of_delegates_doesnt_get_nomination.html

Obvious Guy is missing the point, Bernie and his followers are supposed to prefer bringing down the DNC and the moderate wing of the party in order to bring about more dramatic revolution afterwards.

Instead he's selling out again, he'll probably get another house out of it.

 

[jmdrake]

Obvious Guy is missing the point, Bernie and his followers are supposed to prefer bringing down the DNC and the moderate wing of the party in order to bring about more dramatic revolution afterwards.

Instead he's selling out again, he'll probably get another house out of it.

I'm not praising Sanders. But getting his arse handed to him by the superdelegates after he's already lost the plurality and after making the bold statement that whoever wins the plurality should be the winner anyway won't really help Bernie accomplish that goal. That would be like losing the popular vote and the electoral college by wide margins and then somehow trying to claim the electoral college "robbed" you of a victory.

 

[Swordsmyth]

I'm not praising Sanders. But getting his arse handed to him by the superdelegates after he's already lost the plurality and after making the bold statement that whoever wins the plurality should be the winner anyway won't really help Bernie accomplish that goal. That would be like losing the popular vote and the electoral college by wide margins and then somehow trying to claim the electoral college "robbed" you of a victory.

The big question is why not try to win a majority of all the regular delegates on the second round and then complain about the Superdelegates?

And why announce this now?

He's signalling that he is willing to sell out again.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Best possible outcome.

The Bernie Bros get Berned again, with a little luck, they'll lose their shit and burn down a couple of neighborhoods and generally run amok.

They'll certainly not be in any hurry to vote for Biden.

Still a close race, but Trump wins, and the GOP probably wins back the house.

UNLESS...they pull Moochelle out of the hat at the convention as Biden's running mate.

All bets are off then.

 

[Anti Globalist]

He is a joke. He endorsed Hillary Clinton last election. He even campaigned for her 26 times.
I was proud of Ron Paul when he refused to endorses McCain & Romney.

Just goes to show you how different Paul and Sanders are.