Sanders says Biden should be Democratic nominee if he wins plurality of delegates

[TomCADem]

Last edited Tue Mar 10, 2020, 09:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Remember how a few weeks ago, Bernie's spokepersons were strenuously arguing that the winner should be the person with at least a plurality of delegates when they thought that Bernie would be that person? When asked about that a few weeks ago, Bernie tried to be consistent. Many so called progressive sites warned of the threat of stealing the nomination from Bernie even if he had a mere plurality of delegates.

The question is whether Bernie stay consistent with this position or will he flip flop like he did with respect to the disclosure of his medical records?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-joe-biden-should-be-winner-of-democratic-nomination-if-he-has-plurality-of-delegates/

Washington — Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that rival candidate Joe Biden would be the winner of the party's nomination if he ended up with a plurality of delegates at the end of the presidential primary season.


"If Biden walks into the convention or at the end of the process has more votes than me, he's the winner," Sanders told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in an interview. He later clarified he meant delegates, not votes.

But the Vermont senator added it would be damaging to the Democratic Party if superdelegates — elected officials, members of the Democratic National Committee and party elders — were to support on the second ballot the candidate who won fewer pledged delegates.

"I think it would be a real, real disaster for the Democratic Party if, you know, I'm running against you and you have more votes than me and I say, 'Well, wait a second, I don't want Rachel. I want somebody else who didn't get as many votes as she did, let's count the superdelegates' vote on the second ballot,'" Sanders said. "You know what that would do to the Democratic electorate? People would say the person who got the most votes didn't get selected."