Bernie Sanders Slams Media’s ‘Rush’ to Declare Victory for Clinton

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Neither Democratic candidate has achieved the required 2,383 delegates needed to clinch the nomination, but the Associated Press still declared victory for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination today.

In response, the Bernie Sanders campaign has scolded the media for celebrating before anything had actually been decided.

“It is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgement, are ignoring the Democratic National Committee’s clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer,” Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said.

Media outlets like Washington Post and The Hill were quick to put out articles anointing Clinton as “the first woman in history to win a major party nomination.”

Clinton has so far gotten the public support of 571 of the Democratic insiders known as superdelegates compared to Bernie’s 48. However, superdelegate votes are not officially cast or counted until the Democratic National Convention, which runs July 25-28. Bernie is planning to flip the support of some of these superdelegates before then, citing the data which suggests he defeats Donald Trump in a general election match-up by much larger margins than Clinton.

Without the superdelegates, Clinton currently has 1,812 to Sanders’ 1,521 pledged delegates.

Michael Briggs reiterated the Sanders campaign’s plan. “Our job from now until the convention is to convince those superdelegates that Bernie is by far the strongest candidate against Donald Trump.”

Even the Clinton campaign has declined to follow the media’s lead, tweeting “We’re flattered, @AP, but we’ve got primaries to win. CA, MT, NM, ND, NJ, SD, vote tomorrow!”


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