Posted on 03/05/2020 9:10:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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 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.
"I think it would be a real, real disaster for the Democratic party," said Sanders. "People would say 'the person who won the most votes didn't get selected.' Not a good idea."
Sanders told host Rachel Maddow that his campaign had a "real path towards victory" despite significantly underperforming in several Super Tuesday contests, some of which he had been expected to win before Biden's abrupt turnaround over the weekend. Polls indicated that Sanders would do well in Maine and Minnesota.
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somebody get to him ?? A villa in Sicily ??
A TON of MONEY has exchanged hands this past week!!
Expect the Bernie Bros to fall in line with the DEM ticket because of their hatred for Trump.
This will be a lot of fun if he drops out. Going to make 68’ convention look like a picnic in the park!
Biden with crazy people rushing him twice now. Why? So he can stay off the stage?
ChaCHING$$$$$ New mansion coming soon! Whatever shall the #neverbiden burnkneebros do now? All over but the wailing. So, who will be nuzzlin’ joe’s running mate?
Like 2016, folding like a cheap suit
Wash. Rinse. Repeat
What a coward. Bernie Bros, HAD AGAIN
He is trying to imply that Biden should do the same, ie. drop out if Sanders has a plurality. Which Biden won’t do.
Got another mansion
and
“Walkin’ Around Money”
Bernie Bros are weak-minded. They’ll fall for whatever the DNC-E dishes out for them.
I disagree. The Bernie Bros are already sending signals that they won’t get behind Biden.
Sanders did himself no favors by praising Castro and the Cubans.
I think some democrats woke up to how the President would use that against him.
But Biden or Bernie doesn’t matter. Both would/will lose.
Trump 2020.
A dropout of The Communist Manifesto?
Even Karl didn’t like you. Feel the Bern, POS FRAUD.
http://www.slp.org/pdf/marx/comm_man.pdf
His point of this is simple — he doesn’t expect to get a majority, so he is establishing the rule that whoever has a plurality is the winner.
THe establishment has already said that, if Bernie has the plurality, they will have no problem using super-delegates to stop him anyway.
IN order for him to argue that he should win with a plurality, has has to say that Biden should also win with a plurality.
Bernie should run as a third party candidate.
If we are making a pool, I'll take him stepping down in DEC, so that SHE can be the one getting sworn in.
That's because they believe Bernie can still be at the top of the ticket, and in that regard they're right. They'll change their tune should Bernie be bypassed once again.
Sleepy Joe goes from DNC zero to hero in the matter of a week
saving the party from crazy Bernie. Better a senile crook than a crazy commie at the top of their ticket
A GOP wet dream that will *never* happen.
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