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This is just not true. Biden’s campaign has complained about the way this caucus was run: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/481315-biden-campaign-calls-for

This is just not true. Biden’s campaign has complained about the way this caucus was run: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/481315-biden-campaign-calls-for-answers-from-iowa-dems-after-delays-in-caucus https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/481315-biden-campaign-... Bernie’s campaign, on the other hand, has multiple times rejected the notion that the process was rigged: https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-campaign-refutes-trump-claim-that-dnc-primary-election-is-rigged https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-campaign-refute...

criley2 7y ago
I was responding to someone who literally said the caucuses were rigged by the DNC to hurt Bernie. Read the thread please! And for the record: Biden has never called this process rigged at all. Your link shows him rightfully criticizing the many failures including the technology failures. Bernie's fans on reddit and beyond are certainly using the "rig" word just like Donald's fans are though!
- m_ke 7y ago
  Rigging is not the right term for what's happening but you have to admit that if Pete or Bernie end up winning Iowa and Biden ends up 4th, delaying the results will dampen the impact of the outcome. Nate Silver just pushed an article about the impact of timing of the primaries on the outcome. Then you have to so factor in the Des Moines poll getting pulled, which supposedly showed Biden coming in 4th. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/iowa-might-have-screwed-up-the-whole-nomination-process/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/iowa-might-have-screwed... https://theweek.com/speedreads/893477/sanders-reportedly-finished-1st-biden-4th-unreleased-iowa-poll https://theweek.com/speedreads/893477/sanders-reportedly-fin...
- criley2 7y ago
  You do realize that the Iowa Democrats who prefer Bernie or Pete are the SAME DEMOCRATS running this process right? There is no national party there. The people running this are Iowans. If they, as you say, prefer Bernie or Pete, then why would they be intentionally hurting their own guys? I wish people would learn about these processes so they could think through their own disinformation! What you're saying literally doesn't make sense. Why would Iowans who you claim are mainly Pete/Bernie followers help Biden by sabotaging their own caucuses?

criley2 7y ago

I was responding to someone who literally said the caucuses were rigged by the DNC to hurt Bernie. Read the thread please! And for the record: Biden has never called this process rigged at all. Your link shows him rightfully criticizing the many failures including the technology failures. Bernie's fans on reddit and beyond are certainly using the "rig" word just like Donald's fans are though!

m_ke 7y ago
Rigging is not the right term for what's happening but you have to admit that if Pete or Bernie end up winning Iowa and Biden ends up 4th, delaying the results will dampen the impact of the outcome. Nate Silver just pushed an article about the impact of timing of the primaries on the outcome. Then you have to so factor in the Des Moines poll getting pulled, which supposedly showed Biden coming in 4th. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/iowa-might-have-screwed-up-the-whole-nomination-process/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/iowa-might-have-screwed... https://theweek.com/speedreads/893477/sanders-reportedly-finished-1st-biden-4th-unreleased-iowa-poll https://theweek.com/speedreads/893477/sanders-reportedly-fin...
criley2 7y ago
You do realize that the Iowa Democrats who prefer Bernie or Pete are the SAME DEMOCRATS running this process right? There is no national party there. The people running this are Iowans. If they, as you say, prefer Bernie or Pete, then why would they be intentionally hurting their own guys? I wish people would learn about these processes so they could think through their own disinformation! What you're saying literally doesn't make sense. Why would Iowans who you claim are mainly Pete/Bernie followers help Biden by sabotaging their own caucuses?