Bernie Sanders calls DNC's Perez's endorsement of Cuomo a mistake

[RandySF]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday morning that DNC Chair Tom Perez’s endorsement of New York governor Andrew Cuomo for that state’s governorship was “absolutely” a mistake.

“To endorse one candidate over the other is not what the chair of the DNC should be doing,” Sanders said during an interview with the Washington Post.

Perez had previously said that the national party shouldn’t and won’t endorse in primaries. But in May he endorsed incumbent Cuomo at an event in Long Island.

“I have said…open the doors of the Democratic party. Welcome working people, welcome young people in, welcome idealism in,” Sanders said.

Sanders said there’s “a lot of agreement” between him, Perez and “Clinton people” on the issue of super delegates in elections.

“You had super delegates voting for Clinton in states that I won pretty handsomely and I think there is a general feeling that that does not make a lot of sense,” he said.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/06/06/bernie-sanders-tom-perez-endorsement-628696

[DURHAM D]

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[JaneQPublic]

2. Just as undemocratic as the superdelegates are the caucuses...

...but Bernie won't mention those, since he made his best 2016 showings in caucus elections.

It's probably better that the DNC chair remain neutral (Howard Dean said he didn't even vote in the primaries when he was chair, to maintain neutrality). At the same time, it seems rather unfair that a non-Dem like Bernie can make Dem primary endorsements all over the country but then squeal whenever actual Dem groups like the DNC or DCCC try to ensure the most electable candidates win.

[Blue_true]

3. Honestly, Bernie is wrong about super delegate impact.

If super delegates had been proportioned according to vote percentage, the ultimate result would not have changed one bit. Super delegates played no role in the outcome.