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The team that rigged the GOP primaries accuses Democrats of rigging Iowa against Sanders
President Trumps campaign was alleging that the Democratic caucuses in Iowa were rigged well before problems with the vote count emerged Monday night. The narrative is an echo of one it deployed in 2016 to turn supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) against the eventual Democratic nominee. Trump allies wasted no time in running the same play. The irony in 2020, of course, is that there is a major party primary thats demonstrably rigged: the Republican one, in favor of Trump.
Trumps campaign held a news conference with campaign manager Brad Parscale and Trumps two adult sons near Des Moines on Monday afternoon.
I can see Bernie trying to get messed with the same way the president got messed with back in our caucus, Parscale said. I can already see the establishment ...
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Some Sanders supporters were inclined to agree. Unfounded theories about the delay in the count and about the phone app introduced to tally the caucus results spread quickly. Sanderss base of support does have a broad distrust of the establishment, and the Iowa caucuses sloppy execution provided plenty of fuel for that view.
Trumps team tried to be subtle in promoting it. Some of the campaigns supporters, though, were more explicit. One declared that they presumably the party stole Iowa from Bernie Sanders in 2016 and theyre going to try and do it again in 2020. Conservative pundit Erick Erickson was explicit about the utility of the mistakes the Iowa Democratic Party had displayed.
Trumps campaign held a news conference with campaign manager Brad Parscale and Trumps two adult sons near Des Moines on Monday afternoon.
I can see Bernie trying to get messed with the same way the president got messed with back in our caucus, Parscale said. I can already see the establishment ...
.........
Some Sanders supporters were inclined to agree. Unfounded theories about the delay in the count and about the phone app introduced to tally the caucus results spread quickly. Sanderss base of support does have a broad distrust of the establishment, and the Iowa caucuses sloppy execution provided plenty of fuel for that view.
Trumps team tried to be subtle in promoting it. Some of the campaigns supporters, though, were more explicit. One declared that they presumably the party stole Iowa from Bernie Sanders in 2016 and theyre going to try and do it again in 2020. Conservative pundit Erick Erickson was explicit about the utility of the mistakes the Iowa Democratic Party had displayed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/04/team-that-rigged-gop-primaries-accuses-democrats-rigging-iowa-against-sanders/
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The team that rigged the GOP primaries accuses Democrats of rigging Iowa against Sanders (Original Post)
ehrnst
Feb 2020
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. I'm not listening to any GOPers concerning rigging.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)2. This. eom
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)3. Unfortunately, many Sanders supporters seem to be doing that, as per the article.
It's important to track disinformation campaigns, don't you think?
How do we combat it if we don't know that's it's misinformation?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DENVERPOPS
(8,844 posts)4. they are covering their bases
If he broadcasts and foreshadows that the elections are being corrupted, and if some weird aberration happens that a Dem wins, his DOJ and Supreme Court can rule the election was fraudulent and leave Trump and the Republican Senate in Power
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
CatMor
(6,212 posts)5. That is trumps mantra ....
if trump loses he says it was rigged but if he wins it wasn't rigged. I thought his sons were supposed to be running the trump organization but it seems to be running by itself. They seem to be here, there and everywhere.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,655 posts)6. That's So Special!
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden