'Rigged' rhetoric makes a comeback after Trump's comments and Sanders's losses -- and gives Russia ju

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

‘Rigged’ rhetoric makes a comeback after Trump’s comments and Sanders’s losses — and gives Russia just what it wants

By Aaron Blake
3/4/2020, 2:42:36 p.m.

Bernie Sanders saw his march toward the Democratic nomination severely impeded on Super Tuesday, with Joe Biden asserting a delegate lead and looking like the new front-runner. And the whole thing has reunited some Sanders supporters and President Trump behind a familiar argument: This is being rigged.

The hashtags #RiggedDNC and #RiggedPrimary were trending Wednesday morning on Twitter, and President Trump on Wednesday morning re-upped his increasingly frequent argument that Sanders is somehow getting a raw deal.

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Trump added on Monday, “It’s being rigged against — it’s sad, it’s being rigged against crazy Bernie.” He said at another point, “I think it’s rigged against Bernie. You see what’s happening with — (Amy) Klobuchar just, I heard — just, something happened there.” And for good measure, he said it a third time. “But, no, it’s rigged against Bernie. There’s no question about it. Sounds like it’s a little bit unfair.”

We can say two things. One is that the argument is severely overcooked. And the second is that this is exactly the kind of thing that Russia wants — and has actively encouraged.

The argument that this primary is being rigged right now is even thinner than it was in 2016. At least back then, there were legitimate arguments that Democratic National Committee officials did problematic things, even if it wasn’t clear that those things had any significant impact. ...

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/04/rigged-rhetoric-makes-comeback-after-trumps-comments-sanderss-losses-gives-russia-just-what-it-wants/

[Iliyah]

1. Shithole and other shithole republicans are surely trying .. .

to herd us Democrats into their corral.

Please let Democrats pick their own candidate and republicans worry about their shitty party.