Hillary Clinton will not have enough delegates to secure the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, Jane Sanders argued on Thursday.
And though her husband, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, will not have enough delegates either, she claimed he would secure enough superdelegates to claim the nomination in Philadelphia this summer.
“So if we keep on going with this momentum, we can cut them and cut them,” Sanders said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Thursday morning, speaking to the difference in pledged delegates between Clinton and her husband.”I don’t think anybody’s gonna get the amount of pledged delegates they need when you walk into the convention. And if that happens, then I would expect that people would be looking and saying who’s the stronger candidate, and every poll says that Bernie’s the stronger candidate against all of the Republicans, and that’s only going to get better.”
Currently, Clinton has 1,289 pledged delegates to Sanders’ 1,038. The needed amount is 2,383. However, Clinton has 469 superdelegates compared to just 31 for Sanders.
When asked if Clinton would have enough delegates to secure the nomination, Sanders said no and cited superdelegates as her husband’s saving grace.
“Going into the convention I think she’ll be just short and we’ll hopefully be just short, and I think then we’ll have a discussion about what the best way to go,” Sanders said. “Well, they [the superdelegates] haven’t voted yet. They haven’t voted yet.”
Sanders has won seven voting contests in a row — momentum he hopes to build upon in Tuesday’s New York primary, where where 291 delegates are up for grabs.
“We’re bringing more people into the party and the party is shutting the door on them. That seems counterproductive to the long-term goals,” Jane Sanders said. “But I think, we’re very hopeful. I guess what we’ve done is keep a very positive outlook and looking forward to changing the system. If he is the president and the head of the Democratic Party, we’ll be changing the system to make it more democratic.”
