Iowa’s largest newspaper roasted the state’s Democrats Thursday for how they handled this year’s caucus.
“What happened Monday night at the Democratic caucuses was a debacle, period,” the Des Moines Register’s editorial board wrote. “Democracy, particularly at the local party level, can be slow, messy and obscure. But the refusal to undergo scrutiny or allow for an appeal reeks of autocracy.”
The paper took particular shots at the state party chairwoman, Dr. Andy McGuire, for refusing to consider concerns about the vote count raised by the Bernie Sanders campaign. “The answer is that we had all three camps in the tabulation room last night to address any grievances brought forward, and we went over any discrepancies. These are the final results,” she told the Register.
The editorial retorted:
McGuire was a member of multiple “networks” supporting Clinton’s presidential candidacy in 2007. Read the whole editorial here.
