The Democratic Party’s presidential nomination process is not “rigged,” it’s “wrong,” says the wife of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.
“You have to admit, the way that they’re doing things in terms of superdelegates and in terms of how delegates are put out there doesn’t make a lot of sense to the average person,” said Jane Sanders on Wednesday in an interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin.
“We understood those rules. We’re playing by the rules. We’re not complaining about it,” added Sanders, who serves as senior adviser to her husband’s campaign.
Sanders condemned New York’s closed primary process, which prevents independents from taking part in Tuesday’s voting contest. “I thought we were trying to reinvigorate our democracy. We’re bringing a lot of new people into the party and it’s really too bad that they’re shutting the door on them.”
There are many things wrong with how the Democratic Party is running primary season, Sanders said, including “so many voter irregularities.” She noted the Colorado Democratic Party’s announcement Tuesday that revealed 10 precincts misreported March 1 caucus results that notched one more delegate in Sanders’ favor.
While the senator from Vermont claims to have momentum after winning seven of the last eight voting contests, he still trails Hillary Clinton by about 250 delegates (1,289 to 1,038). Add to that each candidate’s superdelegates, unelected party officials free to support whichever candidate they wish, and Clinton’s lead balloons to nearly 700 delegates.
