Sanders: FBI decision won't affect my campaign

[w4rma]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says the FBI’s actions regarding Hillary Clinton have no bearing on his presidential campaign.

MaryAlice Parks ✔ @maryaliceparks
Sanders spokesperson says FBI announcement re Clinton emails will not impact the senator's decision to stay in the race

FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday announced his agency will not recommend criminal charges against Clinton for her private email setup while secretary of State, potentially settling what had been the single biggest unanswered question in the presidential race.

“Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case,” he said at the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

“We are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case."
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Sanders, meanwhile, has repeatedly refused to concede the Democratic presidential nomination to Clinton. He insists his campaign will continue to the Democratic National Convention later this month in Philadelphia.

Still, Sanders has said he plans to vote for Clinton and acknowledged in an interview last month that he is unlikely to be the nominee.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/286497-sanders-fbi-decision-wont-impact-campaign

[Cali_Democrat]

1. There's still a race going on?

Sanders spokesperson says FBI announcement re Clinton emails will not impact the senator's decision to stay in the race

[still_one]

11. exactly, and why is this LBN?

[christx30]

41. Exactly. I supported him in the primary.

But he has as much chance of being the nominee as I do. Time for him to swallow his pride and get on the Hillary bus to the convention. Bring his voters with him.

[sangfroid]

42. Has there been a convention yet?

nt

[SunSeeker]

63. What race is he talking about?

[Ash_F]

2. I think he will continue to pull HRC to the left until convention day.

Seems like what he was planning. Actually pretty much what he has said.

[stopbush]

3. Very unlikely.

[billhicks76]

18. Yes...He's Trying To Change The Sad State Of Things

It's not just about winning a job promotion. Remember this is a guy who actually tried to stop Bush while others were trying to be his best friend.

[cstanleytech]

26. Maybe but its a waste of time because its one single office and what we need isnt just

one single office we need a change from the state level offices on up and that kind of thing can take decades to change.

[Ash_F]

31. Two precinct chairs near me picked up by 20-something berniecrats

The obstacle is the establishment people who are only going to give up their positions kicking and screaming. Which is fine.

But when they exploit their power to make dirty plays or spread propaganda, it is not so fine.

[LiberalFighter]

46. I agree with that change. I agree that change needs to be from state up. BUT

It should also include local. Just like in baseball you have a farm system to build your team. I disagree about it taking decades. If it includes all offices now it will be a major step.

[cstanleytech]

56. If you want to hold onto majority control then yes it will decades otherwise

the Republicans can use their control at the state level to regain control especially in states where they can gerrymander the district's.

[LiberalFighter]

59. I think you are missing the point.

Too much is only at the Presidential level. And it should not start at the state level. It needs to be at the local level also. When you get good candidates elected at the local level that increases the pool of good candidates for state and then for federal. That is how baseball teams build their squads.

[cstanleytech]

60. Oh it certainly helps to have the office of President but you can work around it also which is why t

Koch brothers are focused more on the Congressional races rather than the Presidential race because they have seen that you can do alot by controlling Congress including stonewalling a Democratic President.

[billhicks76]

61. Karl Rove Went Even Deeper

He went after state houses not just congressional seats. He and Bush didn't allow the opposition to stop them. Unlike our feckless "fighters" now.

[cstanleytech]

62. Yup but the reason the Democrats are having a hard time gaining on the Republicans is

because they spent decades setting this up and they also managed to secure alot of the courts to which is why its been so hard to get the courts to reverse the Republican gerrymandering so we are in for a rough long ride.

[billhicks76]

64. Because Many Democrats Went Corporate

They essentially joined the other side.

[cstanleytech]

65. That was negligible though in comparison to the bigger mistake which was being to focused on

the office of president and Congress while neglecting the local elected state, county and city offices.
Because of that mistake we now have states were few Democrat can get elected because of how the Republicans have gerrymandered them

[eggplant]

54. A waste of time for whom? n/t

[Orrex]

5. He and his supporters will no doubt continue to make that claim

As soon as it was clear months ago that he wouldn't win, the narrative shifted to "his intention all along was to influence the debate."

Good for him, I guess, but it seems improbable that Clinton will set her policy based on some kind of What Would Sanders Do calculation.

[Ash_F]

8. There is no way she would have said anything about wages without Sanders campaign

Other issues too.

I remember 2008.

[Orrex]

10. Was she running against Trump in 2008?

No? Then your recollection is not compelling.

Sanders' supporters were also claiming that he would win because they remembered 2008.

It's true that Democrats will most often run their current campaigns as if they were running in the previous election, but the playing field is very different now, so there's no straight comparison to be made.

But if it helps ease Sanders' exit from the now-completed primary season, then so be it.

[Orrex]

17. Yawn

8 years have passed and the country has moved thanks to people like Sanders.

But there's no evidence at all that Sanders had anything to do with it, especially since he was functionally invisible until a few months ago when for reasons of cynical political gain he decided to be a Democrat.

Yes, and the leaf floating on the surface probably thinks that it steers the course of the river.

[Ash_F]

20. Invisible to you maybe

"Yes, and the leaf floating on the surface probably thinks that it steers the course of the river."

This is a great and true saying, but misapplied to Sanders. He never took credit for the movement.

[Orrex]

23. Invisible to most people, definitely.

This is a great and true saying, but misapplied to Sanders. He never took credit for the movement.

You credited him for the movement, so the statement applies.

[Ash_F]

24. Everybody who is a part of it deserves some credit

I said people like Sanders.

And Sanders on his own deserves a lot of credit.

I stood alongside Immokalee workers during their Wendy's action. They stood with us at Walmart. I had no idea Sanders was there long before me.

This video is from 8 years ago

Today Immokalee workers pay their respects

[billhicks76]

22. Correct. Sanders Was Responding To The People

And their obvious needs and bad situation watching the ruling class reap more profits after ruining their lives and seeing the demented call it a full economic recovery just because we weren't bordering on a full collapse and revolt still. Sanders was never about himself. He was and is a mirror. I wish everyone could look in the mirror.

[riversedge]

19. Hillary dropped that language a LONG time ago. Stop fighting the primaries. They are over.

[Ash_F]

21. I am not fighting the primaries.

[840high]

35. .that^

[cstanleytech]

58. Long as Congress is the one with control over setting the minimum wage what any President

wants or believes means jack shit IMO.

[Jack from Charlotte]

25. Candidates are only pulled.......

in the direction that is best for winning the election. It's naive to think Sanders has anything to do with anything now regarding the election race between Clinton and Trump. All the Republic Party people who lost to Trump know that.

[Ash_F]

27. I think Trump will try to tug at leftish voters with TPP and expanding SS

and maybe an anti-interventionist stance.

Not saying that will work, since he is ridiculous. But there is a reason for Clinton to remain left to counter this.

[onecaliberal]

29. So what are you trying to say? You think she will win the election by adopting more right

Leaning policy? That's a losing idea, anyone who really thinks that should wake up and step out of their bubble.

[roody]

12. Money well-spent

[JoePhilly]

6. What "campaign" are you referring to?

Sanders no longer has a "campaign".

There are no more states in which to "campaign".

This line of argument is a sad fantasy that even Penthouse would laugh at.

[George II]

7. Of course not, his presidential campaign is over.

[LisaL]

9. Well, exactly.

[sangfroid]

43. The Sanders campaign goes on until the majority at the Convention vote for a nominee.

nt

[reACTIONary]

47. You forgot to put...

..... scare quotes around "campaign".

[George II]

53. If his campaign still goes on, why hasn't he filed his mandatory FEC Personal Financial Disclosure?

[NanceGreggs]

13. The FBI announcement ...

... will not impact my staying in the race either.

Oh, that's right - I'm not in the race.

And oh, that's right - neither is Bernie.

[beachbum bob]

15. What campaign?

It's over for a few months...does he mean fleecing supporters?

[sangfroid]

44. Fleecing?

So let me see if I have this straight: are you accusing Bernie Sanders of stealing money from his supporters? Interesting.

[Chevy]

49. If by stealing you mean

$500,000.00 of campaign money used to fly himself and 10 family members to Rome to stalk the Pope then yes fleecing/stealing could be used in that connotation.

[sangfroid]

50. So you are accusing the Sanders campaign of stealing.

Without evidence or apparent complainents. One would assume that one of those contributors would have complained to the proper authorities if their contributions had been misused? And sorry, but simply stating a belief is not evidence (otherwise certain announcements from the FBI would have had more of an impact).

If you do believe a crime has been committed, please contact the U.S. Attorney in your District and report it. Otherwise, watch the libel/slander.

[Chevy]

55. Just stating why others

may consider his trip to Rome fleecing or as in your words stealing from his supporters as that is the FEC to judge on that. As far as far as libel or slander I'll take that into account after listening to (some) of Sanders supporters during the primary season.

[Chevy]

48. Fleecing supporters?

How about the tax payers at $30,000.00 a day for SSP.

[sangfroid]

51. Is Sanders still a Candidate?

Yes, he is.

Have people continued to threaten him with assassination? Yes, they are.

In fact, if Sanders announced tomorrow he is quiting, he would still receive SSP for some time afterward by practice, policy and legislation.

Chevy, if you really want to help elect your candidate, you're really going to have to do more than slice a lot of baloney.

[riversedge]

16. What race??

[Walk away]

30. I think it's known as the race to oblivion!

[MohRokTah]

28. Of couorse it won't. His campaign was over weeks ago when he lost. eom

[Night Watchman]

33. Exactly

I look upon Sanders with sadness, even pity at this point.

[CherokeeDem]

32. He has no campaign...

except in his own mind.

I get it, he wants to put an imprint on this election. He is. I just don't think the impression he is leaving is the one he wanted.

[840high]

36. ...!100++++

[leftofcool]

37. What is he taking to the convention?

A few delegates that will ultimately vote for Hillary anyway?

[The Second Stone]

38. If decisively losing the nomination doesn't effect him, why should

an email scandal that even Sanders said was bogus have any effect on his decision making process.

[cosmicone]

39. I pity the man

struggling to stay relevant and in the news.

[LenaBaby61]

40. Not much to say about Bernie & his campaign but...

...

[sangfroid]

45. Of course,

after the Convention, I wager there will be a lot to say.

[giftedgirl77]

52. Hit & run spamming of the board about a wannabe

candidate that is no more. This shit is just getting pathetic.

Dear jury, it is not continuing to fight the democratic primary when the OP is very clearly about the guy still trying to run a campaign. Hence, I am commenting on his current actions.