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In reply to the discussion: Snopes weighs in on Camp Clinton's chair throwing claim. Conclusion? UNPROVEN. [View all]slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)31. The Chair Thrown 'Round the World
http://www.snopes.com/did-sanders-supporters-throw-chairs-at-nevada-democratic-convention/
Violence, chairs thrown, but not one person arrested at the convention.
Over a million people have to see Sanders without ONE arrest.
This is another made up story of people behind the Clinton campaign, of course the campaign would not say so Directly, they leave that to surrogates and the corporate media.
With all the unscrupulous stories that have been posted here by Clinton supporters and in the media, not to mention her record of poor judgement, is there a reason to vote FOR her? Many people are not finding a reason, in a new CBS poll today she now has the same unfavorable rating as does Trump.
Wonderful, the Dem party has put forward and championed a person who is not trustworthy and who is under investigation by the FBI for a very stupid, shall we say another example of poor judgement, in using an unsecure server.
The numerous mistakes, poor decisions that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions and which led to the current instability across the world do give people pause, much more so then someone raising a chair during a state convention.
"Unproven.
WHAT'S TRUE: Video captured during the Nevada Democrats' convention depicts a man briefly picking up a chair before placing it back down without throwing it.
WHAT'S FALSE: Despite extensive YouTube, Periscope, and photographic documentation captured by supporters of both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, no available images document anyone's throwing chairs at the Nevada convention."
Violence, chairs thrown, but not one person arrested at the convention.
Over a million people have to see Sanders without ONE arrest.
This is another made up story of people behind the Clinton campaign, of course the campaign would not say so Directly, they leave that to surrogates and the corporate media.
With all the unscrupulous stories that have been posted here by Clinton supporters and in the media, not to mention her record of poor judgement, is there a reason to vote FOR her? Many people are not finding a reason, in a new CBS poll today she now has the same unfavorable rating as does Trump.
Wonderful, the Dem party has put forward and championed a person who is not trustworthy and who is under investigation by the FBI for a very stupid, shall we say another example of poor judgement, in using an unsecure server.
The numerous mistakes, poor decisions that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions and which led to the current instability across the world do give people pause, much more so then someone raising a chair during a state convention.
"Unproven.
WHAT'S TRUE: Video captured during the Nevada Democrats' convention depicts a man briefly picking up a chair before placing it back down without throwing it.
WHAT'S FALSE: Despite extensive YouTube, Periscope, and photographic documentation captured by supporters of both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, no available images document anyone's throwing chairs at the Nevada convention."
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Snopes weighs in on Camp Clinton's chair throwing claim. Conclusion? UNPROVEN. [View all]
stranger81
May 2016
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They are just spreading this lie as pretense to reject Sanders demands...
GeorgiaPeanuts
May 2016
#3
Just as the Clinton camp said nothing DIRECTLY about the 'disqualify him, defeat him' campaign they
slipslidingaway
May 2016
#6
And remember that was on the evening of his important WI win... Seeing a pattern here?
JudyM
May 2016
#7
That was another example, questioning where Sanders was during the civil rights ...
slipslidingaway
May 2016
#18
Exactly, controversy and distraction, the media ran with Clinton seeks to disqualify Sanders
slipslidingaway
May 2016
#12
why do you think anyone needs proof of that to regard what happened as unacceptable
bigtree
May 2016
#19
You are trying to deflect from the fact that the chair was never thrown
passiveporcupine
May 2016
#23
Clinton WON Nevada in Feb., not Sanders. His convention fans had a perverse notion of democracy
bigtree
May 2016
#38
What's unacceptable behavior is for the chair of the Nevada democratic party to call a vote
bjo59
May 2016
#50
Excuse me, but were you not the poster who jumped into the Snopes thread which stated
slipslidingaway
May 2016
#45
LOL and also sad that you still choose to respond to a "chair" while dismissing the plight ...
slipslidingaway
May 2016
#49
your campaign is not only dismissing hillary voters, it tried to overturn the will of voters
bigtree
May 2016
#54
Snopes also said that no one "chanted English Only" at Delores Huerta, and guess what?
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#13
Because Hillary doesn't care about women unless they can offer her a vote or cash n/t
arcane1
May 2016
#62
So retract that bullshit and apologize. Oh, that's not how we operate. Only the peons like Bernie
highprincipleswork
May 2016
#48
One of the NPR hosts on yesterday's Morning Edition stated it as fact
BernieforPres2016
May 2016
#53
DU's trolls are impervious to facts. They'll repeat the lies, even in this very thread!
arcane1
May 2016
#61
“A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.” - Terry Pratchett
EndElectoral
May 2016
#71