Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Politely Asks Supporters Not to Harass His Opponents [View all]Gothmog
(145,754 posts)I was a delegate to the national convention. In real campaigns, the candidates carefully vet their delegates because the conduct of such delegates reflect on the candidate. I know that I was vetted. Vetting is important in that delegates can change their vote and the conduct of a candidates delegates reflects on the party and the candidate.
The Sunday night before the convention sanders sent a text to his delegates asking them to behave. My whip showed us the text and warned us. I was there when the sanders delegates booed Congressman John Lewis. I was warned about this stunt 30 minutes before it happened by the Clinton campaign whip. According to my whip, sanders was asked to stop this event and declined. That incident will be used against sanders if he runs in 2020.
I was at the Texas delegation breakfast when a group of sanders delegates marched in and demanded that we condemn Clinton and change our votes to sanders.
sanders spoke to the Texas delegation the next morning and his speech was again solely about himself. There was a mini-riot due to his delegates the prior morning and the only thing that sanders talked about was himself. sanders did nothing to deal with the fact that his delegates were out of control and did nothing to try to help Hillary Clinton win the general election.
Finally a group of sanders delegates yelled at my daughter and called her the c-Word because she would not try to get me to change my vote. Again sanders was asked to tell his delegates to behave during the convention and sanders refused
I really have no confidence that sanders surrogates will pay any attention to sanders. sanders declined to stop his delegates from booing Congressman John Lewis. sanders did nothing to try to control the bad behavior of his delegates. The lastest e-mail is not likely to be complied with by sanders surrogates.
I hope that I am wrong but I saw how much control sanders has over his surrogates at the National Convention.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden