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Showing Original Post only (View all)Tulsi Gabbard's petition to end Democratic Party superdelegate process (HRC GP) [View all]
Last edited Sun Jun 12, 2016, 07:22 AM - Edit history (1)
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard encouraged her followers on Saturday to sign a petition ending the Democratic Partys use of superdelegates.
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Whether you are a Bernie Sanders supporter or a Hillary Clinton supporter, we should all agree that unelected party officials and lobbyists should not have a say in who the presidential nominee of our party is, she wrote in a Facebook post. That should be left up to the voters.
Gabbard resigned as a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in February to publicly endorse the Vermont senators campaign.
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Whether you are a Bernie Sanders supporter or a Hillary Clinton supporter, we should all agree that unelected party officials and lobbyists should not have a say in who the presidential nominee of our party is, she wrote in a Facebook post. That should be left up to the voters.
Gabbard resigned as a vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee in February to publicly endorse the Vermont senators campaign.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/tulsi-gabbard-superdelegate-petition-224220
HRC Group: Discuss the life, career, and accomplishments of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Supporters only.
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Tulsi Gabbard's petition to end Democratic Party superdelegate process (HRC GP) [View all]
Her Sister
Jun 2016
OP
Doesn't the President have a hand in choosing the Chair of the DNC? gabbard hates President
Cha
Jun 2016
#7
I agree with you Her Sister. Super Delegates are a safety valve, and reduce the
still_one
Jun 2016
#24
After watching the GOP squirm this year, the super delegates is a great idea.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2016
#16
gabbard is just flapping her jaw to get attention.. just like sanders. Hey stupid, it "WAS left to
Cha
Jun 2016
#9
If getting superdelegates banned persuades Sanders supporters that they're stakeholders
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#11
No, SuperDs Stay! That's a damn bogus request. SuperDs save us from a Mondale.. they're
Cha
Jun 2016
#15
The republicans wish they had superdelegates to avoid the mess they are in with trump...
dubyadiprecession
Jun 2016
#27
Tulsi's Cult connections should be enough to dismiss her current rantings against the Dem Party
misterhighwasted
Jun 2016
#33