There is no doubt the DNC is 100% in the tank for Hillary Clinton; to claim otherwise is to be obtuse beyond the scope of intellectual honesty. Bernie Sanders has been up against the Clinton machine for the past several months. Things are now becoming untenable within the campaigns, and no-one does ‘nasty’ like the Clintons, no-one.
WASHINGTON DC – A civil war erupted within the Democratic Party on Friday after news that Bernie Sanders’ campaign took advantage of a technological glitch to access, search and save one of Hillary Clinton’s most valuable campaign assets — her voter files.
Tension rapidly escalated throughout the day as the Democratic National Committee cut off Sanders’ access to his own voter files, effectively crippling his field operation, and the senator retaliated by suing the party and accusing its leaders of plotting to hand the presidential nomination to Clinton.
By the end of the day, the front-runner’s campaign struck back, accusing Sanders’ team of stealing millions of dollars worth of data, all to raise cash off a false narrative that the establishment is against him.
“They stole data as a reason to raise money for their campaign,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters Friday night after Sanders’ campaign sent supporters a fundraising email titled, “Urgent: DNC tipping the scales for Hillary Clinton.”
Mook characterized the data that was taken as the “fundamental keys of our campaign” and the “strategic road map.”
But to Sanders’ camp, that was beside the point. The saga, to Sanders’ aides, was proof of the Clinton favoritism it has long suspected at the DNC.
“The leadership of the Democratic National Committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign. This is unacceptable,” said Sanders’ campaign manager Jeff Weaver, on the eve of the third Democratic debate. “Individual leaders of the DNC can support Hillary Clinton in any way they want, but they are not going to sabotage our campaign — one of the strongest grassroots campaigns in modern history.” (read more)
