Post by Logan on Apr 1, 2016 5:12:36 GMT -6
Sanders supporters in Washington demand superdelegates switch allegiances
Washington supporters of Bernie Sanders are taking to social media to demand the state’s superdelegates back him after his overwhelming victory in the precinct caucuses Saturday. Those who don’t should face retribution in their own coming elections, some commenters say.
The Facebook page for the state’s Sanders backers has comments like “NO SUPPORT FOR POLITICIANS WHO DO NOT SUPPORT BERNIE” and calls for independent progressives to run against incumbent Democrats.
On Thursday morning, a photo of a smiling Inslee was posted with a message that he is a superdelegate and “Jay isn’t listening to the people. Jay will soon be unemployed. Don’t be like Jay.” The phone number to the governor’s office is posted nearby.
Jaime Smith, the communications director for the governor’s office, said it had received “a few hundred phone calls and a few thousand emails” by lunchtime Thursday.
Read more: www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/mar/31/sanders-supporters-in-washington-demand-superdeleg/
Washington supporters of Bernie Sanders are taking to social media to demand the state’s superdelegates back him after his overwhelming victory in the precinct caucuses Saturday. Those who don’t should face retribution in their own coming elections, some commenters say.
The Facebook page for the state’s Sanders backers has comments like “NO SUPPORT FOR POLITICIANS WHO DO NOT SUPPORT BERNIE” and calls for independent progressives to run against incumbent Democrats.
On Thursday morning, a photo of a smiling Inslee was posted with a message that he is a superdelegate and “Jay isn’t listening to the people. Jay will soon be unemployed. Don’t be like Jay.” The phone number to the governor’s office is posted nearby.
Jaime Smith, the communications director for the governor’s office, said it had received “a few hundred phone calls and a few thousand emails” by lunchtime Thursday.
Read more: www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/mar/31/sanders-supporters-in-washington-demand-superdeleg/