QUIT THE RACE?, NO WAY, "WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT AS HARD AS WE CAN"
By Press TV Tue Jun 14, 2016
VIDEO Democratic
presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to the media outside of his
campaign headquarters June 14, 2016 in Washington, DC (photos by AFP).
US presidential hopeful Bernie
Sanders has called for the replacement of the Democratic National Committee’s
chairwoman, arguing she has worked in favor of his rival, Hillary Clinton.
The Vermont senator who has failed to secure the
delegates needed for nomination of the Democratic Party is a staunch critic of
the party’s superdelegate system among other things.
Speaking Tuesday at a news press conference outside his
campaign headquarters in Washington, DC, Sanders touched upon a “fundamental
transformation of the Democratic Party,” including replacement of
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)
“I do believe that we have to replace the current
Democratic National Committee leadership,” he said. “We need a person at the
leadership of the DNC who is vigorously supporting and out working to bring
people into the political process.”
This was not the first time Sanders censured the party
for favoring the former First Lady, who has so far surpassed the 2,383
delegates needed for nomination.
"We need major, major changes in the Democratic
Party in converting it to a party of the people — welcoming working people and
welcoming young people," Sanders said. "And we need an electoral
process which is worthy of the Democrats."
According to the Hill, Sanders demands comprise “same-day
voter registration, an increase in staffing at precincts, a guarantee of open
primaries and an end to the party's use of superdelegates.”
The senator argues that some of the superdelegates had
endorsed Hillary eight months before the primaries began in the United States,
"We also need, obviously, to get rid of
superdelegates. The fact that we had, in this case, 400 superdelegates pledged
to a candidate some eight months before the first ballot was cast was, in my
mind, absurd," Sanders said.
In his fight with Schultz, Sanders has said he would
support her opponent, Tim Canova, in a primary race this summer.
“Well, clearly, I favor her opponent,” Sanders told
CNN in May. “His views are much closer to mine.”
In his Tuesday presser, Sanders ignored the reporters'
questions on if he will quit the race, saying, "We are
going to fight as hard as we can."
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