Bernie Sanders and me here pictured together in New York City, October 2016
There has been a lot of ambiguity regarding the results from the recent Iowa Caucus which was held on Monday.
Pete Buttigieg, who has ties to the ap that caused all of the problems in Iowa to begin with, came out for a speech that was aired fully on CNN, and essentially declared victory. Meanwhile, the speech by Bernie Sanders was cut very short by CNN.
But this is not a new game. We saw all of this in 2015 and 2016, the first time that Bernie Sanders ran for the White House.
No surprise that we are seeing it again.
But Sanders is being very direct this time, and not taking no for an answer:
"From where I come, when you get 6,000 more votes that's generally regarded to be the winner."
Sanders continued:
"What I want to do today, three days late, is to thank the people of Iowa for the very strong victory they gave us at the Iowa caucuses on Monday night," Sanders said during a press conference in Manchester, New Hampshire. "Even though the vote tabulations have been extremely slow, we are now at a point with some 97% of the precincts reporting where our campaign is winning the popular initial vote by some 6,000 votes."
"In other words, some 6,000 more Iowans came out on caucus night to support our candidacy than the candidacy of anyone else," the Vermont senator added. "And when 6,000 more people come out for you in an election than your nearest opponent, we here in northern New England call that a victory."
He's absolutely right.
On to New Hampshire, where I expect that he will collect another important early primary victory.
'Because I Got 6,000 More Votes': Bernie Sanders Declares Victory in Iowa Caucus by Jake Johnson, staff writer, Jon Queally, staff writer, February 06, 2020:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/06/because-i-got-6000-more-votes-bernie-sanders-declares-victory-iowa-caucus?utm_campaign=shareaholic&fbclid=IwAR3gR7nIQnI758cLmVRlEU6BZHtvXw8u9K2co5EajNBzY0SbNCs3gOtLLhM
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