<<Hard work beats hope>>
Serious hard work cited here: (ecerpts from an email)
Hello delegates,
In case you were unaware....A breakdown of the situation in Nevada (written up, not by me, on reddit.com) -
*BASIC STEP-BY-STEP OF WHAT WENT DOWN! *
It's easy to feel outrage, but difficult to SHARE outrage when you aren't confident about explaining to others what is going on. I did my best here to compile background info and a breakdown of yesterday's events so we can educate ourselves and, subsequently, educate others.
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BACKGROUND INFO:
Nevada Caucus - has 3 tiers, 3rd tier wins state/delegates:
1st Tier (main televised caucus Feb 20th): Hillary won
2nd Tier (April 2nd): flipped to Bernie
3rd Tier (May 14th): Saturday night's shitshow
Shady rule-changing prior to last night:
NV DNC knew that based on the 2nd Tier vote, the 3rd Tier would probably go to Bernie. They didn't want this. So they changed some rules around!
Changed the NV DNC rules so that Nevada's delegates would be awarded to the winner of the Feb 20th 1st Tier (ie Hillary).
However, they also knew that educated people would try to make motions at the convention to object to this rule, and that those motions would probably pass! So....
They also changed the NV DNC rules so that all votes on the floor of the convention would be decided ONLY by a voice vote (all in favor say "aye", etc), and that the results of that voice vote would be decided ONLY by DNC Chair Roberta Lange, and that her say was FINAL.
When you heard people talk about "Temporary Rules" last night, it was referring to these rules.
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WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY:
"Temporary Rules" debacle:
Item #1 on agenda of convention was to vote for these "Temporary Rules" to pass. This was conducted by paper ballot.
Vote was supposed to be held after convention started, but instead it was held immediately at 10 am early at 9:30 when not everyone was inside the convention and not everyone who was inside had ballots. But you know who was inside and had all their ballots ready? All the Hillary earlybirds (early-hawks) that knew this vote was going to happen early. Vote passed.
Motion to have a re-vote of the Temporary Rules was demanded by citizens. DNC Chair Roberta Lange instead held a voice vote that the temporary rules would stay. Some AYES, resounding NAYS. But who cares! She votes to pass it. Video of that CHILLING MOMENT here, (PS the beginning of this video is confusing because Roberta Lange is on screen, but the voice is from a woman talking OFF-screen. The voice is of a concerned citizen demanding a re-vote): youtube.com
Sanders delegates debacle:
64 delegates were ejected from the convention because they didn't have "the proper credentials", even though they did. They weren't allowed to prove they were credentialed. Shady.
Most, if not all, of these ejected were Sanders delegates.
Therefore, Clinton won by 30 delegates. How convenient.
Highlights from the resulting daylong/nightlong shitstorm:
Barbara Boxer mocks Sanders supporters (who were objecting to how things were going down): realclearpolitics.com
Roberta Lange commandeered all mics and surrounded herself by police so that no Sanders people could get on the mic
Eventually Dan Rolle (NV 2nd Congressional District Candidate) was able to get on the mic and he made a motion to call for the removal of Roberta Lange as Chair. As soon as he made that motion, his microphone was cut immediately. Of course. Motion was ignored (it is against the rules to ignore a motion). Happens at 42:40 here: periscope.tv
DNC employs stalling tactics and psychological tactics to try to force people to leave. Making them wait hours while nothing happened, playing music SUPER LOUD, charging $5 for tiny little bottles of water. People online started ordering pizza for those inside. Some pizzas got in, but once it was realized what was going on, police started intercepting the pizzas and throwing them in the dumpster.
Jesse Sbaih (NV 3rd Congressional District Candidate) gets on microphone and makes motion for a recount to resounding cheers. Motion is ignored (it is against the rules to ignore a motion). Happens at 16:50 here: youtu.be
Roberta Lange jumps onstage and in like 15 seconds makes a bunch of motions that basically say "all the shady votes that happened here tonight stand, the pro-Hillary delegate results stand, and this meeting is adjourned". She does voice votes on all this. NAYs are ridiculously louder every time. But she passes everything regardless, ignoring the nays, then runs off stage. COMPLETE CHAOS ENSUES Videos of this: From Periscope Superhero FENYXFX great video, 21:42 here: youtube.com From Adryenn Ashley - great closeup video, start at 3:50 facebook.com From Asia Zamora, this one well captures the pain and sadness of the aftermath of democracy being stolen from us, start at 2:30 though: facebook.com
Police come in and everyone is told to leave or they will get arrested. Here's a pic: mobile.twitter.com Video of DNC leaders running out side door: facebook.com
RESULTS: By the rule change and delegate suppression there is a change of 8 net delegates. Instead of Bernie winning by 19-16, the result is 20-15 Clinton now. Thank you to /u/puppuli for this info!
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SHOUTOUTS:
Periscope User FENYXFX - Internet Superhero of the Night!!!
Periscope User SENSESTAKER - took over for FENYXFX when his battery ran out and he had to recharge
EVERYONE who stayed up last and helped disseminate information.
Most of all - EVERY SINGLE GOOD, HONEST CITIZEN AT THAT CONVENTION WHO STAYED UP LATE TO REPRESENT US!!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Another great timeline from user /u/sublime_revenge reddit.com
Great 10 minute long explanation of events from Dan Rolle here: youtube.com
Lots of pics and videos of the night here: berniesandersvideo.com
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In Solidarity,
Jill Bold |
