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Ocasio-Cortez: 'Rampant voter suppression' contributed to Sanders's loss in Michigan
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday attributed some of Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) struggles in Michigan's Democratic primary election on Tuesday to “rampant voter suppression."
“Well, I think one thing that ... that isn’t being talked about is the rampant voter suppression in this country,” Ocasio-Cortez told Fox News's Bret Baier, citing long lines that young voters in college towns such as Ann Arbor had to face.
“Right there, in Ann Arbor, where we had that rally, those kids were waiting three hours in line to vote in Michigan," she explained.
Sanders, who scored an upset win in Michigan against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016, was routed in the Wolverine State this time around by former Vice President Joe Biden. The former vice president won by 17 percentage points over the Vermont senator.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487383-ocasio-cortez-rampant-voter-suppression-contributed-to-sanderss-loss-in

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

msongs
(70,989 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RandySF
(73,045 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
virgogal
(10,178 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TwilightZone
(28,835 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)She said it on fake news (Murdoch), back tracking is sorta late for fake news audience and it makes another Republicans talking point with ads.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lark
(24,776 posts)She seems to tell the truth, even when it's inconvenient, a remarkable talent in a young politician.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)self-suppression?

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brush
(59,419 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
jrandom421
(1,060 posts)"I'm being repressed!'

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George II
(67,782 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)20-something year olds couldn't stand in line for 2 hours to vote for Bernie but 60 and 70 year-olds could do so to vote for Biden?
See there? Vote for Joe and you'll not only live longer but be in better shape when you retire to boot!

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Clash City Rocker
(3,544 posts)Also, Bernie supporters knew for some time who they would vote for, so couldn’t they have voted by mail?

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R B Garr
(17,580 posts)point, now with Bernie saying “older voters” aren’t as important as the young...and AOC saying the young couldn’t vote, so it’s all rigged against him.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatSeg
(49,996 posts)Somehow, all the Biden voters got to cast a ballot. That damn "establishment" is so crafty!

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Aquaria
(1,076 posts)Go away, you shameless self-promoter.
You need to focus on learning how to be a good legislator and serving your constituents, rather than picking Twitter fights with everyone and butting in where you don't belong.
If you were being a proper junior legislator, I shouldn't hear anything about you for at least two more terms, outside of whether or not you won re-election.
So tired of this pompous gadfly.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
William769
(58,225 posts)Michigan college students form long lines for same-day registration in presidential primary
College-aged voters in Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo and East Lansing formed long lines in local clerks’ offices on Monday and Tuesday, taking advantage of Michigan’s first-ever election with same-day registration.
Emma Walters is registered in Saline, but was in line to change her registration to East Lansing so she could vote where she lives now. She got in line around 4 p.m. and was still waiting at 5 p.m.
Without same-day registration, she said, “I would have had to drive home, and that would have been a lot more difficult."
She plans to cast a ballot for Bernie Sanders, who is vying with Joe Biden and long-shot candidate Tulsi Gabbard in Michigan’s Democratic primary.
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/03/michigan-college-students-form-long-lines-for-same-day-registration-in-presidential-primary.html

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Aquaria
(1,076 posts)Those long lines affected Biden voters as well. It's not like anyone knew how anyone was going to vote when they got in line.
Biden voters are letting her know on that foolish tweet that they, too, had to put up with a bunch of crap to vote, so it wasn't exclusive to poor baby BS voters, just because a media outlet talked to one of them. That's why AOC backed off her claim to the more sensible complaint about voter suppression in general, rather than the outlandish claim that it was done to hurt her precious BS, when she had ZERO evidence to back up that claim. It was irresponsible and divisive to run her Twitter fingers off that way.
I expect someone who got a degree in science o know better.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MichMan
(14,691 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
peggysue2
(11,728 posts)For years! That would be voter suppression involving primarily voters of color.
Please, if you can't do any better than this to explain a loss, a sizable loss at that, then you should pipe down and say:
SORRY.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Clash City Rocker
(3,544 posts)So, if anything, voter suppression is probably helping Bernie.

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quakerboy
(14,319 posts)I would ask that we all consider this in context. When the general comes and we inevitably run into similar or worse problems, undoubtedly skewed in such ways that they harm the democratic vote and help Trumps voters, will we be as sanguine about those problems? Will we blow our credibility to complain about them by ignoring or dismissing them now?

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SergeStorms
(19,538 posts)I really, really am, but she has a way of getting her butt in jams from speaking first and thinking afterward. Maybe, just maybe, she ought to learn how to walk before she tries to run the 100 meter dash.
She could be the future face of the Democratic Party, but stuff like this is makes her look foolish, and we already have enough fools in positions of power in the DNC.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
comradebillyboy
(10,639 posts)for Bernie voters so that they won't have to be inconvenienced?

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dalton99a
(87,743 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Skittles
(163,076 posts)surely she is not that stupid

primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
helpisontheway
(5,321 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rzemanfl
(30,490 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(87,743 posts)Damn

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LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)We Will Remember This as our State and Government Officials is fighting to keep people alive with COVID-19.

primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)then change the "Voting Line Starts Here" signs to "Half Off Drinks Ahead".

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(160,892 posts)The GOP would have done anything it could do to help a weak and unelectable candidate like sanders win. The GOP is guilty of voter suppression but none of this was aimed at sanders or his supporters

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(49,523 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
wyldwolf
(43,891 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bluedye33139
(1,474 posts)I still think that she has a lot to contribute to her politics and I have seen so much growth and maturity in her as time has passed. I hope that this was just a throwaway phrase.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
wyldwolf
(43,891 posts)This latest idiocy is just confirmation.

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bluedye33139
(1,474 posts)For sure there were long lines in Ann Arbor and other districts. But I think that accusing the state government of Michigan of engaging in a criminal conspiracy requires evidence.
This is not a good look for the Sanders campaign.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MFM008
(20,039 posts)Rampant voters voting against Sanders.
I was one.

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Siwsan
(27,495 posts)Instead of WAY up???? Are there people with some sort of special Sanders Voters Sensing ability who blocked them from getting to the polls?
I'm trying really hard to maintain my admiration for AOC.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MichMan
(14,691 posts)and then complaining everyone else is doing the same thing.

primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Politicub
(12,309 posts)
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
onetexan
(13,913 posts)Girl, put a sock in it. We don't need you spreading unfounded rumors to excuse Bernie's poor showings in MI. Can't you see Biden has beaten Bernie in many states, and even in those he lost, he still has added delegates?

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Gothmog
(160,892 posts)I volunteer a great deal of time on voter protection. sanders supporters were not being targeted
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Link to tweet

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MrScorpio
(73,759 posts)Joe won outright.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)Oscillates between grudging appreciation, to contempt.
She is very entitled. And doesn’t seem to know where she stands on things. The other night she congratulated Biden saying we need to be unified. Today, it’s “He’s stealiing the election!1!”
She’s an odd bird who nobody will ever confuse with a more talented public servant like Katie Porter. Haven’t heard a thing from AOC about the virus crisis, just more stumping and politicking for the socialist.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden