Sanders On DNC Emails: ‘I Think It’s Outrageous’

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, May 23, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday that he thought it was “outrageous” for an official in the Democratic National Committee to suggest in an email that he was an atheist and for possibly using religion against him in the primary contest.

“Well, I think it’s outrageous, but it is not a great shock to me. I think, as I said, it’s what we talked about six months ago,” Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I mean, there’s no question to my mind and I think no question to any objective observer’s mind that the DNC was supporting Hillary Clinton, was in opposition to our campaign. So, I’m not quite shocked by this.”

He again called for DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schult’z resignation and stated that he was not an atheist.

A leak from Wikileaks revealed a number of internal emails exchanged by DNC members. One of which showed DNC CFO Brad Marshall saying that Sanders’ atheist beliefs could be used against him.

Marshall reportedly apologized in a private Facebook post, Politico reported.

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  1. Here we go… Fodder for Bernie to get back up on his unicorn.

  2. You’re not even a dem!

    I think it’s outrageous that you thought you could take over a political party you are not even a member of, and never were!

    One quick question, how many down ballot dems have you supported?

    Oh, second quick question, when you hacked into the DNC email server to steal their list, how many of these emails did you read? Stop with the pretend outrage already!

    They called your campaign weak, and obviously you didn’t even know the term of the DNC chair. Seems reasonable to me.

  3. Of course, his insults directed at the DNC and the lawsuit he filed against the DNC weren’t outrageous at all.

  4. https://www.demconvention.com/event-categories/july-28/

    Monday we hear from Mrs. O., Tuesday from Bill, Wednesday from Joe and the president and Thursday from Chelsea and Mrs. Clinton which is preferable to last week’s event.

    ‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘American Horror Story,’ ‘Bates Motel,’ or the Convention?”

  5. Gossip and Infotainment. But, sadly lacking the intellectual gravity of the Kim Kardashian/Taylor Swift twitter wars.

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