Pelosi Calls Sanders Supporters’ Complaints About DNC ‘Legitimate’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks with members of the media ahead of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Sunday, July 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) allowed that supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have a “legitimate complaint” about the way the Democratic National Committee treated him during the primary race.

Yet she pointed to the concessions made at this week’s Philadelphia convention to assuage their concerns and the high stakes of this election to urge them to get behind Hillary Clinton.

“In terms of how he has been treated at this point, they should have no complaint and many of them are declaring victory in that regard,” Pelosi said on MSNBC Monday night.

DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) stepped down and was kept from gaveling the convention in on Monday, and Sanders’ opening night speaking spot was rescheduled for prime time.

These compromises came after Wikileaks released emails that showed top DNC officials mocking and criticizing the Vermont senator’s campaign, bolstering theories that the committee always had its thumb on the scales for Clinton.

“In terms of how the DNC may have treated him along the way, they may have a legitimate complaint,” Pelosi said.

The House Minority Leaders maintained that voters were faced with a clear choice between the two major party nominees, however.

“Griping about that is a luxury our country cannot afford when we have such a drastic difference between Democrats and Republicans, between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump,” she said.

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