It is the people, in open primaries and caucuses, who should determine the Democratic nominee for president - not well-connected "super-delegates." This is an important step forward in making the Democratic Party more democratic and transparent. https://t.co/FC2sFEHjsf
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 12, 2018
Closed primaries are a safeguard against ratfucking.
Requiring primary voters to be registered with a party to participate in the primary does not guarantee that no one will register just to try to sway a primary in a troubling direction, but it is a major deterrent which prevents that from happening en masse.
Anyone advocating for open primaries and caucuses while a foreign adversary is meddling in our elections, and the sitting president and his governing party are doing nothing to stop it, does not give a single fuck about the state of our democracy. He only cares about what benefits him personally.
Not exactly news about Bernie Sanders. Just more proof.
[Previously: In the News; Oh, Team Bernie; Kentucky and Oregon Primary Wrap-Up; and Great Point.]
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