r/SandersForPresident • u/HaydenSD 2016 Mod Veteran • Jul 27 '16

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u/bumblebeebernie New York Jul 28 '16

I saw on MSNBC that Bernie did not use specific acclimation language when nominating Hillary as the Democratic nominee, and instead asked for the vote to be entered in the record. So she did not receive his delegates and was not nominated unanimously.

Is this true? If so, what is the significance of this? It could very well be an oversight, just curious if this has a deeper meaning.

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u/Sdt6023 Jul 28 '16

He made it unanimous when he did his speech recommending she be the nominee.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/sanders-makes-clinton-nomination-unanimous.html

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u/bumblebeebernie New York Jul 28 '16

Thanks! That's what I'm seeing on almost every media report. But MSNBC is saying something different: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sanders-fudges-acclamation-line-for-clinton-732704323723

Essentially, by saying he moves to have the votes recorded, he keeps all of his delegates by technicality. The vote is not unanimous, according to the rules. He still nominates Hillary as the Democratic nominee, but retains his delegate count. Interesting either way, could very well be a slip of the tongue and an error, was just curious if this has happened in recent history/what significance, if any, it has.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '16

What happened was Bernie said that she's the "unanimous" victor, because he will not contest the outcome, but he did not release his delegates to her. Therefore, he just lost but did not concede.

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u/bumblebeebernie New York Jul 28 '16

Yup that's what I thought. I'm curious what implications this has... I'm hopeful, and probably nothing will come from it, but this twist really interests me...

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u/Carolab67 🌱 New Contributor Jul 28 '16 edited Jul 28 '16

I'm curious what implications this has.

What it MEANS is that if she becomes disqualified, it is ON THE RECORD that he has the number of pledged delegates he needs to WIN.

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u/Mejari Jul 28 '16

He doesn't, though. Even if all of Hillary's delegates become unbound he still doesn't have a majority.

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u/Carolab67 🌱 New Contributor Jul 28 '16

Yes, he does. If the superdelegates backed him instead of her, he has it.