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(28,270 posts) Tue Apr 19, 2016, 10:36 AM Apr 2016

Rachel Maddow Debunks Bernie Sanders’ Claim Of Clinton Campaign Finance Violations

Rachel Maddow Debunks Bernie Sanders’ Claim Of Clinton Campaign Finance Violations
By Jason Easley on Tue, Apr 19th, 2016 at 9:18 am

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Andrea Mitchell debunked the Sanders campaign's claim that Hillary Clinton and the DNC have violated campaign finance laws.

There is one point about the Sanders allegations that doesn’t add up. Bernie Sanders is the biggest champion for getting rid of Citizens United in the United States. If the Sanders campaign had any evidence that the DNC and the Hillary Clinton campaign violated campaign finance laws, why didn’t they file an FEC complaint?

An FEC complaint would create national headlines and shine a light on the dirty campaign finance system, but the Sanders campaign chose not to do that. The answer to the question of why they didn’t can be found in their carefully chosen language in the letter to the DNC. The Sanders campaign wrote about “concerns” and “apparent violations,” which indicated that they don’t have any hard evidence to back up their allegations.

Campaign finance experts are suggesting that the Sanders campaign is off base with these allegations, and the timing of the claims screams strategic move to try to swing the electorate on the eve of a critical must-win primary.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/19/rachel-maddow-debunks-bernie-sanders-claim-clinton-campaign-finance-violations.html

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Rachel Maddow Debunks Bernie Sanders’ Claim Of Clinton Campaign Finance Violations (Original Post) workinclasszero Apr 2016 OP

Wait for the expected pro-forma denials by COLGATE4 Apr 2016 #1

Of course it will be debunked apcalc Apr 2016 #2

Lies like this latest one from Sanders stopbush Apr 2016 #3

Yep. nt SunSeeker Apr 2016 #5

That's for sure been my journey. n/t MBS Apr 2016 #10

Yep. No doubt about it. eom BlueCaliDem Apr 2016 #12

Totally workinclasszero Apr 2016 #13

It's easy for me to imagine that her segment might have looked like this... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #4

This shows that this dream Bernie has of getting superdelegates Gomez163 Apr 2016 #6

Sanders: Forked-tongue, snake-in-the-grass...NOT to be trusted. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #7

Thank you for this report, workin! Cha Apr 2016 #8

Owwwww, Rachal us on the shit list again....poor girl all american girl Apr 2016 #9

More of that 'artful smear.' yallerdawg Apr 2016 #11

Sanders is destroying any reputation he had left. stopbush Apr 2016 #14

Hes going to BERN out workinclasszero Apr 2016 #15

He just recently became a democrat gwheezie Apr 2016 #16

Both 2naSalit Apr 2016 #17

Thanks for the suggestion! Her Sister Apr 2016 #23

He achieved his goal nini Apr 2016 #18

These sound like sarae Apr 2016 #19

He flat out lied! Did he publicly apologize for LYING? misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #20

KNR - Wonder if the fund raising off of this was any good? Lucinda Apr 2016 #21

kick Dawson Leery Apr 2016 #22

BS campaign prob'ly didn't expect for this get debunked so fast! Her Sister Apr 2016 #24

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