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Video: Trump Denies Advocating Guns in Classrooms, Then Says "Teachers Should Have Guns"

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goddamnedfrank5/22/2016 8:13:50 pm PDT

I like how Bernie isn’t even talking about economic policy anymore, just trying to taint Hillary’s win.

Sanders (Vt.) is certain that he can become the Democratic nominee. But regardless of the outcome, he said he plans to go to the convention and seek what he considers critical changes to the rules. Sanders complained Sunday, as he has many times before, that closed primaries disenfranchise millions of people who may wish to vote for a Democratic candidate. Closed primaries are contests held in states that allow only registered party members, in this case Democrats, to cast ballots.

Even if the Vermont senator persuades the Democratic Party to embrace more open primaries in its platform at the party’s national convention in July, individual states would have to enact the changes. Experts say that’s unlikely because many state legislatures are completely or partially controlled by Republicans, who have no motive to change the status quo.

Clinton has won more totally open contests than he has. Her biggest election day blowouts came in totally open States. Sanders has basically given up trying to advocate for more of his economic policies to make their way into the Democratic planks and is instead focusing on this pathetic last ditch sore loser routine. The immature, vindictive manner in which he’s conducting himself now tells us a lot about how he would govern when faced with adversity.