"We respect and admire Senator Sanders for his values and leadership in the United States Senate, but the Sanders campaign is continuing to be dishonestabout what happenedSaturday and is failing to adequately denounce the threats of violence of his supporters."
The Sanders Campaign Continues to Lie About What Happened on Saturday and Has Failed to Denounce The Tactics and Actions Of Their Staff and Supporters
The Temporary Convention ules Were !assed With The Support Of "early #$$ %ore Clinton Delegates Than Sanders Delegates&
Conventiondelegates passed the Temporary Convention ules after the Credentials Committee announced their preliminary report of delegates in attendance. Clinton had nearly ! more delegates than Sanders and the rules were passed in accordance with procedures the Sanders campaign had never ob#ected to before today.
Si' Of The Si'ty Four Delegates Were Seated (y The Credentials Committee After Their )nformation Was *erified+ ,ight Were Deemed )neligible After They Were Sho-n To (e "ot (e egistered *oters Or A egistered *oter Of A Different !arty And Fifty Of Them "ever ,ven Attempted To egister Or Sho- .p At The Convention&
The credentials committee heard the cases of fourteen Sanders supporters whose informationcould not be verified and sat si$ of them after they were verified as registered %emocrats. &ight Sanders supporters were deemed ineligible after the credentials committee verified they were not registered %emocrats, including one that had changed their registration from %emocratic to 'reen in (pril and several that were not registered voters. The rest, ) individuals, never showed up at the convention to attempt to register and, therefore, would not have affected the outcome of the convention at all.
"* Dems !rovided The Sanders Campaign The "ames Of Forty/Four Of The Si'ty Four Delegates Whose )nformation Could "ot (e *erified T-o Days (efore The Convention&
*+ %ems provided the Sanders campaign the names of delegates of the - in question whose informationcould not be verified. The Sanders campaign never responded and never provided information to verify their eligibility as delegatesalternates.
