BREAKING: @AP finds Clinton reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination for president pic.twitter.com/e473F0G4vX
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 7, 2016
Even if they’re off a bit, she would go over the mark tomorrow anyway.
True. But fuck them for pushing this ‘breaking’ news out the day before the last primaries.
Oh please. She’s had it wrapped up a month and a half ago. She’s beaten Bernie in delegates and has over 3 million more votes than Sanders in the popular vote. In fact, if you compare the 2008 primary results to 2016, she has destroyed Sanders. In 2008 she was only behind in 200k popular votes and only had about 250 delegates fewer than Obama. (Sanders is trailing Clinton at the moment by over 800).
I appreciate your enthusiasm for Bernie but this race has been mathematically over for some time.
Oh, I get that the numbers don’t lie. But super delegates can still change their mind and, more importantly, voters have a right to cast their vote without the media telling them that it doesn’t count.