NH GOP issues petition urging NH Dem ‘superdelegates’ to support Sanders

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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking at SNHU on Jan. 4, 2016.
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking at SNHU on Jan. 4, 2016. Sanders went on to win the NH Primary on Feb. 9, 2016.

MANCHESTER, NH – In what may be an unprecedented press release, the NH GOP is asking citizens to send a message to Gov. Maggie Hassan – and the rest of the state’s so-called Demcratic “superdelegates” – that supporting any candidate other than Sen. Bernie Sanders at the July Democratic National Party is an “outrage.”

NH GOP Chair Jennifer Horn  said the petition (see below) is meant to be critical of the Democratic party’s superdelegate system, which she says is rigged, in this case, to favor the party establishment’s pick, Hillary Clinton, rather than Sanders, who won the popular vote in the Feb. 9 election.

“The Democrat party’s superdelegate system is extremely undemocratic and, in this case, it disenfranchises the votes of 40,000 Granite Staters,” says Horn.  “Gov. Hassan, Sen. Shaheen and Rep. Kuster have got to decide if they are to speak for the people of NH, or for Washington insiders.”

The NH Democrats had this response, issued late Tuesday:

“This NHGOP stunt reeks of desperation. They’re clearly trying to do whatever they can to distract from the Constitutional crisis that our nation has been plunged into thanks to Mitch McConnell and Kelly Ayotte’s obstructionism on the Supreme Court nomination process.  New Hampshire Democrats have a long tradition of unifying behind our nominees, and we look forward to doing so and trouncing the Party of Trump, up and down the ballot, in November.”

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Below is the NHGOP petition, which is posted at NHGOP/petition:


 

Fight back against Gov. Hassan and Other Democrat Insiders

It is not often that Republicans agree with the supporters of a self-avowed socialist like Bernie Sanders. But we finally found an important issue where we have common ground.

For 100 years the First-in-the-Nation primary has played a critical role in the presidential nominating process. This year, Donald Trump won the Republican Primary fair and square. As a result, he earned more delegates than his competitors. That’s how democracy works.

But the Democrat Primary is a different story.

Bernie Sanders embarrassed establishment favorite Hillary Clinton by overwhelmingly defeating her 60%-38%. However, despite his commanding victory, Sanders leaves New Hampshire with the same number of delegates as Clinton.

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How is this possible? Because Democrats have set up an undemocratic system that allows party elites called “super delegates” to single handedly cancel out the votes of thousands of grassroots activists.

The fact that the DNC and super delegates – including Governor Maggie Hassan, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, and Congresswoman Ann Kuster – will go against the Democrat grassroots and support Hillary Clinton displays a wide disconnect between leadership and their voting base.

Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire super delegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists. This means that Governor Hassan, Senator Shaheen, the senator’s husband William Shaheen and Congresswoman Kuster are going to cancel out the votes of 40,000 Granite State Democrats. This is an outrage and an obvious attempt to rig the nomination process for Hillary Clinton despite her dismal primary showing.

New Hampshire Republicans are committed to upholding the integrity of our elections. Even though we vehemently disagree with Senator Sanders on his radical socialist agenda, we stand with his supporters who want their voices to be heard.

Its time for Governor Hassan, Senator Shaheen and Congresswoman Kuster to listen to their constituents and pledge to cast their votes at the DNC Convention for New Hampshire’s primary winner – Bernie Sanders. Any attempt to cancel out the voters of tens of thousands of grassroots activists of either party threatens the integrity of the nominating process and creates the perception of dirty politics and favoritism.

Please sign our petition urging Governor Hassan, Senator Shaheen and Congresswoman Kuster to do the right thing and switch their super delegate votes to Bernie Sanders.

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Carol Robidoux

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Longtime NH journalist and publisher of ManchesterInkLink.com. Loves R&B, German beer, and the Queen City!