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We Don't Need No Stinkin Election: FL Dems Cancel Primary Election, Biden to Be Handed Delegates
[MSN -StateOfTheUnion] The Florida Democratic Party has excluded Rep. Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson from the state’s primary ballot, leaving President Joe Biden as the sole candidate.The little people don't matter. Phillips and Williamson criticized the move, with Phillips calling it disenfranchising and suppressive of Democratic voters. Whoda thunk! Voter supression by the Democrats! A poll showed that 35% of registered Democrat primary voters in Florida do not support Biden. "What happened in Florida yesterday is a tragedy and a travesty. The Florida Democratic Party — just a handful of people — decided to disenfranchise millions of Democratic voters in Florida by saying, ’We’re not gonna have a presidential primary,’" said Rep. Phillips. "I’m running for president; there are others running for President as Democrats, and this is the kind of stuff that happens in Tehran, not in Tallahassee," he added. "We’ve got to do something about this," he demanded. It's settled. Biden will be the nominee and you Rubes can sit down and shut up. "I’ve been a lifelong Democrat... supported our party since I was in my 20s, been a member of Congress for three terms, and was a member of House Democratic leadership. I’ve never seen something so absurd, so disenfranchising, and so suppressive of Democratic voters," explained Rep. Phillips. The Florida Democratic Party Chair dismissed Phillips’s concerns as "conspiratorial." Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said, "We are dismayed by Dean Phillips’ conspiratorial and inappropriate comments comparing the state of Florida to the Iranian regime as part of his knee-jerk reaction to long-established procedures." Adding, "This is unbecoming of someone running for higher office." Williamson also criticized the party’s decision, calling it absurd and unconstitutional. "You have to jump through a lot of hoops to get on the ballot in states across the country, but Florida takes the cake: they won’t even let you try!" wrote Williamson on X, referencing the Sec. of State’s authority to "DECIDE who it wants to be on the ballot." "This absurd and unconstitutional display is exactly how an authoritarian state works: People are told they can vote, but are informed by someone else who their options will be," she added. Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-12-07 |
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