DNC: We rigged primaries. So what? By Alicia Powe

'We could have gone into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the candidate'

WASHINGTON – The Democratic National Committee is currently defending the tactics it used last year to rig the presidential primary against Sen. Bernie Sanders in a class-action lawsuit, brazenly telling voters in a court of law that the party is not obligated to run a fair and impartial primary election.

During the primaries, the DNC blatantly tilted its primary system in favor of Clinton. Then-DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was repeatedly criticized for trying to make the Democratic Party presidential debates as few and low-key as possible, to Clinton's advantage.

Regardless of Sanders' victories during the primaries and caucuses, superdelegates immediately lined up behind Hillary, guaranteeing Sanders' defeat.

READ ON