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Tad Devine discusses the Democratic establishment's efforts to undermine Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign.

An explosive inside account of how the Democratic establishment used every weapon in its arsenal to subvert the will of the people and stop Bernie Sanders's presidential bid in 2016-told by his chief strategist who witnessed it all firsthand.One question haunted the American left after the 2016 election: how could a grassroots movement that drew massive crowds and shattered fundraising records fail? The answer exposes fundamental flaws in American democracy itself.In How the Democrats Screwed Bernie, Sanders's chief strategist in the 2016 Democratic primary unravels how the "Clinton Machine"-a network of operatives, Super PACs, and media allies-in consort with the Democratic National Committee deployed dark money and dirty tricks to stop a wildly popular outsider candidate. A candidate who may well have been the peoples' choice and defeated Donald Trump.You'll discover how deeply the entrenched Democratic establishment orchestrated opposition research campaigns, the true story behind the voter file crisis that nearly derailed the campaign, and why primary rules are deliberately structured to favor insiders over often more compelling outsiders.This isn't just another campaign…

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Host: Arroe Collins

Guest: Tad Devine

Topics covered

• political strategy
• Democratic Party
• 2016 election
• Bernie Sanders
• grassroots movements
• American democracy

Keywords

• Bernie Sanders
• Tad Devine
• Democratic Party
• 2016 election
• political strategy
• grassroots movement
• Clinton Machine
• voter file crisis

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Organizations: Democratic National Committee, Clinton Machine

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