🔴 Is the DNC really getting rid of superdelegate power by not allowing them to vote in the first round? No. It's just a clever way of trying to get progressives to think they are reforming.
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IF a progressive were to win the Democratic nomination, the DNC can activate the superdelegates by forcing the vote into a 2nd round because they control the rules and bylaws of the convention (just as they did with Henry Wallace).
The progressive is then eliminated in the 2nd round when superdelegates get to vote. Remember the reason superdelegates came into existence was to block progressives from winning.
In sum, the DNC has made it a little more complicated in an effort to deceive us, but they have kept all the major advantages of having superdelegates.
If they were interested in keeping progressives, they would just get rid of superdelegates and they would not have passed the rules they did earlier this month which enable one person, Tom Perez, to disqualify someone for not being a "faithful" Democrat.
It's just more of the same from the Democratic party. Join the movement for a new #PeoplesParty! Read about the plan and sign up to volunteer by helping the U.S. build a coalition of unions, progressive and student groups, and existing small parties: ForAPeoplesParty.org
