Bernie Sanders was allowed to choose five members of the Platform Committee, and Clinton was allowed to choose six. In the past, the chair of the DNC picked all 15 members, but Sanders is still dissatisfied. His lawyers sent a letter to the DNC demanding that the co-chair of the Platform Committee, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, and the co-chair of the Rules Committee, former Rep. Barney Frank, be removed from their positions because they support Clinton.
Good grief! Nearly everyone at the convention will support either Clinton or Sanders, and the candidate who seems to have little chance of being named the nominee will have fewer supporters than the candidate who has the most votes and the most pledged delegates. What this latest move amounts to is more whining from Sanders, and haven't we had enough of that? I know I have. The two leaders were mean to him, so he wants them removed, or else he threatens to obstruct the business of the convention. For someone who so recently became a Democrat, this latest action is astonishing.
For me, it is now a question of character for Sanders to threaten to make mischief at the Democratic convention with Donald Trump as the GOP opponent. I hope he's soundly trounced in Pennsylvania and California. And yes, Bernie, I supported you at the beginning of the campaign, but I switched to Hillary months ago. I was yours to have, and you lost me. If I had not switched to Clinton back then, you would have pushed me away many times over since then.
Here's the link to the video from Rachel Maddow's show on MSNBC. The segment on the letters from Sanders' lawyers starts about 5 minutes into the video.
And the link to the text of the letter sent to the DNC.
