'Definition of a Rigged System,' Says Sanders Campaign After DNC Changes Debate Rules for Billionaire Latecomer Mike Bloomberg

Infuriates me! The corporate owned DNC is beyond corrupt! They’d rather commit political and moral suicide, throw all integrity and legitimacy down the toilet, push us into four more years of Trump, continue the deadly status quo of maintaining the toxic power of the powerful, and doom our nation and the planet to extinction due to inaction on the climate and ecological crises — which is the greatest threat to life that humankind has ever faced. Just pure insanity!! But never underestimate the power of the movements for radical positive change and economic, racial, social, and environmental justice led by Bernie Sanders! Our numbers are growing exponentially each and every day!! — Molly

"DNC changing the rules to benefit a billionaire."

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Eoin Higgins

After debate rules were changed in favor of allowing billionaire Mike Bloomberg to join the candidates onstage vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign hit back, calling the decision emblematic of the corrupt political system the Vermont senator has centered his run for the White House on defeating.

"To now change the rules in the middle of the game to accommodate Mike Bloomberg, who is trying to buy his way into the Democratic nomination, is wrong," Sanders senior adviser Jeff Weaver told Politico. "That's the definition of a rigged system."

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Friday afternoon that the criteria for making the debate stage will no longer include a requirement about individual donors—allowing Bloomberg, whose campaign is largely self-funded, to join the candidates if his polling numbers reach the new threshold. 

"DNC changing the rules to benefit a billionaire," tweeted Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir. "I much prefer Democrats being a grassroots party. And under Bernie Sanders, that's the way it will be."

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