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William769

(58,802 posts) Tue Jul 5, 2016, 05:23 PM Jul 2016

Sanders supporters melt down over FBI's Clinton decision [View all]

(CNN)It's not only Donald Trump and Republicans expressing their indignation at the FBI's decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her handling of classified materials on a private email server.

The Tuesday announcement also set off a torrent of anger and frustration among some of Bernie Sanders' most diehard supporters, a vocal minority who have been agitating for an indictment of the former secretary of state in the hopes it would vault the Vermont senator to the Democratic nomination.

Trump and the Sanders bitter-enders had played up the possibility, pointing to what they called an "FBI convention" that would effectively block Clinton from becoming the nominee. But with FBI Director James Comey's announcement likely closing that door, social media -- including a couple high-profile Sanders backers -- erupted:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/05/politics/bernie-sanders-fbi-hillary-clinton-email/index.html

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Sanders supporters melt down over FBI's Clinton decision [View all] William769 Jul 2016 OP

Shaun King's take, as usual, was just sad to watch. nt BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #1

Very sad. forjusticethunders Jul 2016 #32

Awww let me: Her Sister Jul 2016 #2

Do you see me playing the world's smallest violin? leftofcool Jul 2016 #3

Well, it's pretty much all they had left. TwilightZone Jul 2016 #4

Awww, poor babies NastyRiffraff Jul 2016 #5

Poor dears mcar Jul 2016 #6

I wanna hear what the (in)sane progressive thought .... cosmicone Jul 2016 #7

It's as bad as you thought jmowreader Jul 2016 #8

aaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaha cosmicone Jul 2016 #10

Pass it on..... workinclasszero Jul 2016 #12

what a nut job! William769 Jul 2016 #15

Seems she did some early celebrating before the verdict came in. oasis Jul 2016 #29

And these are the people that Hillary BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #9

I like "the bitter enders" pandr32 Jul 2016 #18

"Ladies and Gentleman, for your entertainment tonight we have . . THE BITTER ENDERS!" Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #23

Nicely done! NurseJackie Jul 2016 #24

Thank you Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #28

bwahahahaha DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #25

Great!! BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #31

Perfect! pandr32 Jul 2016 #33

Aww poor babies workinclasszero Jul 2016 #11

Oh dear, give them their binkies. UtahLib Jul 2016 #13

Well hell. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #14

Boo fucking hoo wysi Jul 2016 #16

If the decision had been different, would we truly be stuck with BS? Couldn't someone else have.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2016 #17

Good point! pandr32 Jul 2016 #20

It has been time for all to move on to better days. The same usual results of attempts by the RW Thinkingabout Jul 2016 #19

.. Cha Jul 2016 #21

Aaaaah~ sheshe2 Jul 2016 #22

my cry hearts for them DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #26

I am so tired of hearing about BS. DawgHouse Jul 2016 #27

They should be embarrassed, that this became such a thing that it is news. Starry Messenger Jul 2016 #30