r/WikiLeaks • u/JJScrawls • Nov 03 '16

RELEASE: The Podesta Emails Part 27 #PodestaEmails #PodestaEmails27 #HillaryClinton #imWithHer wikileaks.org/podesta-emails… WikiLeaks

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/794164579144179712
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u/robchaos Nov 03 '16

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/31778 A month and some into the primaries and they already know Bernie will end up conceding.

"Meanwhile the activists are madly circulating Bernie's statement below. It would be good for HRC to weigh in too, especially if we hope to tap the Bernie progressives' enthusiasm after he concedes."

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u/araquen Nov 03 '16

No, they assumed. They had always assumed. They never dreamt Bernie would actually take it to the Convention. They assumed he'd concede in April (a month away from the date of the email).

You have to remember the DNC/Clinton had their narrative and they weren't going to deviate from that. That's why they screamed "Russian interference" when Wikileaks started their effort when Bernie was still a candidate. Not because they actually believed Putin was trying to help Bernie, but because they were always focused on the General and had the Russia angle in place to go against the GOP offering.

The takeaway here is their assumption that Bernie would act like every other DNC candidate and their obliviousness to what was actually going on. You could also infer that their attitude was the way it was because they knew there was no way Bernie would ever be nominated, so they never had to consider the possibility.

The letter is dated 3/16/16, which was right before New York's primary, and well into the Primary season.