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0:00.0 | From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. |
0:06.4 | Brooke Gladstone is just editing the show this week. |
0:09.7 | I'm Bob Garfield. |
0:11.4 | On Monday, history was made, or not, depending. |
0:15.7 | Hillary Clinton has 2,384 delegates right now. |
0:21.4 | That is if you include the superdelegates, which we are including. |
0:25.9 | Superdelegates, mainly Democratic Party officials, members of Congress, and sitting governors, |
0:31.2 | are counted like any other delegate at the convention in Philadelphia. |
0:35.0 | But unlike the pledged delegates, one in primaries and caucuses, |
0:39.7 | superdelegates aren't officially in a candidate's pocket until the actual convention vote. |
0:46.2 | They're similar to Schrodinger's cat of physics fame, simultaneously existing and not yet |
0:53.9 | existing. It was after canvassing these cats about |
0:57.6 | their intentions that the Associated Press added pro-Hillary superdelegates to the pledged |
1:03.4 | delegates and reported that she had clinched the nomination. An historic headline, but problematic |
1:10.7 | for two reasons. First, the timing. |
1:13.7 | The AP declared the race was over on Monday night the day before contests were held in six states. |
1:21.2 | This to the frustration of many, like Los Angeles City Council member and Bernie Sanders supporter, |
1:27.2 | Gil Sidio. |
1:28.2 | It's voter suppression in the most rank in raw form. |
1:31.3 | What's next? |
1:32.4 | Literacy tests or a poll tax. |
1:34.8 | This is not something that a legitimate news agency should be involved with. |
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