(The Iowa Democratic Party, not the DNC, is responsible for the caucus and tabulating the votes.) Some elected officials also got in on the act:But it wasn’t just Sanders supporters who cried foul citing dubious or spurious evidence. Simply put, Trumpworld is pushing the “rigged Democratic primary” narrative with no evidence because conspiracy theories disempower those who believe them. This is precisely how conspiracy theories debilitate those who accept them: They offload blame for problems onto shadowy cabals and thus prevent people from rationally overcoming those problems. It would be a historic error for those opponents to propagate the very conspiracy theories that make the case for him.

Source: Washington Post February 04, 2020 19:15 UTC