Did MSNBC Report That the Democratic Party ‘Interfered in the Primaries to Stop’ Sanders?
A Twitter spat between Bernie Sanders surrogate Shaun King and Rachel Maddow occurred the evening of Super Tuesday, in which King stated MSNBC and Maddow had reported the Democratic Party had interfered in the primaries to stop Bernie Sanders. Maddow, on the other hand, said that such reporting never occurred.
In a tweet that received more than 10,000 retweets and over 33,000 likes, King told his 1.1 million followers:
Maddow was quick to deny the charge:
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