On Monday, counsel for the Nevada Democratic Party sent a letter to members of the national party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee, filing a formal complaint against the campaign of Bernie Sanders after Saturday’s state convention devolved into chaos.
The three-page letter reads, in part:
“We write to alert you to what we perceive as the Sander [sic] Campaign’s penchant for extra-parliamentary behavior – indeed, actual violence – in place of democratic conduct in a convention setting, and furthermore what we can only describe as their encouragement of, and complicity in, a very dangerous atmosphere that ended in chaos and physical threats to fellow Democrats.”
The letter detailed behavior of a small number of Sanders supporters who, angry at a vote rejecting proposed changes to the rules of the day, protested loudly over the course of the day’s proceedings. That anger was heightened by the fact that, despite Sanders’ team having managed to get more people elected to attend the event, more delegates for Hillary Clinton showed up on Saturday. Clinton had about 30 more people in the room — but nearly 60 Sanders delegates were rejected for not being registered Democrats by the May 1 deadline.
This is where the state party pointed fingers directly at Sanders’s campaign.
“The most egregious instance of the Sanders Campaign inciting disruption – and yes, violence – came as the State Convention’s Credentials Committee completed its work. Adam Gillette, part of National Delegate Operations Team for the official Sanders Campaign, drafted and arranged for a member of that committee to attempt to deliver an incendiary, inaccurate, and wholly unauthorized ‘minority report’ charging that the Credentials Committee had fraudulently denied 64 Sanders delegates their eligibility.”
The party argued that six of those 64 delegates were seated — and that a committee comprised of five Clinton and five Sanders supporters agreed to reject the delegates’ credentials. “[O]ne can imagine the rage occasioned by this inflammatory charge, tossed into the tinderbox of a tense convention hall,” general counsel Bradley Schrager wrote. The scene was so tense that at the end of the event, the casino where it was being held demanded the convention adjourn and law enforcement officials came in to assure order.
Part of the frustration from the state party was clearly that objections to what happened on Saturday, fueled by anger on social media, carried over outside the convention itself. Journalist Jon Ralston documented grafitti on the Democratic Party headquarters in the state disputing the outcome and targeting the chairwoman of the party, Roberta Lange.
Lange also received a number of voicemails and text messages from across the country that were provided to the media. Many included threats of violence; some included Lange’s home address. Her phone number and the address of the party headquarters were distributed on social media.
For weeks, allegations of fraudulent behavior on behalf of the Clinton campaign have been passed around Twitter and Facebook. These stem in part from real voting problems such as were experienced in Arizona primary, where a decrease in polling locations made it much harder for some Democrats to vote.
The escalation by the state party in Nevada, challenging Sanders’ campaign directly for the behavior of a relatively small group of individuals, is a new chapter in disputes between the official Democratic Party and the campaign. Sanders’ campaign sued the Democratic National Committee after he was denied access to the voter file last autumn. That suit was dropped last month.
What the party wants to avoid is a spectacle of anger and frustration on the floor of the convention in Philadelphia. That seems increasingly likely, thanks in part to the fact that the final nomination vote will rely on the votes of superdelegates — a group of unbound voters who the Sanders campaign has alternately pilloried and cajoled. If frustration over rules changes and credentialing can spur death threats and vandalism over a four-delegate difference, imagine what the final nomination vote might engender.
One of the text messages ends, “See you in Philadelphia.”
What bs. Protesting and speaking loudly does not equal violence. 
Bernie is getting screwed by party insiders.
I dont blame his supporters for being pissed off at being fucked over.
effinggoof - Bernie is getting screwed by party insiders.
I dont blame his supporters for being pissed off at being fucked over.
LOL wut?
he's still down over 3 million votes to Hillary in the popular vote.
wait a minute, now they are concerned about violence yet when this shit was happening against Trump all was good in the world
Good, fuck them all.
Pablo Duke -Mr. Wright -Yeah... So what does it matter if he wins a state by 20-30% yet still gets fewer delegates than that cunty clown? Just because the DNC rigged the debate schedule, and pre-sold a majority of superdelegates, and manipulated caucuses and conventions to Hil's advantage, doesn't mean you're not taking part in our "democracy"effinggoof - Bernie is getting screwed by party insiders.
I dont blame his supporters for being pissed off at being fucked over.LOL wut?
he's still down over 3 million votes to Hillary in the popular vote.
Now shut up and just do what your party tells you too and no one gets hurt.
the delegate system is a complete shit show and needs to redone to avoid this bullshit. i agree that the idea of a super delegate is ridiculous, but the constant droning that bernie is extremely close to Hilldawg is total bullshit. she's blown him out of way more states than he's done to her.
Hey dummies, a party can do whatever the fuck they want to put toward their candidate. My party would have have an airing of grievances followed by trial by combat. The primarys are not an election they are a charade sold as democracy 
Oh, and we pay for them - but only 2 of them
tjmitch - Hey dummies, a party can do whatever the fuck they want to put toward their candidate. My party would have have an airing of grievances followed by trial by combat. The primarys are not an election they are a charade sold as democracy
this.
So the party that says a government-issued ID is an unnecessary burden to potential voters is now pulling credentials of delegates who jeopardize the party's desired position...
He isn't even a democrat - he should duck Hillary and run as an Independent once she gets the nomination she was promised
tjmitch - He isn't even a democrat - he should duck Hillary and run as an Independent once she gets the nomination she was promised
if he had any balls or conviction he would, but he won't, because he doesn't.
Pablo Duke -I haven't paid much attention to how Nevada works, but didn't he Lise the primary there?Mr. Wright -Yeah... So what does it matter if he wins a state by 20-30% yet still gets fewer delegates than that cunty clown? Just because the DNC rigged the debate schedule, and pre-sold a majority of superdelegates, and manipulated caucuses and conventions to Hil's advantage, doesn't mean you're not taking part in our "democracy"effinggoof - Bernie is getting screwed by party insiders.
I dont blame his supporters for being pissed off at being fucked over.LOL wut?
he's still down over 3 million votes to Hillary in the popular vote.
Now shut up and just do what your party tells you too and no one gets hurt.