A Bernie Sanders staffer pitched using double-sided coins for breaking ties in Democratic presidential caucuses, according to a new report.
Nevada State Director Joan Kato allegedly suggested the idea before the caucuses there in February, CBS News said Monday.
Staffers told CBS News that Kato instructed them to buy the unfair trinkets ahead of Nevada's caucuses on Feb. 20.
Kato hoped the rigged coins would tilt caucuses in Sanders's favor in the event of a tie, the news outlet added.
Hillary Clinton ended up beating Sanders by just more than 5 points in Nevada's Democratic caucuses, taking 52.6 percent to his 47.3 percent.
CBS News said Kato struggled in her role as Sanders's Nevada state director after replacing someone else fired from that role.
Sanders's campaign did not let Kato go after its showing in Nevada, appointing her as its national delegate director instead.
Veteran Nevada reporter Jon Ralston on Monday said Kato's ploy, if true, would not have boosted Sanders's results.
Nevada State Director Joan Kato allegedly suggested the idea before the caucuses there in February, CBS News said Monday.
Staffers told CBS News that Kato instructed them to buy the unfair trinkets ahead of Nevada's caucuses on Feb. 20.
Kato hoped the rigged coins would tilt caucuses in Sanders's favor in the event of a tie, the news outlet added.
Hillary Clinton ended up beating Sanders by just more than 5 points in Nevada's Democratic caucuses, taking 52.6 percent to his 47.3 percent.
CBS News said Kato struggled in her role as Sanders's Nevada state director after replacing someone else fired from that role.
Sanders's campaign did not let Kato go after its showing in Nevada, appointing her as its national delegate director instead.
Veteran Nevada reporter Jon Ralston on Monday said Kato's ploy, if true, would not have boosted Sanders's results.
Funniest part, as more than one person has reminded me, is ties were not decided by coin flip but by cutting cards! https://t.co/6wDgK8nsdB— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) June 27, 2016
Clinton earlier this month crossed the 2,382 delegate threshold for clinching the Democratic presidential nomination.
Sanders on Sunday said he would not endorse Clinton unless she makes concessions on policy issues including education, healthcare, and the minimum wage.
"I think, right now, what we are doing is trying to say to the Clinton campaign: 'Stand up, be bolder than you have been,' and then many of those voters, in fact, may come on board," he said of his supporters on CNN.
Sanders on Friday admitted that he plans on voting for Clinton in the general presidential election this November, however.
"I think the issue right here is I'm gonna do everything I can to defeat Donald Trump," he said on MSNBC of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
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