"Look, you don't change the rules in the middle of a game," the former VP said.
1 / 2 Following a commanding win Saturday in South Carolina, former Vice President Joe Biden suggested Sunday that he's willing to battle through a contested convention should Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., enter the nominating event with a plurality but not the majority of delegates needed to seal the nomination.
As it stands, Sanders leads Biden by just four delegates in the latest NBC News projection. Further back are former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg — who dropped out of the race on Sunday night — Warren and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. There's also billionaire former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who is appearing on the ballot for the first time in the Super Tuesday contests.
"Yes. I mean, look, the rules have been set. And I find a lot of folks in Bernie's operation are now saying that whoever goes in with the most delegates, even if they're not close or there's a distance from the 19-plus-hundred that we need, that that's — they should be declared the winner," Biden said."I wonder where that view was when he was challenging Hillary after she went in with a commanding lead.
Sanders pushed back on the idea that he's changed his position, saying comments that were highlighted came before California, the state with the most delegates, had voted. Sanders said that after California"it was over" and"we conceded the election and that — we supported Hillary Clinton." In 2016, California voters didn't cast ballots until June, far later than this cycle, when they'll vote on Super Tuesday."If Joe ends up winning, I will be there," he added.
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