Bernie supporters claim Hillary's Iowa win is due to voter fraud

A win is a win is a win. That's the message from the pro-Clinton media today. Never mind how narrow the victory was, what matters is the perception that Hillary managed to emerge from Iowa with her head held high. The fact that she had trouble defeating a geriatric socialist crackpot is supposedly irrelevant. Sure, this should have been an easy win for the Clinton machine, but again - a win is a win is a win. ...Unless of course she had to commit voter fraud to get it. Is it possible that the Clintons lied, cheated, and stole their way to a painfully small Iowa win? That's the question being asked by many of the Bernie faithful today. The first of their claims stems from an incident in which Bernie voters allegedly went uncounted at precinct #43 in Des Moines. Supposedly caucus chair Drew Gentsch and precinct captain Liz Buck misled Bernie supporters while simultaneously failing to do an accurate recount of Hillary caucusers. As Conservative Outfitters reports:

Reddit user cosmicjesus3 explains: So basically in the caucus they have to hand count everyone depending on what side they're sitting on. Well when it came time to do the second count the numbers were off. The first vote breakdown was like this FIRST VOTE: 215 Sanders 210 Clinton 26 O'Malley 8 Undecided 459 TOTAL And this is the SECOND Vote: 232 Clinton 224 Sanders 456 Total So somehow they lost 3 people but Clinton's vote went up by 14. So basically what had happened was Hillary's team didn't take the time to do a full recount instead she just added the new people who joined the second vote. Which clearly wasn't an accurate count.

C-span got the whole thing on tape: Then, a similar story unfolded in Ames District 1-3, where voters were allegedly tricked into leaving the premises under the guise of following the fire codes. Here, the large turnout apparently led to a situation where there were too many people in the room, so organizers told them that caucusing would continue outside. If Bernie fans are to be believed, that didn't happen...

Reddit user DBZ5episodesyelling eAgaxplains: The hall was full to the point where fire regulations were in question. So he announces that we are going to caucus outside. an hour goes by and we're still sitting. At this point he announces that everyone who is sure of their vote is going to file out the door and tell it to an organizer and then go home. Both the bernie and clinton organizers claim this is incorrect. 45 minutes go by. At this point many people, most first time caucus goers, were leaving. The man still refused to start counting votes. He claimed everyone could film him if they wished. I think you all can guess what happens next. People start filming him. Not only does he refuse to go on record, not only does he refuse to state his name, but he attempted to get the (multiple) people filming kicked out because they were "independents". Finally a pregnant caucus-goer takes control of the entire situation. The result: 16.1% clinton 84% sanders. If the caucus had been at the correct time, I'm confident it would have been a no-contest sanders victory. Is there anyone else caucusing in Iowa? Did you experience something similar?

Again, part of the situation was captured on film. Finally, there are the coin tosses... As The Blaze reports, Hillary is almost as lucky with coin tosses as she is with avoiding prosecution and investing in cattle futures.

One of the most bizarre details to emerge from Monday's Iowa caucuses was that in six Democratic counties, the ownership of six delegates was decided by a coin flip. A single delegate remained unassigned at the end of caucusing in two precincts in Des Moines, one precinct in Ames, one in Newton, one in West Branch and one in Davenport, The Des Moines Register reported. In all six instances, the coin toss was won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The odds of winning all six coin tosses? 1.56 percent, or about 1 in 64. It's certainly possible to get that lucky, but it's not particularly likely, either. ...And that's the rub. It's unclear whether any of this would have altered the eventual outcome, but its nebulous nature feels awfully familiar to those who've been paying attention long enough to remember the ways in which the Clinton machine guarantees victory. Is any of it hard evidence of voter fraud? Probably not. Does is smell like something's "off?" Absolutely. In fact, Hillary's coin flip winning streak feels like the perfect summation of every Clinton defense in her long, crooked career. It certainly appears that something is wrong here, but they double dog dare you to prove it. Since you can't prove wrongdoing with 100% certainty, her lapdog voters will ignore their own doubts and cast their ballots. Deep down they may suspect there's something shady going on, but they're "ready for Hillary" - even if that means sacrificing every last shred personal integrity along the way.

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