Bill Clinton Alleges Voter Suppression In Nevada

Ben Smith at our partner Politico reports that Bill Clinton has claimed to have personally witnessed voter suppression in Nevada.

The alleged suppressors: Representatives of the 60,000-strong Culinary Workers Union, which has endorsed Barack Obama.

"Today when my daughter and I were wandering through the hotel, and all these culinary workers were mobbing us telling us they didn't care what the union told them to do, they were gonna caucus for Hillary," Clinton reportedly said.

Clinton continued: "There was a representative of the organization following along behind us going up to everybody who said that, saying 'if you're not gonna vote for our guy we're gonna give you a schedule tomorrow so you can't be there.' So, is this the new politics? I haven't seen anything like that in America in 35 years."

Culinary Workers political director Pilar Weiss called Clinton's suggestion "ludicrous" and "technically impossible." Smith notes that "Vegas papers haven't found any evidence of the kind of straightforward voter suppression Clinton reports."

"We have found it shocking that President Clinton has gotten so engaged in promoting these accusations," Weiss told Politico.