Ralston: Clinton Camp Making ‘Ludicrous Claims’ About Nevada Demographics

HAYES: “You have not been shy about what you think of the Clinton campaign advancing an argument that Nevada is essentially and fundamentally in the same category of Iowa and New Hampshire as the kind of state Sanders should do well in. What do you think of that argument?”
RALSTON: “Chris, I’m having a bit of trouble hearing you, but I think you asked me about the Clinton campaign making these ludicrous claims that it’s 80 percent white out here which you and everybody else knows is not true. The people making the claims know it’s not true. Robby Mook, the campaign manager for the Clinton campaign worked out here in 2008. The electorate here, the Democratic caucus electorate  was 30 percent plus minority in 2008. It’s likely to be 40 percent  plus. But this is evidence of the Clinton campaign coming out of New Hampshire and trying to lower expectations but in such a way it’s not credible. They clearly are worried. They had all the infrastructure set up here. They were the dominant campaign here but now they’re feeling the burn, as it were. Sanders is all over TV. He’s got three ads running now.  He’s doubled her in spending. They have real activity on the ground for the first time. I think they’re going with the out landish claim of an 80 percent white electorate which even Harry Reid criticized them for today for saying. I think they’re worried about what’s happening in Nevada even though I still think they have an advantage.”