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I agree with you, if we assume there was a free and fair primary. If there was then fine, they earned it. If they won because they had the most donations, likely orchestrated by the establishment DNC, then it isn't free and fair. This is almost certainly the case since it's totally allowed legally, and has been the way things have worked since at least Citizens United, but really far longer.
This is the point, for sure. It wasn't for nothing that the Dems argued publicly for their right to rig primaries when they were sued for it in Florida after rigging the primary against Bernie.
It's not about quality. It's about complicity, and they're happy to run black candidates who play ball with the billionaires and Israel. Just look at Cory Booker.