[There was a video here]

On a primary night that he was widely expected to lose badly, Bernie Sanders took time on Tuesday to tell Democratic delegates how well he’d fare if he won the nomination he almost certainly now will not.

“We are doing so much better against Republican candidates,” said Sanders at a rally in West Virginia. “That is a point I hope the delegates to the Democratic convention fully understand.”

“The elections are not closed primaries,” he continued. Unfortunately for Sanders, closed primaries are.