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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Was it too male? Yes. Was it too white? Yes." Jeff Weaver, Bernie Sanders's top adviser [View all]
I did experience sexual harassment during the campaign, and there was no one who would or could help, said Samantha Davis, the former director of operations in Texas and New York, who also worked on the campaigns advance team. She said that her supervisor marginalized her after she declined an invitation to his hotel room.
In interviews, women told of makeshift living accommodations on the road, where they were asked to sleep in rooms along with male co-workers they didnt know. Women who had access to salary records were taken aback to learn that some female staff members made thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts.
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There was an entire wave of rotten sexual harassment that seemingly was never dealt with, one of the delegates wrote in a December email, obtained by The New York Times, to a Sanders political strategist.
Jeff Weaver, Mr. Sanderss 2016 campaign manager and currently a top adviser, said in an email that anybody who committed harassment on the campaign would not be asked back and expressed regret for the operations shortcomings.
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Ms. Slamen quit the organization at the end of 2016 after she said she was berated by a male member of the Our Revolution steering committee for suggesting an organizing plan. In emails reviewed by The Times, she raised issues about sexist behavior with committee members who saw the incident and Our Revolutions national board of directors. She said she received no reassurance that anything would change.
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Ms. Di Lauro, the former strategist in Nevada, was emphatic in her own Facebook posts. I have to speak up about this now because I hope it will be of service to the next Sanders campaign, she wrote on Dec. 7 [2018]
In interviews, women told of makeshift living accommodations on the road, where they were asked to sleep in rooms along with male co-workers they didnt know. Women who had access to salary records were taken aback to learn that some female staff members made thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts.
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There was an entire wave of rotten sexual harassment that seemingly was never dealt with, one of the delegates wrote in a December email, obtained by The New York Times, to a Sanders political strategist.
Jeff Weaver, Mr. Sanderss 2016 campaign manager and currently a top adviser, said in an email that anybody who committed harassment on the campaign would not be asked back and expressed regret for the operations shortcomings.
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Ms. Slamen quit the organization at the end of 2016 after she said she was berated by a male member of the Our Revolution steering committee for suggesting an organizing plan. In emails reviewed by The Times, she raised issues about sexist behavior with committee members who saw the incident and Our Revolutions national board of directors. She said she received no reassurance that anything would change.
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Ms. Di Lauro, the former strategist in Nevada, was emphatic in her own Facebook posts. I have to speak up about this now because I hope it will be of service to the next Sanders campaign, she wrote on Dec. 7 [2018]
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-sexism.html
(Not re-fighting the 2016 primary. These are new revelations concerning campaign staffers, by campaign staffers in an effort to create a better future run for POTUS, and not implicating Senator Sanders himself.)
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"Was it too male? Yes. Was it too white? Yes." Jeff Weaver, Bernie Sanders's top adviser [View all]
ehrnst
Jan 2019
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Despite the protestations and rationalizations, that was not his first campaign.
George II
Jan 2019
#6
If only the men and women had been paid the same; economic equality would have made all the problems
WhiskeyGrinder
Jan 2019
#8
WhiskeyGrinder, that kind of flip, cavalier reaction to serious issues is not helpful.
Nitram
Jan 2019
#25
This will no doubt inspire the BernieBots to frantically return to: "HILLARY! WALL STREET!
Aristus
Jan 2019
#12
Someone last night already pointed out that ONE staffer who was reassigned and eventually....
George II
Jan 2019
#30
Prior to then Sanders was involved in about 20 campaigns, he was no rookie in 2016.
George II
Jan 2019
#32
Again... Tad Devine was no rookie to national campaigns. Bernie hired him in 2006 & 2012
ehrnst
Jan 2019
#37
Probably a wise move. Devine was Kerry's man and thus came seemingly vetted.
Tom Rinaldo
Jan 2019
#40
I'm inclined to believe those who were there, in person, on the front lines.
NurseJackie
Jan 2019
#48