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ehrnst

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Thu Jan 3, 2019, 09:36 AM Jan 2019

"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 campaign’s 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 didn’t 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. Sanders’s 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 operation’s 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 Revolution’s 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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This is terrible. Demsrule86 Jan 2019 #1
Sunlight is neccessary before anything can really change. (nt) ehrnst Jan 2019 #2
It's funny because I remember this being the same Weaver Blue_Tires Jan 2019 #3
I encountered some of those "loudmouthed dilettantes" here at DU. Paladin Jan 2019 #15
So did I. Against me a little, but against others a WHOLE LOT more. calimary Jan 2019 #20
Sanders 2016 campaign alumni are calling for a meeting ehrnst Jan 2019 #4
DU rec...nt SidDithers Jan 2019 #5
Despite the protestations and rationalizations, that was not his first campaign. George II Jan 2019 #6
Do you have a link to the Cooper interview? ehrnst Jan 2019 #11
Here you go. At least once he said "I was very busy", but as I mentioned... George II Jan 2019 #14
Imagine if HRC had said: ehrnst Jan 2019 #23
Didn't he criticize HRC for not knowing enough mcar Jan 2019 #41
Hmmmm kr Fullduplexxx Jan 2019 #7
If only the men and women had been paid the same; economic equality would have made all the problems WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #8
Apparently gender economic equality isn't as vital when comes to the ehrnst Jan 2019 #16
WhiskeyGrinder, that kind of flip, cavalier reaction to serious issues is not helpful. Nitram Jan 2019 #25
I love the fact that the press is vetting candidates Gothmog Jan 2019 #9
Along with his own staffers. (nt) ehrnst Jan 2019 #10
This will no doubt inspire the BernieBots to frantically return to: "HILLARY! WALL STREET! Aristus Jan 2019 #12
Already happening here on DU - along with whataboutism concerning Kamala... ehrnst Jan 2019 #13
The second one BannonsLiver Jan 2019 #42
Someone last night already pointed out that ONE staffer who was reassigned and eventually.... George II Jan 2019 #30
Glad to see that Weaver didn't simply duck this Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #17
Tad Devine was no rookie to national campaigns. ehrnst Jan 2019 #26
Prior to then Sanders was involved in about 20 campaigns, he was no rookie in 2016. George II Jan 2019 #32
Vermont is one of the least populated states in the Union Tom Rinaldo Jan 2019 #35
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
So it reflected what bs wanted...... getagrip_already Jan 2019 #18
Not to mention endorsing people like Heath Mello. MrsCoffee Jan 2019 #19
Well I will bring up 2016 DownriverDem Jan 2019 #21
Sexism and Racism ismnotwasm Jan 2019 #22
Yep. ehrnst Jan 2019 #24
And....Pay Inequity Me. Jan 2019 #27
"Economic injustice" or just "identity politics?" (nt) ehrnst Jan 2019 #29
6 Of One Half Dozen Of The Other Me. Jan 2019 #39
Very important story ZeroSomeBrains Jan 2019 #28
K&R sheshe2 Jan 2019 #31
Jeff Weaver is lying KitSileya Jan 2019 #33
Arturo Carmona was at The Gathering??? ehrnst Jan 2019 #34
Yup. He personally go invited by Jane Sanders. KitSileya Jan 2019 #36
I believe that it was Jane that said Weaver should be running things in OR ehrnst Jan 2019 #38
".. anybody" Except Arthur Carmona at The Gathering. Cha Jan 2019 #46
We were told it was identity politics to want to talk about women's issues... Hekate Jan 2019 #43
Weaver was closer to the "action" than Sanders. WeekiWater Jan 2019 #44
Well, there's Jane. ehrnst Jan 2019 #45
What was she thinking? Cha Jan 2019 #47
I'm inclined to believe those who were there, in person, on the front lines. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #48
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