Chairman resigns, many Sanders supporters apologize for 'disrespectful' role in Latino caucus elect

[riversedge]

Source: omaha.com



Chairman resigns, many Sanders supporters apologize for 'disrespectful' role in Latino caucus election



Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 5:45 pm | Updated: 6:00 pm, Wed Jun 22, 2016.

By Robynn Tysver / World-Herald staff writer

A cadre of young Bernie Sanders backers in Nebraska learned this week that it wasn’t right to play politics with Latinos.

The Sanders group was accused of being “paternalistic” and exhibiting “white privilege” after it engineered the ouster of a longtime Latino leader in favor of a Sanders supporter as chairman of a Latino-centered group during last weekend’s Democratic State Convention.


Many of those in the Sanders group were young, white and male. And many of them apologized profusely during an emotional meeting Tuesday with Latino leaders in South Omaha. The meeting ended with the newly elected Sanders’ supporter stepping down and allowing the longtime leader of the Democrats’ Latino group to resume the helm.

“It was disrespectful. It really was. From the bottom of my heart, I want to apologize,” said Nate Gadrinski, 29, a Sanders supporter from Omaha. “It is clear you don’t want your allies making decisions for you.”....................


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Looks like both sides talked it out---as it should be.

[CrowCityDem]

1. Good for them, but if only they thought before they acted.

[SouthernDemLinda]

38. Fox News Latino - ‎4 hours ago‎

https://news.google.co.il/news/more?ncl=dRiNseKGURazO4M&authuser=0&ned=en_il

Washington, D.C. – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders addressed Latino policymakers at an event that his rival for the nomination, Hillary Clinton, skipped, but he made no mention of the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party.

[JonLeibowitz]

2. Was Adrian Sanchez Latino?

If so, where did they stand on the issues and organizing for a win?

Not much else ultimately matters.

[George II]

7. As far as I can see in the news, Adrian Sanchez is still alive and he still is a Latino.

[hack89]

8. Having a bunch of white guys decide who should lead a Latino group is wrong

regardless of the issues. POC can manage their own affairs.

[joshcryer]

18. He's a newbie in politics.

Got elected by a group of white non-due paying people who just rampaged among the caucus rooms. They didn't know Adrian and it seems part of the ouster is due to him being an unknown and suddenly being brought to the top leadership position due to an illegal vote (only dues paying, long term members can select the lead position).

[Fla Dem]

31. That wasn't the issue. Non-Latino Bernie supporters flooded the caucus just as the vote was

being taken. They tilted the outcome to Sanchez who is a Sanders supporter.

[SouthernDemLinda]

39. Adrian Sanchez head of the Nebraska Latino Commission

At the Latino caucus, the Sanders group flooded the meeting just as the vote for chairman was about to take place. Marta Nieves, who’s been active in the organization for more than five years, was running for re-election. However, the Sanders supporters preferred Adrian Sanchez, head of the Nebraska Latino Commission.

[Rose Siding]

3. I'm so glad to hear this turn of events

Very positive outcome.

[SouthernDemLinda]

40. Bernie Sanders won Nebraska’s Democratic caucuses

Sanders won Nebraska’s Democratic caucuses in March and was awarded more state delegates than Hillary Clinton, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee.

[bravenak]

4. I'm glad they realized how they sounded and made good.

[sheshe2]

5. I applaud them here.

It was the right choice.

Listen, talk with them, yet never tell them how they should feel. You don't always know better.

[George II]

6. Too bad it had to happen in the first place.

[beastie boy]

9. The importand thing is they recognized they have a problem.

An apology is a natural outcome of that.

Good show, kids!

[rhett o rick]

10. Why are you posting an OP about Sanders supporters? Isn't the primary behind us? nm

[Person 2713]

11. This is about last weekends state convention

[riversedge]

17. state conventions still taking place. It is good news.

[rhett o rick]

21. So it's still ok to bash Sanders supporters. Why am I not surprised.

[riversedge]

22. The Sanders supporters negotiated an agreement. No bashing. They did well.

[rhett o rick]

24. Really? "They did well". This wouldn't be allowed if it were the other side.

[riversedge]

32. Sanders and Clinton delegates sat down and reached and agreement. Good for both sides. Now

I consider that good. bye

[Bradical79]

23. It's news... not sure what you want

It's not bashing Sanders supporters. You're being oversensitive.

[rhett o rick]

25. Really? You know of course that telling someone they are being oversensitive is always

the justification. You know full well this is one sided.

[sangfroid]

29. I remember during the Seventies

When feminists gave the male Left a hard time for sexist language or behavior, the response always was "over-sensitivity". In fact, more than a few marriages ended because of that bon mot.

[rhett o rick]

30. It's always the justification used to discredit objections. nm

[Bradical79]

33. There's no legitimate objection

A group got too agressive in interparty politicing, came off looking bad, and fixed it. And comparing a group of primarily young white men organizing the ousting of a longtime Latino leader to sexism is pretty damn stupid. You didn't object to anything except the reporting of what some Bernie supporters actually did. And yes, sayingnyou're being "oversensitive" is about the nicest and most accurate response to your so called objection.

[rhett o rick]

36. In spite of your rationalization, I understand the rules to indicate that there is no need

distinguish "Sanders supporters" any more. It's continuing the primary battle.

[Bradical79]

41. You seem to be strugling to understand the rules and the article.

They were Sanders delegates from the caucuses, not Democraticunderground forum members. Nothing wrong with refering to them as Sanders supporters, since that is what they are. The new rules here acknowleging Clinton's victory and the partisan nature of the site does not mean a complete media blackout about news concerning the few primary related activities still going on. And there was little, if any, bashing going on. You are going out of your way to make trouble where there is none, and pretend to be a victim.

[rhett o rick]

43. Rationalize away. Apparently the rules only apply to some.

[LanternWaste]

35. You'll of course, point out the implicit and specific "bashing" going on in either the OP or the thr

You'll of course, point out the implicit and specific "bashing" going on in either the OP or the thread without too much reliance on creative interpretations or imaginative inferences, yes?

[snooper2]

37. LOL

[SouthernDemLinda]

42. Pleeease!

Next they'll have them throwing chairs at pinata's and yelling remember the Alamo!!!! John Wayne style!

[WhiteTara]

26. Has he conceded? If not, I guess it's not over.

[rhett o rick]

27. For DU it's over. Read the new rules. At least it's over for one side.

[pnwmom]

14. They know how to behave. So an act of contrition is unnecessary. n/t

[Grassy Knoll]

15. Wow, You Know ALL Of Us?

[GusBob]

16. Because they never ever would pull stuff like this

Nice try

[msanthrope]

19. Kick. nt

[Nitram]

20. k&r

[BlueMTexpat]

28. This is a very hopeful sign.

Good for them!

[Blue_Tires]

44. bad optics