Just saw Nina Turner on Ari

[calguy]

She's just as unappealing as ever. The thought her being Bernie's version of KellyAnn Conway is enough to turn a lot of voters off.

[hlthe2b]

1. i agree... I don't know what Bernie is thinking with her (and several others)

[calguy]

2. She's probably the best he could get.

The best people don't want to work with him.

[democrattotheend]

9. Not from what I read

I read an article yesterday that was written sometime before he declared his second run. Unlike in 2016, he's had many top tier operatives want to work for him, but he preferred to stick with the people he had in 2016, especially those like Weaver who have been with him for a long time.

[Gothmog]

38. sanders has shown very poor judgment on staffing decisions

Sirota is a liar and the rest of the staff are stein supporters. A vote for stein was a vote for trump and Putin

[billpolonsky]

3. Icky

Bernie Sanders surrogates are so bad they make me compare them to Trump....



Get it together people.

[HarlanPepper]

13. I know. What was a Bernie thinking when he hired them.

Get it together!

[Gothmog]

40. We are not kidding

sanders has very bad judgment on staffing issues

[Cha]

4. K and R!

[TreasonousBastard]

5. She is another master (mistress?) of the gish gallop, and...

it drives me crazy whenever I hear her.

[Cornell Engineer]

28. Don't know why

some Dem hasn't signed on guys like Plouffe and Messina. Those two worked on Obama's campaign and are sharp as tacks.

I remember very early in the 2008 primary season one of their spreadsheets leaked out into the public when somebody accidentally attached it to an email. I got ahold of a copy and tracked it throughout...I'll be damned if those two didn't nail how the entire primaries would unfold to near perfection.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. Gee, what's so unappealing about her?

[sheshe2]

17. Hassin Bin Sober

Hassin Bin Sober

Gee, what's so unappealing about her?

She voted for Jill Stein.

After Bernie lost she voted third party.


You are unaware she did that? As a Democrat are you okay with that? I'm not. I vote for Democrats. Period.

[BlueIdaho]

23. She is a major reason I can't support Bernie

She is a nasty and vindictive person. I’m afraid that’s exactly what Bernie likes about her.

[FarPoint]

29. I agree. ..

If Bernie has someone this obnoxious...then exactly who is Bernie?

[PatSeg]

24. I couldn't stand her

years before she ever worked on Sanders campaign. She is perpetually angry and abrasive. Add to that she voted for Jill Stein when Bernie lost in 2016.

[whistler162]

43. Like Senator Sanders she yells

and appears to always be angry. TALK TO PEOPLE DON'T YELL AT THEM!

[still_one]

7. Unfortunately in my opinion his campaign is based on dividing the Democratic party

This was demonstrated when he hired Jill Stein supporter Brianna Joy Gray, Hillary hating David Sirota, and Nina Turner

[PatSeg]

25. I agree

This is how we lose by dividing the party that can save us.

[evertonfc]

8. She is unwatchable

and will not play well in many states.

[George II]

10. Every time I see her I think she's mocking us....

Of course I can't really tell, I always turn the sound off.

[Hassler]

11. The 2016 voter who thought voting for Jill Stein was preferable to defeating Chump

[HarlanPepper]

12. There's not a lot of daylight between them, tbh.

[showblue22]

14. I'm expecting her to break out speaking in tongues

at an even and ask people to line up to be healed by Bernie.

[Mike Nelson]

15. He may have to...

... keep her on board. She could write a "behind the scenes" book on the Bernie campaigns....

[Zolorp]

16. Isn't she one who "proudly voted for Jill Stein"?

[Cal Carpenter]

20. No, she didn't, actually, despite what gets repeated here constantly

[Zolorp]

21. Ah, excuse me.

IT was his press secretary.

[W_HAMILTON]

31. In her own words...

Link to tweet

[Cal Carpenter]

33. Yes, I've seen this clip

This very brief tidbit that apparently says so much...

She was rightfully (imo) angry at that time. She didn't say she wasn't voting for Clinton. She said she wasn't 'backing' her in the sense of an endorsement.

She also specifically declined the Green Party's invitation to take the VP slot because she was still committed to the Dem party.


Unless someone has hacked her ballot no one but Nina knows for sure who she voted for. Based on her words, I think it was (probably grudgingly) Clinton. But unlike the impression plenty of people on DU like to give, she sure as shit didn't endorse Jill Stein or announce that she voted for her.

[W_HAMILTON]

34. Do you think that makes her any better in our (Democrats') eyes?

The fact that she either voted third party or can't bring herself to say that she voted for the Democratic nominee? Because it makes her seem every bit the divisive trash that many Democrats view her as.

[Cha]

45. Yeah, she either voted for stein or sat home in GE

[oasis]

35. So Nina's "not backing" Hillary remark on national T.V. didn't influence

potential voters? Not a one? Got it.

[highplainsdem]

18. Glad I missed her.

[aeromanKC]

19. Bernie's choice in campaign staff proves he is not qualified to make presidential decisions.

Anyone who voted for Jill Stein is NOT qualified to be on a Democratic Presidential campaign. Period!!

[oasis]

22. Nina, the Torpedo Turner lying faster than the speed of sound.

[Cornell Engineer]

26. She turns me off bigtime as well

Bernie would do well to replace Nina Turner with Tina Turner.

[FarPoint]

27. She equates to nails on a chalkboard....

I'm from Ohio, she hails from Ohio...she is an embarrassing sort.

[Cornell Engineer]

30. Maybe Nina is a Cleveland Browns fan...

at least that would explain all that poisonous pent-up anger constantly boiling inside her.

[redstateblues]

32. I turned the sound down when she came on

She has a very unusual look this time around. I can’t stomach her routine

[Indepatriot]

36. Amazing how much derision for a strong, smart, accomplished black woman.... on a "Democratic" board.

I thought for a minute I had somehow ended up on Brietbart.... No need to worry about her being Sanders KAC, Nina only speaks the truth, which seems to be an issue with some of you.

[writes3000]

39. Wrong. Nina doesn't get an automatic pass because of her race or her gender.

She has earned the intensity of venom aimed her way. She’s obnoxious. And it’s no surprise she got voted out of office.

She drives people away.

[Cornell Engineer]

41. Racebait much???

Our criticism has nothing to do with her sex or her race or her religion...whatever the hell it is. It has to do with her delivery and the fact that if she is successful she will probably help lead Democrats to slaughter in November.

We can spend some time taking shots at the white guy Jeff Weaver who's every bit as bad if it makes you feel any better.

[Cha]

42. Thank you!

[Gothmog]

37. I saw that she was on and erased the show from DVR

[NurseJackie]

44. Ha! Glad to know I'm not the only one...

... who'll erase shows for reasons like that.