AP: Sanders-linked group entered into racial discrimination NDA

[mcar]

Sanders-linked group entered into racial discrimination NDA

A political advocacy group founded by Bernie Sanders entered into a nondisclosure agreement with an African American political consultant that bars her from discussing a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination at the organization and the Vermont senator’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The consultant, Tezlyn Figaro, confirmed the existence of the nondisclosure agreement to The Associated Press without providing additional details.

The deal is tied to a 2019 lawsuit in which Figaro said she was fired from the Sanders-created political group Our Revolution a year earlier due to her race and in “retaliation for complaining about the organization’s treatment towards her and African-Americans.” The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. Though the lawsuit was aimed at Our Revolution, it included broad criticism of Sanders’ campaign, arguing an all-white leadership staff “was accused of racism” by black staffers and failed to engage black voters....

Sanders has acknowledged the mistreatment of women and minorities who worked on his 2016 campaign, and his advisers say they’ve taken corrective measures for his second run. Now the front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Sanders frequently says he is building a “multiracial, multi-generational movement” that will appeal to the broad coalition needed to win the primary and defeat President Donald Trump.

But legal experts say that argument could be undermined by a nondisclosure agreement that prevents a woman of color who has criticized Sanders’ record on race from talking about her experience.

https://apnews.com/c5201196cdc5897e76e49a3352a2c8dd

[Squinch]

1. But... but.... Oh, nevermind.

[mcar]

2. I know

[McKim]

3. Thanks, Just Keep it Up!

Thanks for the information. How about talking about how we take Sanders ideas which many find attractive into a platform that most Americans can get behind? How about a constructive conversation? How can we take a Medicare for All option, accessible university and help for the very poor and give Americans something great to vote for! I have had enough sensationalist stories about candidates.

[mcar]

8. Feel free

[showblue22]

4. All NDA's should be cancelled for all candidates.

[dumptrump1]

6. besides Bloomberg and sanders, does anybody else ha e anybody in an nda

[Walleye]

10. Agree. NDA's are un-American

[dumptrump1]

5. bloomberg should release those women from the ndas!

Um. I mean Sanders.

[zackymilly]

7. Bernie! Release her from her NDA! Release your medical records too! n/t

[oasis]

9. This'll grow legs that will travel to Super Tuesday.

[mcar]

13. It's stunning news

[JustAnotherGen]

11. I thought she was fired

For anti-immigrant remarks?

[mcar]

14. More from the article

Figaro’s roughly yearlong tenure at Our Revolution was tumultuous.

She was brought on by former Our Revolution President Nina Turner, a top Sanders surrogate who is now national co-chair of his 2020 campaign. When Turner tried to make Figaro Our Revolution’s chief of staff, board members objected.

Past comments Figaro made about immigration on Twitter and as a pundit on Fox News quickly surfaced and drew rebuke, with critics and some Our Revolution staffers saying that they were anti-immigrant....

Figaro, who had long worked as a consultant to Turner, publicly apologized but was fired. Our Revolution was aware of her past comments when she was hired, according to her lawsuit. Turner didn’t respond to a request for comment.

In the past, Figaro defended herself by noting that her comments echoed what Sanders has previously said.

“If poverty is increasing and if wages are going down, I don’t know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers and drive wages down even lower than they are now,” Sanders said in a 2007 television interview explaining why he opposed a bipartisan immigration bill.

[JustAnotherGen]

15. Thank you

I "knew" the name - I didn't realize the entire situation.

[ehrnst]

19. If this was any other candidate.... (nt)

[mcar]

21. You know it

[SunSeeker]

12. Wow

[George II]

17. Nina Turner was the head of Our Revolution when this happened....

....she left Our Revolution a month before the NDA was signed. All negotiations took lace while she was still there.

[ehrnst]

18. How many donations to Our Revolution went to pay that settlement?

Figaro was the director of racial justice for Sanders’ 2016 campaign, then worked on black outreach issues for Our Revolution. According to federal court records, her case against Our Revolution was settled in July 2019 for an undisclosed amount.

NDAs.... really?

[mcar]

20. Are they good? Are they bad?

Are some good and some bad? I'm confused.

[ehrnst]

22. Like contested conventions, I guess...

[Skidmore]

23. These people owe

donors an explanation. Sanders should be rejecting their support. I thought I read somewhere that AOC is connected to them somehow.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Kick