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(60,536 posts) Mon Mar 19, 2018, 02:56 PM Mar 2018

Pro-Bernie Sanders group cancels Hillary Clinton protest [View all]

MAR 19 2018, 1:38 PM ET

by ALEX SEITZ-WALD

WASHINGTON — A pro-Bernie Sanders group has canceled an anti-Hillary Clinton protest, its organizer told NBC News on Monday.

The event, created by the leader of a local chapter of Our Revolution, prompted backlash from Clinton allies, leading Sanders' top adviser to condemn it and disassociate his boss from the group, which grew out of Sanders presidential campaign.

The episode shows that, two years later, Democrats still can’t quite shake the ghost of 2016 and the hard-fought presidential primary between Clinton and Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont. And it's another demonstration of the challenges Sanders faces in leading a movement that acts in his name but is often beyond his control — even as he reportedly prepares for a second presidential bid in 2020.

Ellen Faden said she had no idea her protest would cause such an uproar.

The founder of the Hazlet, New Jersey, chapter of Our Revolution objected to the fact that Rutgers University is paying Clinton $25,000 for an upcoming speech, so she thought she'd use the event to make a point about money in politics.

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Pro-Bernie Sanders group cancels Hillary Clinton protest [View all] DonViejo Mar 2018 OP

She had no idea my ass. MrsCoffee Mar 2018 #1

+1 OnDoutside Mar 2018 #35

Here is a tweet advocating the protest..... riversedge Mar 2018 #39

They didn't need to try to get it off the ground before realize how stupid it is. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #2

Dear Ellen Faden.... NCTraveler Mar 2018 #3

Maybe they should spend their time actually protesting the people in power... Namely the Republicans UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #18

Sane Progressive Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #24

She has gone full blown Alex Jones. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #27

Post removed Post removed Mar 2018 #4

Wait. What? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #7

Only five of your six allegations were inaccurate. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #16

I would think they would do better if they protested the actual Iliyah Mar 2018 #5

Well there is a lot of that going around. CentralMass Mar 2018 #9

Glad they're focused on the important issues NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #6

Good. CentralMass Mar 2018 #8

Facebook Johnny2X2X Mar 2018 #10

Smart move. MineralMan Mar 2018 #11

These people are pathetic. They have their heads shoved so far up their asses they really and truly Afromania Mar 2018 #12

"Ellen Faden said she had no idea her protest would cause such an uproar." LOL! (and BULLSHIT!) NurseJackie Mar 2018 #13

Is this a sign that people are wising up to this divisive Bernie or Bust John Fante Mar 2018 #14

Ellen Faden is still going to organize her protest but she will comradebillyboy Mar 2018 #15

Looks like she has as much tact and political savvy as Westboro Baptist Church... NurseJackie Mar 2018 #37

She has certainly gotten more attention than she bargained for. comradebillyboy Mar 2018 #38

HRC has moved on. Time for Bernie to follow and do the same. democratisphere Mar 2018 #17

Please post evidence that Bernie Sanders had squat to do with this protest. (nt) klook Mar 2018 #29

Said nothing about that. Bernie needs to make way for viable younger dynamic candidates. democratisphere Mar 2018 #40

It is group and he has appeared at their rallies...thus he is involved. He needs to disavow them. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #43

I have to wonder about the accuracy of the designation DFW Mar 2018 #19

No, you see, Bernie is personally responsible for not immediately putting a stop to this at... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #20

I know, I get it DFW Mar 2018 #23

Useful idiots allowing plausible deniability seems to be the phrase that is most apt. OnDoutside Mar 2018 #36

... Aristus Mar 2018 #21

GOOOD! lunamagica Mar 2018 #22

"Dividing Democrats"..... uh, no. Laurian Mar 2018 #25

if you want to look at it by the numbers I would argue that Sanders primary voters were more loyal CentralMass Mar 2018 #34

Not my Revolution Old Terp Mar 2018 #26

So, on the one hand Cambridge Analytica uses their database to suppress our vote. Trust Buster Mar 2018 #28

This whole thing stinks to high heaven. Dave Starsky Mar 2018 #30

FYI Snooki was paid 32,000 for speaking at Rutgers bronxiteforever Mar 2018 #31

So after condemning the national org Voltaire2 Mar 2018 #32

Did you read the article and consider how divisive this move was...Our Revolution can fuck off as Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #42

Somebody finally got the message . . . peggysue2 Mar 2018 #33

They paid a private citizen for a speech...it has nothing to do with money in politics...still Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #41