EMILY's List: Sanders headlining Women's Convention 'sends the wrong message'

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85. That's what they are saying now, after the backlash.

Your article was from October 12, after the backlash.

But in another article dated October 12, Tamika acknowledged that Bernie was the headliner, and that Maxine "is also coming."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/10/12/bernie-sanders-speech-womens-convention/756825001/

When Women's March co-founder Tamika Mallory was asked: "People are going to say, wait a minute, there’s a man as the headliner at the Women’s Convention, the first women’s convention in 40 years?" she replied:

"I would say that (U.S. Rep.) Maxine Waters is also coming to the conference,"


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And 5 weeks before the event they still weren't confirming that Maxine was even going to attend, much less be the keynote.

From Sept. 19:

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/09/19/maxine-waters-womens-convention-detroit/682216001/

The Free Press left a message Tuesday with Waters' office in Washington, D.C., trying to confirm whether she would attend the event or serve as a speaker or panelist. She did not respond. A spokeswoman for the Women's Convention could not confirm Tuesday whether Waters would attend the convention or play a role in its events.

Few other details are available about the convention, which is five weeks away.