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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders campaign parts ways with staffer after report of homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets [View all]George II
(67,782 posts)69. That person wants to be elected to Congress, really? BTW, I follow Ms. Mendoza Ferrer on twitter...
....there are many more similar excerpts from his show that are equally offensive.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Bernie Sanders campaign parts ways with staffer after report of homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets [View all]
George II
Dec 2019
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Yes. We've already seen what happens when poorly-vetted people are selected
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2019
#13
Sanders has not excelled at the hiring part. I would hate to see the VP we get, after we vote.
Lexee
Dec 2019
#2
We Democrats wouldn't have much say what type of government. We can only reflect on present hires,
Lexee
Dec 2019
#5
It's irrelevant who Sanders hires? The people that hire for Sanders obviously agrees.
Lexee
Dec 2019
#17
That's ridiculous. Were you happy that guy was given a high-level staffing job in the campaign?
George II
Dec 2019
#29
You got it... but Howard Stern, a unapologetic sexist, misogynist, homophobe get's a pass
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2019
#36
it's really embarrassing that it needed a conservative news outlet to do the vetting
Otto Lidenbrock
Dec 2019
#20
His supporters seem determine to take anyone that questions Bernie's perfectness to the mat and
Blue_true
Dec 2019
#42
Oh fuck that "sloppy vetting" bullshut, no one is going to troll through 10 years of tweets
Tarc
Dec 2019
#41
Sanders and his supporters are the ones usually pulling that "holier-than-thou shit" to begin with.
W_HAMILTON
Dec 2019
#52
If others were able to easily find them, the campaign should have been able to do so, as well.
TwilightZone
Dec 2019
#60
Bad few weeks for the campaign. Three state coordinators reassigned (one ultimately resigned)....
George II
Dec 2019
#49
That's because Sirota was smart (?) enough to delete all of his tweets (20,000+) on the day....
George II
Dec 2019
#54
At some point we have to just accept that Bernie doesn't care about these issues.
OldRed2450
Dec 2019
#68