Sanders Campaign Asks Delegates To Sign Pledge They Won't Openly Attack Biden

[UCmeNdc]

Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his bid for the White House last month, effectively ceding the Democratic nomination to former Vice President Joe Biden. But not before the Vermont progressive won hundreds of delegates around the nation.

Now, Sanders’ presidential campaign is asking those delegates to sign a social media policy and code of conduct agreement ahead of the party’s convention later this summer in an attempt to minimize party infighting or online attacks against Biden akin to the rampant mudslinging by supporters in 2016.

The Washington Post first reported that the Sanders campaign sent out the 5-page agreements that threaten delegates can be removed the delegation should they violate any provisions. The campaign also asks signatories to “refrain from making “negative statements about other candidates, party leaders, Campaigns, Campaign staffers, supporters, news organizations or journalists.”



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sanders-delegates-biden-agreement_n_5ec5e47bc5b63c61f51bd3e2

[empedocles]

1. 'Openly' . Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

[mucifer]

3. Yes OPENLY Sanders can get some votes that don't mean much

Biden is the candidate. It won't destroy the party.

[ecstatic]

2. Long overdue, but the behavior needs to stop now.

Summer is too late.

[betsuni]

4. I'm still pissed off about what he said Sunday morning on ABC This Week: "At least."

Republicans are shitty, unprecedented suffering of the working class, etc. "But, I think Pelosi, at least, unlike the Republican leadership, said, 'You know what, we have terrible suffering in this country, we need to give out money to the cities and towns ...'"

At least?

[NurseJackie]

5. Why the qualifier?

[empedocles]

6. BS 'attitude'?

[NurseJackie]

16. I believe you're correct...

... and it's something that serves no good purpose.

[Squinch]

7. Wow! Can it be that even BS understands the danger we are in?

[JI7]

14. it was the results of the Oregon primary

[SergeStorms]

8. Nudge, nudge.... wink wink...

say no more.

[kacekwl]

9. Unbelievable, do we still have to worry

about this crap ? Do they still think Bernie is going to win or what ? ENOUGH already.

[BannonsLiver]

15. Purity never rests.

[Roy Rolling]

10. Why Can't We All Get Along?

In 2016 the Sanders camp was infiltrated by uncompromising and vicious Russian trolls. They amplified the most immature and un-Democratic elements of Sanders in an attempt to pour water on his message.

To what amount that phenomenon was discouraged is debatable—but not here. Let’s move on.

2020 Sanders delegates will be there at any convention apparatus to represent the candidate Sanders—and he’s asked for peace.

Any delegate who won’t agree to these simple, Sanders platform planks is either a loose cannon or crisis actor in planned theatrics. Tie down the loose cannon or yank the performers from the stage, either one. But STFU.

[kevink077]

11. Many will still sit home

I know BS supporters that plan on just sitting home. Biden will get them 75% of what they want but that is not good enough and they expect 100 % perfection and purity. The ironic thing is Biden has a better chance to get even some of the things they want passed through congress. Sanders would have got nothing through (but I still think he would lose the GE vs Trump)

[kevink077]

12. Sad this is even necessary

I suspect many will not sign it. They would always prefer to lose on purity every time.

[MineralMan]

13. It's a real shame that is necessary.

Truly.