Former Aides to Bernie Sanders Form a Super PAC to Support Joe Biden
Source: New York Times
Former top advisers to Senator Bernie Sanders are teaming up on a surprising new venture to try to rally progressive support for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.s 2020 campaign: a super PAC.
Jeff Weaver, who served as Mr. Sanderss campaign manager in 2016 and as a top adviser in 2020, is leading the effort, which will focus on mobilizing the base of Sanders supporters young people, liberals Latinos and blue-collar progressives for Mr. Biden.
Other top Sanders officials from the 2020 race who will be involved include Chuck Rocha, a senior adviser who focused on Latino outreach, Tim Tagaris, who oversaw digital strategy and fund-raising, and Shelli Jackson, a California strategist for the campaign. Mark Longabaugh, who worked for Mr. Sanders in 2016 but left the 2020 campaign early on, is also part of the new group.
Mr. Sanders has railed for years against super PACs, which can accepted unlimited donations, emphasizing his reliance on millions of small contributions from supporters online to fuel his two presidential bids.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/us/politics/bernie-sanders-biden-progressive-super-pac.html
McKim
(2,412 posts)This is a great and positive direction that I have been waiting for. I gave Sanders the legal limit and will sacrifice for Joe now. No bashing please, all I ever wanted was Health Care for All as my doctor daughter is tired of practicing medicine with one hand tied behind her back!
We have no time to waste. Payday is Friday and I will look so see how much I can give Joe, though I am just middle class and retired.
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(52,317 posts)yardwork
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(52,317 posts)yardwork
(61,703 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Right, Jesse "The Ralph Nader" Ventura?
Have they checked fake wrestlers for CTE?
ancianita
(36,133 posts)The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Pardon me for not buying the kumbaya moment, again.
Proof is yet to be seen.
Will be watching
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)precautions in a pandemic hot spot being a "BLOW to Democracy" when it doesn't fit their preferences isn't a good look for any progressive.
It smacks of the same privilege displayed by those white people on courthouse lawns waving weapons and talking about how their rights to assemble and FREE SPEECH are being "suppressed" and how the police trying to convince them to please observe the social distancing ordinances are "fascist."
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Maybe that's why he's heading this up?
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)I am quite progressive but those Bernie fans who wont vote need to think that through and realize Biden is infinitely preferable to the Dump Evil Low Life there now.
Now... Chitolini, keep being dumb enough to keep losing your crazy fans to this virus.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Waiting for the 'tell', their agenda. I'm now to believe Weaver's suddenly turned in favor of Biden & the Democratic Party?
Naaa.
Catch2.2
(629 posts)for Bernie on this board. While some of us are trying to come together and get the Orange Shitstain out of office!
William769
(55,147 posts)Catch2.2
(629 posts)and you're entitled to it. It's a fact that both Biden and Bernie supporters are coming together to help defeat Traitor Trump. I was merely pointing out that there is still a lot of hate for Bernie Sanders, which doesn't help our effort to oust Trump and the Rethugs.
William769
(55,147 posts)Tribetime
(4,702 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Your initial premise is denied by your closing statement, directly implying Biden supporters are not in fact, " trying to come together and get the Orange Shitstain out of office!"
Your alleged sentiment becomes suspect when you are guilty of what you indict others for.
Come together, indeed...
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)The persistence of double standards...
marble falls
(57,204 posts)Catch2.2
(629 posts)When I said "Some of us", that included Biden supporters.
Response to Catch2.2 (Reply #13)
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betsuni
(25,615 posts)Talked a lot about how everybody was conspiring to defeat him, all the corrupt enemies who hate and fear him.
I think he likes to be hated. For some reason. He definitely will not say "Happy Birthday" to anyone.
garybeck
(9,942 posts)Bernie supports Biden
Hates trump
Loves our country
All along Bernie planned to support the nominee if it wasn't him.
All the Bernie haters here are just simply wrong