Too bad he didn't follow through in his own campaign:
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-sexism.html
Sexism Claims From Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Run: Paid Less, Treated Worse
Jan. 2, 2019
In February 2016, Giulianna Di Lauro, a Latino outreach strategist for Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential operation, complained to her supervisor that she had been harassed by a campaign surrogate whom she drove to events ahead of the Democratic primary in Nevada.
She said the surrogate told her she had “beautiful curly hair” and asked if he could touch it, Ms. Di Lauro said in an interview. Thinking he would just touch a strand, she consented. But she said that he ran his hand through her hair in a “sexual way” and continued to grab, touch and “push my boundaries” for the rest of the day.
When she reported the incident to Bill Velazquez, a manager on the Latino outreach team, he told her, “I bet you would have liked it if he were younger,” according to her account and another woman who witnessed the exchange. Then he laughed.
Accounts like Ms. Di Lauro’s — describing episodes of sexual harassment and demeaning treatment as well as pay disparity in Mr. Sanders’s 2016 campaign — have circulated in recent weeks in emails, online comments and private discussions among former supporters. Now, as the Vermont senator tries to build support for a second run at the White House, his perceived failure to address this issue has damaged his progressive bona fides, delegates and nearly a dozen former state and national staff members said in interviews over the last month.
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The former staff members said complaints about mistreatment and pay disparity during and just after the campaign reached some senior leaders of the operation.
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Asked if he knew about the staff complaints, he said, “I was a little bit busy running around the country trying to make the case.”
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Pay disparity became another source of frustration among some women, according to former staff members, especially given that labor was one of the senator’s signature issues. During his campaign, Mr. Sanders earned kudos for paying his interns, a relatively unheard-of practice.
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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/3/18166725/bernie-sanders-sexism-sexual-harassment-2020
Bernie Sanders apologizes for allegations of sexism in 2016 campaign
Amid speculation he might make another run for the White House in 2020, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has come under scrutiny for allegations that his 2016 presidential campaign fostered a hostile environment for women. Sanders apologized in an interview with CNN on Wednesday night, saying he was “a little bit busy running around the country” in 2016 to be aware of any harassment issues on his campaign...
Sanders in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday addressed the matter. He apologized “to any woman who felt that she was not treated appropriately” and said that if he does run in 2020, his campaign “will do better next time.” But he didn’t issue a complete mea culpa, explaining that the operation grew very fast and he was so occupied with running for the White House he wasn’t aware of some of the inner-workings.
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Asked by Cooper if he knew about what was going on in 2016, he replied, “I was a little bit busy running around the country trying to make the case.”
Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
If I were to vote in a presidential
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