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Related: About this forumCulinary Union says it has been 'viciously attacked' over flier criticizing 'Medicare for All'
Washington (CNN)The influential Culinary Union said on Wednesday it has been "viciously attacked" after it distributed a flier criticizing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" plan.
Culinary Union spokeswoman Bethany Khan told CNN the organization has taken hits all day Wednesday on Twitter for the "Medicare for All" position, with some staffers receiving direct messages. Khan also said some critics have called the union's phone lines and left messages attacking them for opposing the health care plan.
The group blamed the criticism on Sanders supporters, though it was not immediately clear whether the people lobbing the attacks all backed the Vermont senator.
"It's disappointing that Senator Sanders' supporters have viciously attacked the Culinary Union and working families in Nevada simply because our union has provided facts on what certain healthcare proposals might do to take away the system of care we have built over 8 decades," said Geoconda Argüello-Kline, secretary and treasurer of Culinary Workers Union Local 226, in a statement on Wednesday.
The flier, obtained by CNN on Tuesday, outlines where the leading 2020 Democratic candidates stand on health care, immigration and "Good Jobs." It singles out Sanders as the candidate who will end the union's health care among the top six Democratic candidates, pointing to his "Medicare for All" plan.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/12/politics/culinary-union-flier-criticism/index.html
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(16,973 posts)What else have they missed about that plan. Weve wondered for years how Sanders touts his plan without obvious things like union benefits even being considered.
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Representatives of the powerful Culinary Workers Union, which represents 60,000 workers supporting Nevadas gaming and hospitality industries, said this week that supporters of the Vermont senator had viciously attacked its members after its leadership warned about the risk to their negotiated health plans under a Medicare for All system.
In an exclusive interview airing Sunday on NBCs Meet The Press, Biden said the Vermont senator may not be responsible for it, but he has some accountability.
You know me well enough to know if any of my supporters did that, Id disown them. Flat disown them, Biden said. The stuff that was said online. The way they threatened these two women who are leaders in that Culinary union. It is outrageous. Just just go online.
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