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In reply to the discussion: 'Compassionless': Lawsuit says Bernie Sanders campaign demoted staffer day after cancer surgery [View all]Me.
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'Compassionless': Lawsuit says Bernie Sanders campaign demoted staffer day after cancer surgery [View all]
George II
Jul 2020
OP
The ACA is indeed UHC. It's been trashed by the GOP, and we're tasked with getting it back on track
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#148
Bernie likes to interchange "Universal Health Care" with "Medicaid For All" as if there is no other
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#161
So that would justify the demotion and harassment that she stated she experienced?
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#149
That's irrelevant. Universal healthcare would not have prevented the demotion and harassment....
George II
Jul 2020
#94
It seems that you are trying very hard to redirect the discussion away from the lawsuit.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#133
This is not an issue about universal healthcare, it's an issue about an employee being....
George II
Jul 2020
#81
The health insurance industry did not demote & harass this person, which is the subject of the suit.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#137
Fearing "losing her health insurance," Shannon said she felt she had to get back to work.
peoli
Jul 2020
#153
How does that excuse what happened in the allegations, especially in a campaign that called itself
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#163
It's terrible that she got sick and wasn't able to perform her job after surgery.
peoli
Jul 2020
#188
"why are you so eager to drive Bernie Sanders into the dirt and why is that allowed on DU?"
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#189
I see that you CLEARLY have some issues with Sanders who is working closely with Biden
peoli
Jul 2020
#191
Why in caps? You wanted to "show case" Tara Reade and give her importance.
DenverJared
Jul 2020
#205
That's what he's referring to - the attempted false equivalence with the Tara Reade
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#211
Well, you've made your position pretty clear. BTW - this is a civil suit and doesn't go 'to trial.'
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#210
Excuse me, but what in the hell does Universal Healthcare have with lack of compassion?
olegramps
Jul 2020
#90
I dig how you righteously ignore his campaign's callousness towards the patient.
LanternWaste
Jul 2020
#97
Hence the need to get the ACA back on track. That's the closest we've ever come.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#147
Anyone who cares about his article, cares enough to want healthcare for all of us USA citizens...
JoeOtterbein
Jul 2020
#6
You have no issue with her being threatened to be fired because she had surgery?
sheshe2
Jul 2020
#14
Why do you believe this divisive, and unnecessary gratuitous, hit piece on Bernie?
JoeOtterbein
Jul 2020
#16
It's a report on the actual lawsuit. Period. And "universal healthcare" has nothing to do with it.
George II
Jul 2020
#41
This is a story about the lawsuit. It happened. There's nothing false about that.
NurseJackie
Jul 2020
#82
So, it's a "hit piece" because it's covering something unflattering to your candidate.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#143
The article is about a woman that had 15 inches of tumors cut out of her uterus.
sheshe2
Jul 2020
#24
This has nothing to do with Democrats or a Democratic Coalition. This is about someone that Worked
JI7
Jul 2020
#72
Another question is what specially leads you to allege the OP is a hit peice?
LanternWaste
Jul 2020
#98
This is about someone that worked for Sanders campaign having a complaint about that campaign itself
JI7
Jul 2020
#121
The allegations against the Clinton campaign staffer for harassment was big news in 2018
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#144
What do allegations brought forward by a woman against the Sanders campaign have to do
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#162
Yep, and this was just after Thrush had been accused of harassment by co-workers.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#187
"Who benefits from a piece like this?" I think that it's more a question of who *doesn't* benefit
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#176
She wasn't afraid of losing health care, her harassment reports were being ignored.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#169
You don't believe that there is a lawsuit? Or do you think that this woman is a liar?
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#145
So if anyone has anything to say about Sanders but praise, Biden isn't "our" candidate?
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#167
So if universal health care is a winning issue why isn't Bernie the Democratic party nominee?
TexasTowelie
Jul 2020
#61
I'd just copy and paste the template used by Canada's healthcare system....
Violet_Crumble
Jul 2020
#67
Canada didn't go federal single payer until all the provinces did so independently.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#158
I live in a far more enlightened country than the US, and the answer is Yes....
Violet_Crumble
Jul 2020
#62
Universal health care is achieved in different ways, and Australia is very different from the US in
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#151
This is not a situation regarding health insurance or lack of it, it's a situation where....
George II
Jul 2020
#110
But the Sanders campaign is not just any "small company" - they are a union shop as well.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#170
Anyone trying this hard to change the subject away from the OP must be pretty uncomfortable...
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#139
That's what the ACA is working towards, and the blue wave in 2018 was won on fixing it.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#146
You have a lot of theories about this story, none of which are that Ms Shannon is being honest
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#182
I think that the paperwork from HR will speak volumes about who is telling the truth
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#183
Are there allegations of harassment and wrongful demotion in Biden's campaign? I hadn't heard. (nt)
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#171
So, it's a "nasty" hit piece if it reports on something unflattering about your candidate.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#140
Not a lie, or a personal hit. This is exactly what you posted, about which I commented:
George II
Jul 2020
#38
Why should I question an objective NBC report? Are you hinting that you might not vote for Biden?
George II
Jul 2020
#35
"Hit piece" reporting harassment allegations being ignored by HR? Because it's Bernie's campaign?
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#175
True but what about transitioning everyone over to support Biden? Surely that was possible.
cstanleytech
Jul 2020
#111
"campaign that championed workers' rights ignored her complaints of harassment and discrimination."
betsuni
Jul 2020
#60
These are all very astute and accurate observations. Also legitimate questions...
NurseJackie
Jul 2020
#77
When I read the article last night the first thing that came to mind was that meeting in Jan 2020...
George II
Jul 2020
#87
The real sad part is that this happens to tens of thousands of workers every year.
KWR65
Jul 2020
#91
Medicare-for-all wouldn't have changed this. This is a situation where an employee....
George II
Jul 2020
#93
And I said we do have worker protections. Just about every state has the equivalent of....
George II
Jul 2020
#96
Regardless of the health care issue, she would have been fired from her job...
Demsrule86
Jul 2020
#132
But this is a worker employed by Bernie Sanders, the self-declared friend of labor.
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#165
So, if a news story report something not flattering to Bernie's campaign, it should not
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#154
So Sanders personally fired her? Was the campaign's state director the one that did it under order
LiberalArkie
Jul 2020
#106
How long do campaigns typically employ their staff after the candidate loses ?
MichMan
Jul 2020
#107
Many dismiss their staffers within days but keep a few for a while to clean up the loose ends....
George II
Jul 2020
#120
Indeed, access to health care and labor rights were a centerpiece of his campaign. (nt)
ehrnst
Jul 2020
#138
I'll just take a stab here... this thread has been infiltrated by russian trolls.
truthisfreedom
Jul 2020
#223