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In reply to the discussion: 'Compassionless': Lawsuit says Bernie Sanders campaign demoted staffer day after cancer surgery [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)210. Well, you've made your position pretty clear. BTW - this is a civil suit and doesn't go 'to trial.'
Last I heard this is Democratic Underground, and Biden is the Democratic candidate for POTUS.
That seems to get under your skin.
There are other sites where Biden bashing is de rigeur, and you may be more comfortable there.
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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