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In reply to the discussion: I wish Lucy Flores had gone public in 2016. [View all]lapucelle
(18,265 posts)55. I'm talking about the complaints Flores was aware of on the campaign she was working for in 2016.
Those complaints include a pervasive predatory culture, discrimination, harassment, and sexual violence.
Lucy Flores was contemporaneously aware of the abuse allegations. She continued to work for the campaign anyway.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/03/681815362/bernie-sanders-responds-to-allegations-of-sexism-and-harassment-on-2016-campaign
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-sexism.html
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/30/bernie-sanders-campaign-harassment-1077014
https://medium.com/@mashamendieta/be-your-own-hero-because-bernie-is-not-it-c4add2e08029
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Asking nuanced questions of public figures who have voluntarily gone on the record
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#37
Dont blame her. Biden is on tape doing the same thing to other women and girls. It is creepy
SweetieD
Mar 2019
#2
Its good that Flores stood up for herself, but what about the victims she was aware of
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#7
"There are much more eloquent, intelligent and intellectually stimulating candidates."
OilemFirchen
Mar 2019
#9
Isn't spin like this a violation of medical ethics that a doctor ("M.D.!) would avoid?
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#17
Thanks for the link, and the light it sheds on the post you're replying to.
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#14
I'm sorry, but in this post you are trying to suggest that Biden is brain-damaged, and there's
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#12
I'm betting that unless she's pressed on the 2016 campaign, she never mentions it. Plus...
George II
Mar 2019
#16
Following that up, that candidate said in January that "steps will be taken" to prevent...
George II
Mar 2019
#42
Hopefully, BS will face more questions concerning the toxic predatory culture
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#43
This is going to be a long, ugly campaign, isn't it? Thanks to all you in this thread...
Hekate
Mar 2019
#25
There is only one campaign I know of that has faced charges of a pervasive predatory culture
lapucelle
Mar 2019
#38