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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBernie blew it with his defensive, dismissive, half-hearted apology,
according to some of the women who signed the letter calling for him to develop a new "gold standard" of policies for handling sexual harassment, equal pay, and other issues that developed during his campaign.
And the fact that no one among his advisors knew how this was going to play out, and told him to make a very different kind of statement -- or that he didn't listen to anyone who did -- shows that he hasn't learned yet.
Also, one survivor says she reported her issues to him almost 2 years ago, contradicting his statement that the letter was the first he'd heard of these allegations.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-bernie-sanders-campaign-sexual-harassment-2016-2020_us_5c2e50cce4b08aaf7a975068?fbclid=IwAR37gfnsQ112A8zUb4v9EjYuXUdNyECDX1x_uXCDGWyD3mM2IV1_fEZ5GMY
That half-hearted apology he throws in is the 1st any of us female staff have heard out of him in the 2 years since we brought this to his attention in early 2017, tweeted Masha Mendieta, who repeatedly has alleged that Sanders knew about the problem.
Im not quite sure how to put into words how furious I am right now, tweeted Zoey Jordan Salsbury, the former American University Students for Bernie president who spoke to HuffPost about her experiences in November 2017.
I didnt feel like I was not treated appropriately, Salsbury told me Thursday in an email. I wasnt. There is no subjectiveness to this.
His apology sounded like a classic non-apology that so many women know all too well, she added. And it only came after he mentioned how many states he had won. ... I wish I had gotten a true apology a year ago, when I came forward. Instead I got a call from a lawyer who blamed me for being harassed.
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we can do it
(12,189 posts)jrthin
(4,836 posts)don't let the door hit you on the way out.
trev
(1,480 posts)I want a woman to be President.
populistdriven
(5,644 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)trev
(1,480 posts)trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)He has lied about women being sexually harassed by his workers and to me THAT IS HORRIBLE.
I can't support someone who hurts other people. Sorry Bernie but I feel you have really burned your bridge and hurt women supporters.
Bye bye bye bye.
edit,. i didn't read this part of the op note.
even more damning.
one survivor says she reported her issues to him almost 2 years ago, contradicting his statement that the letter was the first he'd heard of these allegations.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-bernie-sanders-campaign-sexual-harassment-2016-2020_us_5c2e50cce4b08aaf7a975068?fbclid=IwAR37gfnsQ112A8zUb4v9EjYuXUdNyECDX1x_uXCDGWyD3mM2IV1_fEZ5GMY
The response from survivors has been one of deep pain.
That half-hearted apology he throws in is the 1st any of us female staff have heard out of him in the 2 years since we brought this to his attention in early 2017, tweeted Masha Mendieta, who repeatedly has alleged that Sanders knew about the problem.
Im not quite sure how to put into words how furious I am right now, tweeted Zoey Jordan Salsbury, the former American University Students for Bernie president who spoke to HuffPost about her experiences in November 2017.
I didnt feel like I was not treated appropriately, Salsbury told me Thursday in an email. I wasnt. There is no subjectiveness to this.
His apology sounded like a classic non-apology that so many women know all too well, she added. And it only came after he mentioned how many states he had won. ... I wish I had gotten a true apology a year ago, when I came forward. Instead I got a call from a lawyer who blamed me for being harassed.
we can do it
(12,189 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Let the smearing of her begin. She has dared to contradict him.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)BS is really a disappointment.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)yardwork
(61,653 posts)Disappointment requires expectations.
Gothmog
(145,331 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)apcalc
(4,465 posts)It is what he himself has experienced. No surprise that he just doesnt get it.
populistdriven
(5,644 posts)regardless of the race, beardedness and age of the politician.
Cha
(297,323 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)who suffer from other kinds of inequality that he, as a white man, is not exposed to. I was a fan of his at one time and voted for him in the primary. I am completely disgusted by him now. He will never understand what life is like for anyone who is not exactly like him.
radical noodle
(8,003 posts)Many women here sensed this, but we weren't taken seriously. I don't see how this can be overcome.
Where's the fork?
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)I have not followed this story. Nevertheless, if Bernie issues an apology, and if he was told about this 2 years ago, or one year..Then it is all over for him. I assume there are several instances that were reported, and his staff did nothing. This is supposed to be a "leader" When all this gets out to everyone, details have come out in the last few days. It is a sad end to this story..(that is my opinion)
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Now he is saying he didn't know -- and that he was a "little busy." As if that's an excuse.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Lame.
spooky3
(34,460 posts)record, which in many ways was good. But that's a little like saying that "I deserve a lot of credit because I pay most of my bills on time so it shouldn't matter if I am late on a few."
Unfortunately, there are a lot of examples of progressives, some of whom were known for championing women's issues, who either were harassers themselves or were in charge of organizations where harassment was pervasive and not addressed appropriately. Look at recent NYS attorneys general, as one example.
brush
(53,792 posts)That should be it then. He said he only found out about through the letter.
That means somebody lied.
So supporters, what do you have to say about that?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)You are right, someone is lying plain and simple.
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)...if it was something that needed to be run up the chain and would eventually get to him there's plenty of room for error there. There's a lot of unknowns here. It's Franken-esque to be honest (the response on this board by some posters...instant vilification). We live in a world where anyone can say anything they want. What really matters in these cases is what can be proven. Right now we have conflicting reports and I'm not inclined to believe either, on the issue of notifying Sanders, without more evidence.
I have no doubt these women experienced something wrong. In a nationwide campaign you're going to have crap happen. What matters is dealing with it once it all becomes known.
EDIT: Now that I'm looking at it...I don't see the quote you used in the article. Did it come from somewhere else or are you making stuff up?
brush
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he just found out about this through that letter, 2-3 years later?
And trump knew nothing about any collusion either, right?
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)...do a Ctrl-f and paste part of it in the search bar. Its not there.
brush
(53,792 posts)TCJ70
(4,387 posts)If quoting a DUer is your bar for proof then were done here. Have a good day/night.
brush
(53,792 posts)you avoided answering my query as to believing that he just found out about this 2-3 years after these sexual abuse incidents happened.
I sure don't. Do you?
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)...so I guess were even.
brush
(53,792 posts)But I don't blame you. Hard to admit that the head person of a campaign would say he didn't know about something as serious as that.
ProgLibDem
(41 posts)I prefer to wait for the facts and testimony to come out before condemning a person...
As with any allegation like this, the people involved must get together and bring this
totally out in the open. We know so far is that Sanders personally was not named as a sexually
harasser.
Cha
(297,323 posts)these women who are in pain.
Blowing it off as an "opinion piece".. this is exactly what they're talking about.
ProgLibDem
(41 posts)Right now, all people are doing is going off on the very little info that we have.
The proper thing to do is to get these all these people together and discuss it.
Cha
(297,323 posts)They are direct quotes from those who have been harmed.
And. BS gave a weak response.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)and Bernie's written response, and Bernie's response in the interview.
And we have multiple reports in the media that include other comments by the women involved, and at least one woman's long and detailed account of what happened to her.
The bottom line is that Bernie's team has had TWO YEARS since the campaign to put measures in place that would assure the 24 that the problems had been recognized and wouldn't be allowed to reoccur. And the team has failed -- hence, the letter.
obamanut2012
(26,081 posts)Just stop your victim blaming/doubting.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)We can reserve judgement in the case and still assess this response.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)diva77
(7,643 posts)the 2016 campaign would not occur with his re-election campaign. Have there been complaints about that subsequent re-election campaign? He apologized in the interview and gave context to how the problem may have occurred without his knowledge - the 2016 campaign started with approx. 2-3 paid employees and grew to 1200. The harassment is inexcusable, but it sounds like he took action to correct the problem.
crim son
(27,464 posts)in the OP. Why do you think that is? #rhetoricalquestion
guruoo
(5,092 posts)That OP provided a cherry picked story that excluded statements
that spelled out the steps Bernie's campaign took to address
the complaints.
And it was pretty clear they didn't appreciate other DUers
pointing that out.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)which is why the 24 wrote this new letter.
And Bernie is now saying that he didn't even know about the complaints, because he was a "little busy." That's no excuse. That's dismissing what happened to these women as of little importance. He's been a politician running for office for decades. He should have known how to set up a campaign to ensure that he'd be informed of all important problems that occurred -- and that his team was responding appropriately.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)they are not convinced that it was dealt with and want to ensure that there is a plan in place to prevent it from happening again.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/30/bernie-sanders-campaign-harassment-1077014
People involved in the effort said they signed the letter before Sanders (I-Vt.) officially launches a 2020 presidential bid in the hope that it would lead to real action if and when the senator begins assembling his team. Organizers wrote they wanted the meeting to produce a plan for implementing concrete sexual harassment policies and procedures; and a commitment to hiring diverse leadership to pre-empt the possibility of replicating the predatory culture from the first presidential campaign.
The signees range from field organizers to some of the top officials on the 2016 campaign, according to multiple people involved in the effort. Some of the signees do not expect to join any 2020 campaign, while others are open to joining a potential Sanders 2020 bid.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)he took in the 2018 campaign, AND YET they still are worried that he doesn't have adequate procedures in place to avoid a repetition of 2016.
The fact that they wrote the letter shows that they don't think he's taken care of the problem. The fact that he seems to be not telling the truth -- he denied he was told about these issues during the campaign -- shows he might be part of the problem.
guruoo
(5,092 posts)That makes perfect sense.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)of the problem in the Senate campaign, leading the 2016 people to think more was left to be done.
lapucelle
(18,277 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)that they want a sit down with him and Jeff Weaver to discuss the "sexual harassment" now.
They're not satisfied that he "corrected the problem".
And, the responses from these Women in the OP don't sound like he "corrected the problem", either.
That half-hearted apology he throws in is the 1st any of us female staff have heard out of him in the 2 years since we brought this to his attention in early 2017, tweeted Masha Mendieta, who repeatedly has alleged that Sanders knew about the problem.
Im not quite sure how to put into words how furious I am right now, tweeted Zoey Jordan Salsbury, the former American University Students for Bernie president who spoke to HuffPost about her experiences in November 2017.
I didnt feel like I was not treated appropriately, Salsbury told me Thursday in an email. I wasnt. There is no subjectiveness to this.
His apology sounded like a classic non-apology that so many women know all too well, she added. And it only came after he mentioned how many states he had won. ... I wish I had gotten a true apology a year ago, when I came forward. Instead I got a call from a lawyer who blamed me for being harassed.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-bernie-sanders-campaign-sexual-harassment-2016-2020_us_5c2e50cce4b08aaf7a975068?fbclid=IwAR37gfnsQ112A8zUb4v9EjYuXUdNyECDX1x_uXCDGWyD3mM2IV1
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)People involved in the effort said they signed the letter before Sanders (I-Vt.) officially launches a 2020 presidential bid in the hope that it would lead to real action if and when the senator begins assembling his team. Organizers wrote they wanted the meeting to produce a plan for implementing concrete sexual harassment policies and procedures; and a commitment to hiring diverse leadership to pre-empt the possibility of replicating the predatory culture from the first presidential campaign.
The signees range from field organizers to some of the top officials on the 2016 campaign, according to multiple people involved in the effort. Some of the signees do not expect to join any 2020 campaign, while others are open to joining a potential Sanders 2020 bid.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)The guy can't even acknowledge it happened in his campaign and issue an actual heartfelt apology ("to any woman who felt she was not treated appropriately" is as non-apology as you can get) but we are supposed to believe he has "fixed it"?
Pfff. Thanks but no thanks. We have plenty of candidates who are actual Democrats and who aren't tone deaf to issues that are important to women and minorities.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Do you not believe them?
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)and a statement from the campaign has been publicly released, and Bernie has gone on CNN and given his explanation. He was, he explained, "a little busy."
No one has EVER said Bernie was a sexual harasser. But women have said that they made complaints about sexual harassment and other issues -- that Bernie knew about -- and there wasn't an adequate response.
Here's one of the women.
https://medium.com/mashamendieta/be-your-own-hero-because-bernie-is-not-it-c4add2e08029
Cha
(297,323 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Democrats won't use that against Bernie in the primary, but republican will use it to strip away female support if Bernie wins our nomination.
My advice to men in power is deal with sexual harassment issues in real time and report allegations of assault to police and let them investigate, regardless of the public relations issues.
Cha
(297,323 posts)to win the nom.. but you're absolutely right.. the gop would drown the airwaves.
George II
(67,782 posts)spooky3
(34,460 posts)and facts, which Eric Holder's investigation showed later to be very well-founded and convincing.
George II
(67,782 posts)....also with Jerold Nadler.
Just had to do it, sorry!!!!
spooky3
(34,460 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)One doesn't ever, ever contradict the Senator.
George II
(67,782 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)it became public knowledge.
That's pretty deeply ingrained, and now she's being blacklisted because she spoke out.
Nitram
(22,822 posts)we can do it
(12,189 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)but, it does give me the chance to populate my ignore list of those who are working for republicans.
sheshe2
(83,793 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)in the campaign staff.
And yes, they are getting together, and they are asking for a meeting with Sanders and advisors to ensure that there is a plan for it not to happen again.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/30/bernie-sanders-campaign-harassment-1077014
In recent weeks there has been an ongoing conversation on social media, in texts, and in person, about the untenable and dangerous dynamic that developed during our campaign, they wrote.
obamanut2012
(26,081 posts)WOW.
And, the bucks stops at the top of any organization, period.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)Was Bernie supporter in 2016 primary. If he runs in 2020, no way.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)"a little busy"
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)sheshe2
(83,793 posts)However...
aeromanKC
(3,325 posts)Beto is the new Bernie
oasis
(49,390 posts)Nitram
(22,822 posts)He blew it, and know we all know.
elmac
(4,642 posts)ready, aim, FIRE!!! Republicans will be so happy!
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)You don't have to if you don't want to.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)and concerns about any candidate can and will be raised.
Cha
(297,323 posts)about this. We didn't ask for it.
guruoo
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I can't say for sure but I have noticed some red flags:
The same ol' same ols still going at it for almost 3 years now.
And just take a look at the response times on the right,
and pay close attention to how many ditto Bernie hate
responses were posted so soon after the OP like they
were all just given the green flag at the Indy 500!
Or, maybe it's more like this:
I do believe there was a misconduct problem back then, but I also believe that it was addressed as it should be, not by the candidate, but by campaign administration staff originally assigned to deal with such HR issues. To me, the release timing, two years after the fact, right at the very beginning of the primary season, and the supposed third party "leaking" of the new complaint letter, (said never intended to be made public) makes this latest 'Bernie just go away' campaign more than just highly suspect.
What we're seeing here on DU now isn't about sexual misconduct, it's about 'Bernie just go away'. It is no more than cynical exploitation of the sexual misconduct issue, and the metoo movement itself as simply a means to exact political revenge.
The 'Bernie just go away' crowd is so caught up in their political feeding frenzy that they
apparently have no clue as to how ridiculously transparent they've become.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Any particular reason?
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Thought so.
Cha
(297,323 posts)before you go tossing accusations around like that.
These women are hurting and you're on some hill denying it ever happened. Resorting to denial and lashing out at those who feel empathy towards the women who came forward.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Why do you think that they are coming forward with this?
SunSeeker
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elmac
(4,642 posts)betsuni
(25,544 posts)To begin with, the Huffington Post is Republican spam. What else? David Brock? The Establishment (they are TERRIFIED!!11)? Do tell.
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)obamanut2012
(26,081 posts)Stop it.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)anybody else would that still be the case?
revmclaren
(2,524 posts)Welcome to DU... Enjoy your stay.
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WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)On Beto right about now?
George II
(67,782 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)bye bye Bernie
betsuni
(25,544 posts)Bernie is hard of listening.
Me.
(35,454 posts)He talked up how successful his campaign had been ― then said the women who worked on it, and who made it so fabulously successful, were not people he paid attention to or cared about.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-bernie-sanders-campaign-sexual-harassment-2016-2020_us_5c2e50cce4b08aaf7a975068?fbclid=IwAR37gfnsQ112A8zUb4v9EjYuXUdNyECDX1x_uXCDGWyD3mM2IV1_fEZ5GMY
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Which implied that his excuse was that the problems the women were bringing forward weren't important enough for his attention.
Still...if he's 'too busy' to pay attention to women being abused and harassed in any circumstance, his campaign or not, what does that say about him? And the pay inequality is also a big issue as far as I'm concerned. It puts the lie to who he says he is and what he stands for.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)our party is treated then more will understand what is happening and why.
That we still have to pretend he supports the D party is maddening.
betsuni
(25,544 posts)Seems like something those in charge would care about. You know, the workers.
Gothmog
(145,331 posts)I know one of the sanders supporters who was named in the NYT article https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/us/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-sexism.html
I dont think he has to be the vehicle or the platform for the movement that emerged from his campaign, said Sarah Slamen, who worked for the campaign in Texas, was the state coordinator in Louisiana and helped build out Our Revolution, a progressive organization born from Mr. Sanderss presidential campaign.
Do you know how hard that is for me to say after working so hard for him? she said.
Ms. Slamen quit the organization at the end of 2016 after she said she was berated by a male member of the Our Revolution steering committee for suggesting an organizing plan. In emails reviewed by The Times, she raised issues about sexist behavior with committee members who saw the incident and Our Revolutions national board of directors. She said she received no reassurance that anything would change.
I gave Sarah a sanders sign that I brought back from the convention.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Celerity
(43,419 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)these kind of threads will disenfranchise many progressives, causing them to vote for "the other party" or not vote at all. 2016 redux.
seaglass
(8,173 posts)Then everything will be all better.
elmac
(4,642 posts)seaglass
(8,173 posts)Demsrule86
(68,593 posts)They can join the green slimes...and I wager we will still win in the end.
elmac
(4,642 posts)Demsrule86
(68,593 posts)pretending to be progressive or Ron Paul types. If they won't vote for the only party who can stop Trump and the GOP minions than no way they are progressive or moderate or anything worth courting. And I say to those who run sobbing to the 'other' Party (I assume you mean Republicans) because they can't get whatever it is they want or stay home or vote for Green slimes...fuck off ...and I sincerely hope they suffer more than the innocent folks they harm by electing Trump and/or his evil minions. Of course we have dead children at the border...doesn't get much worse than that. I sincerely wonder how such folks sleep at night.
betsuni
(25,544 posts)Nitram
(22,822 posts)Sander's campaign are being taken seriously never was a Democrat.
George II
(67,782 posts)...."progressives" in the first place.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)But your prediction if comes true will sink the country and maybe the human race. And I believe you are right, that many will seek to PUNISH the rest of us if we dont do exactly what they demand.
BTW this really pisses me off. I wish there was a way to express that here. To think people will DEMAND they get exactly what they want...fuck , i cant tell you how much that pisses me off.
mcar
(42,334 posts)school of thought. No thanks.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)None of us, at least none of us actual progressives, "causes" them to do what they do.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)during his campaigning. Joining the white left-wing activist flight from a world cultural center like NYC to white VT back then probably just strengthened a natural tendency to rigid thinking. The second women's rights movement was in full swing, but most who were enlightened then were just propelled forward somewhere in its swell, not exactly out front or riding the crest, and it's been the same for many over the decades since.
This feedback will belatedly teach Sanders to adjust his behavior and rhetoric, just as after 2016 he learned to speak to and seek out photo ops with POC, but lifelong attitudes are a whole different thing.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Which makes a lot of sense when you look back over his quotes and his beliefs, and his leaving the centers of social activism for a rural area in the 60's.
There was a reason that POC and women movements peeled off from the Left in the '60's. White male privilege.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I mostly ran into socialism in economics and economic history contexts but have no trouble believing it very likely.
Sanders was born in 1941, a year after my husband, so his earliest exposures would have been to earlier and existing thought. There was no golden era of socialism to look back to, but there was one of passionate dreams without accomplishment. Even the VA, a true socialized system, was a product of mainstream politics in the '20s-30s. Plus, fighting the Democrats' New Deal lost them most of the support they still had. By the 1960s, the socialist movement in America was pretty moribund. I remember the Birchers and tabloids constantly ranting about the communist menace but don't remember them going on about socialists, even though they must have to some extent.
As for women, Sanders is naturally socially liberal but, agree, formed by his decades in his intensely privileged white male cocoon. He obviously sees issues of social equality as a byproduct of economic equality that can be tended to someday, after the revolution. First thing first.
Meanwhile, the earlier victims of the 1990s three-strikes laws are coming up to 30 years in prison. In those days of conservative power, when Democrats were fighting not to be obliterated altogether as a liberal force, Sanders like others voted for the federal law. But I never thought those dreadful laws would stay on the books this long, that the nation would shift left enough that we'd get rid of them long before this.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)rather than only as a possible method for dealing with various economic problems, will fill some of the hole.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)almost every lyric of every song, for real.
Yet he was a misogynist asshole while simultaneously being VERY far left.
obamanut2012
(26,081 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)obamanut2012
(26,081 posts)After his harassment has been known for literally years.
Cha
(297,323 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)And it's just getting started.
Me.
(35,454 posts)and all the bs that goes with it
herding cats
(19,565 posts)Some announced already (Warren & Inslee) others on the cusp of announcing, like Castro. I'm looking into them this time.
Sanders is popular in his sate, and that's excellent! I just can't get behind him this round. There's too much negative for me when we have other better choices with less baggage, like this.
Cha
(297,323 posts)has been in her exploratory campaign!
herding cats
(19,565 posts)I'm waiting a bit to see who announces.
My history:
Pick my favorite
Research and follow them
Realize they're flawed
Find a better candidate
Volunteer for the better candidate
Vote in the primary
THE END
Gothmog
(145,331 posts)Sanders did not deal with this issue adequately. CNN thinks that sanders will be hurt by his answer to this issue https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/bernie-sanders-sexism-2020/index.html?utm_content=2019-01-06T13%3A22%3A02&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social
"I was a little bit busy running around the country trying to make the case," said Sanders.
That is not a good answer. At all. Ever. And especially not amid the ongoing impact of the #MeToo movement on the culture and political world.
(Worth noting: He did apologize "to any woman who felt that she was not treated appropriately," and added: "If I run, we will do better next time."