Speaker kicked off interfaith Bernie panel for pro Hillary tweet

[MattP]

http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.714843

Would include part of article but I'm on my phone

[Cha]

1. Haha.. here's an excerpt..

The leading New York rabbi — formerly the spiritual leader of Brooklyn’s Congregation Beth Elohim and now director of Jewish content and community ritual at the 92nd Street Y — was dumped from the program for recent tweets favoring Sanders’ opponent Hillary Clinton.

The tweets were mild by the current standards of political rhetoric. On Saturday morning Bachman, an ardent sports fan, retweeted a post by the Clinton campaign touting an endorsement by Basketball Hall of Famer and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, adding it is “a great endorsement by a wise man.” Just a day earlier Bachman had tweeted, “I’m officially sick of the primaries and haven’t even voted yet.”

Thanks, Matt~

[IamMab]

2. On the bright side, he didn't have to share a stage with Cornel West and have to listen to

a old failed radical's opinion about the way the world should be. I'd say the rabbi got off lucky.

ETA: I'm starting to think that Bernie has moved on from being a politician and now styles himself as a religious figure. He's the Pope now, in other words, at least in what passes for his own mind these days.

[Her Sister]

3. ...

Bachman declined to speak with Haaretz about it, writing in an email, “I may blog about it.  Otherwise, just lay low and vote for Hillary on Tuesday.  Respectful dissent is a Jewish value, at least in Brooklyn.

Apparently it wasn’t what the Sanders campaign had in mind when it booked him for the panel. Sanders representatives did not immediately respond to inquiries by Haaretz.

read more: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.714843”

[Her Sister]

4. Andy Bachman's twitter account

https://twitter.com/andybachman/status/721472088255700992

Will be interesting to see when he blogs about this incident.

I was booted off tonight's interfaith panel with @BernieSanders because of some "pro-@HillaryClinton" tweets. So much for being a loyal Dem
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Ruth ‏@razth Apr 16
@andybachman @KasiaMikurda @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton by Bernie ppl?
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Andy Bachman ‏@andybachman Apr 16 Brooklyn, NY
@razth @KasiaMikurda @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton Yes
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andreagl ‏@andreagl Apr 16
@andybachman @razth @KasiaMikurda @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton This is absurd. Like totally absurd.
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Shar ‏@sh4joy 18h18 hours ago
@andybachman @BeverleeHughes3 @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton Democracy at its worst. Doesn't make me want to jump on the Bernie bus!
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Beverlee Hughes ‏@BeverleeHughes3 18h18 hours ago
@sh4joy @andybachman @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton Bernard's allergic to any truth he does not support. Sorta like GOP.
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madeline -Ca.4HRC ‏@maddie142519 Apr 16
@andybachman @JenGranholm @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton wow...show's his loyalty once again, not for Dems
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Jim White ‏@jimw81 Apr 16 Philadelphia, PA
@maddie142519 @andybachman @JenGranholm @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton like u. This guy has his right. U are disgrace to all progressives
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Jim White ‏@jimw81 Apr 16 Philadelphia, PA
@maddie142519 @andybachman @JenGranholm @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton ur not even a dem. Dems don't attack other dems.
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notLikeNormalPeople ‏@notlikenormal Apr 16
@andybachman @BernieSanders @HillaryClinton @revmagdalen It's painfully obvious that berners can't take any real heat or dissent.

[NurseJackie]

5. Beneath the chassis of the public transport machine?