Meet Bernie Sanders new national press secretary, Symone D Sanders:

[think]

Cross-posted from Bernie Sanders Group.

From last night in Seattle at Bernie Sanders event:

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Video from 2014 with Symone D Sanders as the National Youth Chair Coalition of Juvenile Justice :

Creighton graduate joins Bernie Sanders’ campaign

POSTED: SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2015 11:24 PM

An Omaha woman, Symone D. Sanders, on Saturday was named national press secretary for the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders, the independent U.S. senator from Vermont.

The appointment was announced in Seattle, according to social media. Bernie Sanders is making a three-day swing through the Northwest.

~Snip~

She worked on Nebraska Democrat Chuck Hassebrook’s campaign for governor in 2014 and was a member of Omaha’s charter review convention committee in 2013.

In 2006, while a student at Mercy High School, she was selected to introduce former President Bill Clinton at a Girls Inc. event in Omaha. Sanders recalled the honor in 2012, telling The World-Herald that she wanted the job so badly that she begged, pushed and wrote her way onto the stage. She ended up being written into Clinton’s book on giving, and she caught the eye of a law firm, which gave her summer internships....

Full article:
http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/creighton-graduate-joins-bernie-sanders-campaign/article_79e9e82c-3e4e-11e5-af54-b3ccb43656af.html

[tazkcmo]

1. Uh oh

Now he's really gonna get it from BLM. Clearly, he's ignoring their message.








sarcasm/2 (That's half sarcasm)

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. No, I think the spin is that the announcement of her hiring last night was a RESULT of the BLM

protest earlier in the day. Because obviously one picks and hires a national press secretary for a presidential campaign on a few hours notice.

[tazkcmo]

4. I'm sure we'll see that, too.

I predict we see claims of victory by BLM and claims of pandering to BLM. What ever he does, he loses. Doesn't matter.

[sabrina 1]

18. And the truth is that SHE reached out to him. She supported him and felt she could

help get his message to minorities. Good for her, she wasn't about to allow anyone to paint the picture we saw recently, even her, which was not the truth and she took action and Bernie listened and here they both are.

Both wanting the same things, it is a natural partnership.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

20. Good for her then.

If they work well together, he can carry her forward into his administration.

[sabrina 1]

32. Yes, an administration that might actually 'turn words into action' since mostly

neither party has done much about the plight of AAs over the decades, despite all the campaign rhetoric. She looked at Bernie's long record of VOTES and apparently felt that this candidate isn't about campaign rhetoric, he has a record to back it up. Smart woman, she knows what happens after elections. That is why she wanted to help Bernie get his record out before the smear campaigns did their job.

[still_one]

2. I am sure this had nothing to do with politics or BLM, and if Hillary did something similar people

on DU would say the same thing, right?

[sabrina 1]

21. Yes it does have something to do with all of that. She reached out to Bernie

after seeing the attempts to mischaracterize him because she believed that as a supporter she could help him get his message past the noise and that he needed help to do that. He obviously accepted her offer of assistance.

I am sure now that those who were so 'concerned' will be delighted to see the AA community speaking for themselves re Bernie as more and more are joining his campaign.

That WAS the 'concern' no? I never worried about it, seeing how many AAs were already forming groups of supporters, how many well known AAs were endorsing him etc.

But I'm very glad that he has this very smart woman as part of his campaign which is what she wanted to be and that both of them are on the same page regarding issues, which is obvious from her words last night.

[haikugal]

26. Does that mean I won't have to identify my race when I have something to say in this regard?

It's been crazy around here.

[sabrina 1]

30. Sad, isn't it, all the distractions in order to STOP people from talking about issues.

[haikugal]

33. Sad, and it really pisses me off sabrina 1.....I'm pretty pissed right now. nt

[SonderWoman]

5. Bernie needs a new campaign manager instead.

[Maedhros]

27. Why? He's getting thousands to show up at his rallies,

he's got hundreds of thousands of people donating money to his campaign, he's made tremendous headway in the polls, and his campaign is growing every day.

Seems like a well-run campaign to me.

[SonderWoman]

28. But he's not budging in the polls.

Or perhaps he just needs a 2nd campaign manager.

[sabrina 1]

31. Really? He's 4 points behind Hillary in NH. He's beating every Republican

in every poll. When they start polling OUTSIDE the base, and stop polling only people with landlines since so few use them anymore, we will see the real numbers.

I have seen only one poll of Independents in which Bernie beats Hillary by about 10 points.

And we have no polls on all the non voters signing up for his campaign.

No one can win this with just the base.

But even there Bernie has approx 20% in just over two months with zero name recognition. He doesn't need a new campaign manager, his campaign has been brilliant so far.

They should poll the tens of thousands who are coming to all of his events, to find out how many are Dems eg.

[Maedhros]

34. He's doing just fine.

I just saw the man in person, and he electrified a crowd of 20,000.

I'd say his campaign is in very good hands.

[n8dogg83]

6. This is a good move. Her speech at the Sanders event made my neck hairs stand on end....

it was THAT GOOD! Yes, people can and will say that he did it because of BLM disruption. I say: Good! It means he is listening and making every effort to reach out and fine tune his messaging. Despite all the hand wringing that's been going on, I think Bernie is doing what he needs to do. Win or lose, I cant fault him for trying.

[artislife]

9. She was electrifying!

The mood in the arena was crackling!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

29. Yes

[LWolf]

7. "Holy shit, this woman is amazing."

What do DU's AAs think?

[artislife]

11. Unfortunately, we may have chased any responsive

AA ear away.

Bravenak, for one is gone until October, if she decides to come back.

Personally, I think the bridge on this site is scorched and very hard to navigate across.

That is painful.

[LWolf]

12. I'm really sorry to hear that.

You are correct; it is quite painful.

I think maybe my best response will be none at all. I'm already doing my best to stay out of Clinton threads. I think I'll exit from any BLM discussions as well, unless someone brings it to me.

I'll pay attention. I'll listen. But maybe not discuss things here.

[artislife]

13. That is what I have been trying to do for the last week

But since I was at SEATTLE, I felt I could post.

But there is so much entrenchment here. Me, too though.

I cannot envision, yet, ever marking the ballot for Hillary in the general. It still is too fuzzy to see.

I hope I never have to make that choice.

It;s a Sunday afternoon, lets have a microbrew and enjoy the breeze

[LWolf]

16. You remind me

that there is a Rogue Nut Brown Ale in the refrigerator, just waiting. This afternoon is perfect.

[artislife]

17. Bottoms up! nt

[Armstead]

37. Off topic: This reminded me of the old DU

A lot more metaphorical (and sometimes real) sharing of brewskis, and orher forms of community.

These days it feels more often like a steel cage death match among strangers.

Not that DU was ever peaceful...But it was balanced more by a sense of community.

[artislife]

38. You are always invited to pull up a chair

and open the beverage of choice!

!La chipsa de la vida!= The spark of life!

[Armstead]

39. Bud

My tastes are simple

[azmom]

14. The bridge was already badly damaged

Even before the elections began.

[artislife]

15. Haven't been here for that long

But there seems to be especially a lot of acrimony and bitterness between the two camps.

[azmom]

19. I lurked for a few years, so I have seen

My share of battles. Tensions have been high for years, but this election has brought it to a head.

[artislife]

23. It is interesting

You and I are brown on this site, which is invisible and frankly, unimportant to the posters here unless they are trying to count our votes..

So we have a unique view of privilege and victimization. Glad to see you are in Bernie's camp. I haven't noticed any Latino H supporters but I don't know everyone's ethnicity and don't go into their group. I did a few times and found it seething with anger. GDP is bad enough.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. BERNIE hired SYMONE? Hmmph. Blatant nepotism, I'd say.

<=== Considering the current state of DU's sense of humor...

[artislife]

10. Heee! nt

[azmom]

22. She is amazing.

[Fawke Em]

24. Follow her on Twitter:

@symonedsanders

She's very responsive and has already RT a couple of my Tweets.

[azmom]

25. very cool. I will follow her. Thanks n/t

[WorseBeforeBetter]

35. K&R

[uponit7771]

36. OMFG, is this real!?