Las Vegas Culinary Union to host 3 town halls with Warren, Sanders & Biden

[Donkees]

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[StevieM]

1. It's totally unfair to exclude Mayor Pete.

He is polling better than most other candidates, and doing extremely well, at times leading, in some pivotal early states.

[ritapria]

2. I am shocked they are excluding Mayor Pete from their forum

The endorsement of the Culinary Union is huge factor in which candidate wins the Nevada Caucus ……...They endorsed Hillary in 2008 and 2016 and she won both times ..They put her over the top ….Buttigieg has earned the opportunity to make his case ...

[StevieM]

3. You are mis-remembering what happened in 2008.

They endorsed Obama in 2008. They very aggressively supported him.

And HRC won the contest anyway. It was a hell of a victory, like her earlier win in New Hampshire. The media never gave her too much credit for either win.

[ritapria]

6. You are right

Thanks for correcting me … I' am not getting any younger so perhaps my memory is fading a bit

[brooklynite]

8. Thanks for remembering that...

My wife and I were thrown in to the deep end as Preceinct Captains at a Caucus site in North Las cages with absolutely no training...

[StevieM]

9. You guys did great out there.

The culinary union was incredibly aggressive in their support for Obama. I remember that people who worked at the casinos, which were also caucus sites, were told they could only leave work if they were going to caucus for Obama. I remember thinking at the time "could you imagine if people were being told that they could only leave to support Hillary? She would be relentlessly excoriated."

People who think Bernie was treated harshly in 2016 have no idea what HRC has faced at various points. They insist on believing that just because her husband was once president she must have all sorts of incredible advantages and establishment support. In reality, she is often up against incredible obstacles.

LOL, now I am remembering the final contests of that race. She won South Dakota by 10 points even as the media was announcing that she was dropping out of the race and as Tom Daschle's party machine came crashing down on her.

[Donkees]

4. The events are part of a series. Sen. Harris had hers last month. Don't know January's schedule.

[StevieM]

5. Thank you for providing that information.

I hope that you are right and all the other candidates will also get the same opportunities.

[Donkees]

7. Found this info:

Dec 3, 2019 Updated 3 hrs ago

Kamala Harris, who dropped out of the race Tuesday, was the first candidate to get a town hall with the union’s members last month, and the events with Warren, Sanders and Biden will be the last events of their kind.

The union says only top Democratic candidates have received an invite. Several other candidates were invited to participate but unable to make the scheduling work. The union declined to name the others.

https://journalstar.com/news/national/powerful-union-to-host-biden-warren-sanders-in-nevada/article_19be38cd-e6d7-5080-a91c-ece46e005c67.html