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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEx-campaign surrogate says 'Me Too' has been weaponized against Sanders
Nomiki Konst, a former surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) presidential campaign, on Friday said that the "Me Too" movement has been weaponized against the senator in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against staffers from his 2016 presidential campaign.
"This is an issue on all campaigns. This is not a Bernie Sanders issue," Konst told Hill.TV's Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton on "Rising."
"I think, unfortunately, the 'Me Too' movement has been used as a political weapon in this case," she continued. "It has to be dealt with no matter what, but it is not something that feeds into this old Bernie bro narrative."
"The deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders was a woman. The chief of staff for Bernie Sanders had been a woman for years. I mean, there is always a need for women in leadership to address these issues, but I've seen this played out in the media. We have to remember that there are women that have been part of this movement, and they shouldn't be erased," she said citing female Sanders supporters such as herself, former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) and actress Rosario Dawson.
"I don't think that their leadership should be erased, and that's something that his opponents have done by lumping 'Me Too' into the Bernie bro narrative that is somehow coming back in 2019," she said.
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https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/424888-ex-surrogate-says-me-too-movement-has-been-weaponized-against-sanders
MaryMagdaline
(6,853 posts)Just tell us what youre going to do in the future. Thats all we want to hear. And an apology.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Look out in every direction. No more tolerance. Male "aggression" toward women has been a weapon since forever. Deal with it.
Deal with the campaign you were involved in. Use what you are learning to make future campaigns more safe. Other campaigns will be taking notice. That is a good thing. Don't just minimize the blame.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)That settles it, then!
Joe941
(2,848 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Response to ehrnst (Reply #9)
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seaglass
(8,171 posts)think all this info re: payoffs, reported abuse etc. on Bernie's campaign wouldn't impact him.
Link to tweet
It's coming back because Bernie supporters asked for a meeting about it. And because Carmona showed up at the Sanders Institute gathering last Nov/Dec it probably looked like nothing was learned/changed.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)IF there are allgations against some of his staff, that doesn't change what I liked about his policies.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)He was told about them in March 2017, and allegations against his Latino Outreach director went public in the LA Times, but Sanders did not reached out to the victims or apologized for it until this week when it went public in December that there were several staffers and complaints were not addressed when they happened.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/bernie-2016-staffers-sexual-harassment-claims-were-ignored.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-bernie-sanders-campaign-sexual-violence-20181230-story.html
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-01-11/bernie-sanders-faces-questions-about-political-future
I liked John Edwards' policies too. His actions didn't change my opinion of his policies, but it did change my opinion about whether or not he had the judgement to be POTUS.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)And things turned out fine for him nonetheless.
mcar
(42,302 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 11, 2019, 02:02 PM - Edit history (1)
So "progressive."
ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)Bernie Sanders campaign can do a little soul searching. It certainly wouldnt hurt, Bernie himself has apologized.. twice. Nothing was weaponized, there were a few fucking creeps working within a male dominated power structure. #Metoo is about identifying and exposing these assholes.
That's why they sent a woman to attack #metoo, and not Weaver.