2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRyan Hughes, MI and PA Bernie State Director, Accused of Accepting Hillary Super Pac Money
Ryan Hughes was the Sander's campaign's state director for Michigan, and is now the state director for Bernie's Pennsylvania campaign, as well. Mark Craig, the founder of a grassroots volunteer group in Michigan that supports Bernie Sanders, Flint4Bernie.org, had many dealings with Ryan Hughes after Hughes came to Michigan. Mark Craig also said he was one of the principle organizers for Bernie's March 2nd rally and speech to thousands of people at the Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. His grassroots organization was started in 2015, long before Ryan Hughes showed up as the paid director for Bernie's campaign in Michigan.
Mr. Craig stated to me that knows a a senior employee who works for Priorities USA Action ("Priorities USA" , a Hillary Super Pac. In late February, after Craig casually mentioned to her that Ryan Hughes was running the Sanders' campaign, that person told him that Hughes was receiving direct payments from Priorities USA, all while Ryan Hughes worked as the Sanders' campaign's state director for Michigan, along with several other paid Michigan staffers.
Some context:
Priotities USA Action is a Super Pac, to which unlimited contributions may be made, that supports one candidate in this election cycle: Hillary Clinton. As noted in my post yesterday about Mayor Weaver of Flint MI endorsement of Hillary, the top donors to Priorities USA Action including many of Hillary's wealthiest and most prominent supporters, including billionaires such as the J.B Pritzker and his wife, George Soros, James Simon (hedge fund manager worth over $15 Billion), Steven Spielberg, and many other wealthy individuals in the finance and entertainment industries.
If Ryan Hughes did receive payments from Hillary's Super Pac, as Mark Craig alleges, this is more than just an ethical lapse in judgment. It would be even more evidence of Hillary operatives infiltrating Bernie's campaign to sabotage it.
Mr. Craig certainly believes that Ryan Hughes did everything possible to destroy the grassroots activist movement for Bernie in Michigan, including opposing long standing groups that had formed to support Bernie back in 2015, and which were already coordinating with each other regarding each group's activities and events (e.g., rallies and canvassing activities) among themselves.
http://www.caucus99percent.com/content/ryan-hughes-mi-and-pa-bernie-state-director-accused-accepting-hillary-super-pac-money#sthash.jf8l4O1S.dpuf
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)I'm curious why a Hillary supporter would post this?
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)forward with info it not they will expose them too.
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)RandySF posts under more than one name and he/she just got confused and posted this under a name that supports Hillary when it was supposed to be under another name?
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)Some pretty balanced entries to be found there. We all have opinions, but Randy seems interested in fair process also. He's also from Detroit so this concerns his own area.
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)I'm just trying to figure out why a Hillary supporter posted this strange piece for discussion and never came back? Maybe when RandySF comes back and gives his balanced view of this piece I can see where he's coming from and why he posted this.
Bread and Circus
(9,454 posts)I hope the full truth becomes known and if wrongdoing is evident I hope there will be serious consequences.
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...thanks for the heads up.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)How Many Times Will This Lie Be Shared. #SMH...