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brooklynite

(94,571 posts) Sat Dec 7, 2019, 12:50 AM Dec 2019

Bernie Sanders campaign parts ways with staffer after report of homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets

CNN

(CNN)Bernie Sanders' campaign has parted ways with a newly hired staffer after a conservative website unearthed a series of tweets allegedly from the staffer that contained anti-Semitic and homophobic language.

Darius Khalil Gordon announced Wednesday that he had taken a job with the campaign as the deputy director of constituency organizing. On Thursday, the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, reported that Gordan had sent tweets in 2010, 2011 and 2012 that contained offensive, anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs.

The tweets were no longer available on Gordon's page after the Free Beacon's post, and Gordon's Twitter account has since been deactivated.

The Sanders campaign told CNN that Gordon is no longer on the job.

"He is no longer with the campaign and we wish him the best," said Mike Casca, a campaign spokesman.

They wish "the best" to a homophobic anti-Semite?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders campaign parts ways with staffer after report of homophobic and anti-Semitic tweets (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2019 OP

Maybe that's just a nicer way to say notinkansas Dec 2019 #1

I look at the people Bernie hires for his campaign and wonder what a comradebillyboy Dec 2019 #2

+1...nt SidDithers Dec 2019 #9

A great deal of turmoil in the sanders campaign Gothmog Dec 2019 #3

Well, yes, of course it did. MineralMan Dec 2019 #4

Come on, someone like him would only be a good hire if you were courting young AAs and LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #6

Yes, well... MineralMan Dec 2019 #7

"We told you to delete those before you started!" LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #5

Why did the Bernie campaign hire him in the first place?... SidDithers Dec 2019 #8

Once is an honest mistake; twice looks like incompetence. Three times starts to show a pattern LongtimeAZDem Dec 2019 #10

That's the question that should to be Cha Dec 2019 #11

notinkansas

(1,096 posts)

1. Maybe that's just a nicer way to say

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 02:34 AM

Dec 2019

good riddance?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

comradebillyboy

(10,147 posts)

2. I look at the people Bernie hires for his campaign and wonder what a

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 10:34 AM

Dec 2019

hypothetical Bernie administration might look like. It hurts my brain.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

9. +1...nt

Reply to comradebillyboy (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 12:12 PM

Dec 2019

Sid

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Gothmog

(145,242 posts)

3. A great deal of turmoil in the sanders campaign

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 10:37 AM

Dec 2019

Link to tweet

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)

4. Well, yes, of course it did.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 11:32 AM

Dec 2019

However, it didn't until people blew the whistle on that poor choice. Was there nobody who checked that person's Twitter feed before the hiring?

These days, it's easy to find out where someone is coming from. Everyone is on Twitter, pretty much. Or Facebook. Or somewhere else. People who are trying to make a name for themselves use their real names, too.

So, why was that person hired in the first place? Sure, we'll vet such people for a campaign after the fact, but mistakes like that are harmful to any campaign.

It makes me wonder. It really does.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

LongtimeAZDem

(4,494 posts)

6. Come on, someone like him would only be a good hire if you were courting young AAs and

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 11:52 AM

Dec 2019

in a contest against a gay guy. Can't see that happening.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)

7. Yes, well...

Reply to LongtimeAZDem (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 11:56 AM

Dec 2019

If that was anything like the reason he was hired, the campaign will fail miserably.

It is interesting, though, that Mayor Pete's climb in the polls is attracting the attention of the second and third place candidates, isn't it. It looks like they're getting worried, and well they might worry.

Look! Just over there! Who is that new person on the horizon? It's Bloomberg, rolling coal as he barrels into the race in his monster truck!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

LongtimeAZDem

(4,494 posts)

5. "We told you to delete those before you started!"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 11:39 AM

Dec 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)

8. Why did the Bernie campaign hire him in the first place?...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 12:12 PM

Dec 2019

Is it that the knew about the tweets but were OK with them? In which case they're complicit.

Or didn't they do the proper background checks? In which case they're incompetent.

Neither option inspires much confidence in the campaign, or how Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would staff a White House.

Sid

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided