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Bernie Sanders under siege at critical 2020 moment: ‘The problem has to be dealt with’
"As Bernie Sanders gears up for a likely second run at the Democratic presidential nomination, the Vermont senator finds himself facing a much higher level of scrutiny than he ever endured in 2016.
And while the 77-year-old Democratic socialist popularized Medicare-for-all and other big-government programs since espoused by a host of 2020 hopefuls, he is now one of many like-minded candidates – no longer the lone torch-bearer for the progressive cause.
But making matters worse, Sanders has been forced to grapple with lingering fallout from a sexual harassment controversy tied to his 2016 campaign. The allegations of harassment and sexism in Sanders’ 2016 campaign – which emerged in reports last week by The New York Times and Politico – are raising new questions even among some of Sanders' strongest supporters.
“The problem has to be dealt with and rectified,” Burt Cohen, a former New Hampshire state senator who served as a Sanders delegate to the 2016 Democratic convention"
Is he talking about the accusation or Sanders as a Presidential candidate?
-- Are Democrats declaring Unca Bernie is 'Guilty until proven Innocent' and that the burden of proof of his innocence is on HIM?
"Reports of the controversy surfaced after former staffers and supporters shared stories in recent weeks -- through email and online comments -- of sexual harassment and pay disparity for women during the 2016 campaign.
Some Sanders supporters questioned why some former staffers were making the stories known now, more than three years after the fact.
“The timing of the news is highly suspect,” said Cohen."
Maybe Hillary, who has hinted at another run in 2020, has ordered Sanders taken down now after he legitimately had the 2016 Dem Party nomination won to avoid any repeats of 2016?!
"As Bernie Sanders gears up for a likely second run at the Democratic presidential nomination, the Vermont senator finds himself facing a much higher level of scrutiny than he ever endured in 2016.
And while the 77-year-old Democratic socialist popularized Medicare-for-all and other big-government programs since espoused by a host of 2020 hopefuls, he is now one of many like-minded candidates – no longer the lone torch-bearer for the progressive cause.
But making matters worse, Sanders has been forced to grapple with lingering fallout from a sexual harassment controversy tied to his 2016 campaign. The allegations of harassment and sexism in Sanders’ 2016 campaign – which emerged in reports last week by The New York Times and Politico – are raising new questions even among some of Sanders' strongest supporters.
“The problem has to be dealt with and rectified,” Burt Cohen, a former New Hampshire state senator who served as a Sanders delegate to the 2016 Democratic convention"
Is he talking about the accusation or Sanders as a Presidential candidate?
-- Are Democrats declaring Unca Bernie is 'Guilty until proven Innocent' and that the burden of proof of his innocence is on HIM?
"Reports of the controversy surfaced after former staffers and supporters shared stories in recent weeks -- through email and online comments -- of sexual harassment and pay disparity for women during the 2016 campaign.
Some Sanders supporters questioned why some former staffers were making the stories known now, more than three years after the fact.
“The timing of the news is highly suspect,” said Cohen."
Maybe Hillary, who has hinted at another run in 2020, has ordered Sanders taken down now after he legitimately had the 2016 Dem Party nomination won to avoid any repeats of 2016?!