Permanently Deleted

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
3 points

Bernie was terrible at picking allies, he burned bridges with other progressives and it left his campaign a lot weaker.

Examples?

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points
*

Wasn’t Zephyr Teachout one? She was an up and comming progressive that said something (can’t remember what) “impolite” about Biden (i think) and Bernie distanced himself from her and applogized for what she said.

I think this opinion piece is it… Zephyr Teachout’s opinion piece in the Guardian, “‘Middle Class’ Joe Biden has a Corruption Problem…”

Washington Post opinion piece about the opinion piece and Bernie’s response, by Paul Waldman… from the first paragraph…

“Bernie Sanders did a strange thing the other day: He apologized to Joe Biden for an op-ed written not by him or his campaign but by a supporter, law professor and anti-corruption crusader Zephyr Teachout.”

There was also some people who made pretty good videos independently supporting Sanders, who were brought into his campaign and then dumped when the “cancel culture kids” found something they didn’t like about the content creators.

permalink
report
parent
reply

askchapo

!askchapo@hexbear.net

Create post

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.

Rules:

  1. Posts must ask a question.

  2. If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.

  3. Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.

  4. Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you’re having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.

Community stats

  • 125

    Monthly active users

  • 7.3K

    Posts

  • 164K

    Comments