[rad-green] Biden Adviser's Revealing Comment: Compares Sanders to the 'Kind of Protester Who Often Shows Up at Campaign Events'
"Sid Shniad" (via rad-green Mailing List) <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Mar 2020 18:05:49 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1584666380-7785-151674 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000888f4105a13ee312" --000000000000888f4105a13ee312 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/16/biden-adviser-compares-sander= s-debate-kind-protester-who-often-shows-campaign-events <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/16/biden-adviser-compares-sander= s-debate-kind-protester-who-often-shows-campaign-events>Common Dreams March 16, 2020Biden Adviser Compares Sanders at Debate to the 'Kind of Protester Who Often Shows Up at Campaign Events'"Let this sink in. Understand that all of us in the Sanders campaign are seen as nothing but trespassers on their party property and they absolutely cannot wait to call the cops."by Jessica Corbett, staff writer* [image: Anita Dunn] *Then-managing director of SKDKnickerbocker Communications Anita Dunn in conversation at FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Dinner at U.S. Department of State's Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Room on April 30, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune)* Anita Dunn, a senior adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden, faced a bevy of criticism after saying Sunday night that Sen. Bernie Sanders behaved like the "kind of protester who often shows up at campaign events" during the 11th Democratic presidential debate <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/15/debating-bernie-medicare-all-= and-coronavirus-biden-declares-i-dont-want-get-back-and> =2E Similar versions of Dunn's remark from a post-debate call with journalists were reported by Janet Hook <https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-16/march-democratic-debate-= analysis-biden-sanders> at the *Los Angeles Times*, Ken Thomas <https://twitter.com/KThomasDC/status/1239386937741508610> at the *Wall Street Journal*, and Natasha Korecki <https://twitter.com/natashakorecki/status/1239387880902008832> of *Politico*. Dunn said Biden dealt with the Vermont senator "graciously." Sanders surrogates, political commentators, and some journalists charged that Dunn's comment exposed how Biden's supporters regard activists challenging the vice president's record as well as voters and politicians in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. As Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent at *The Nation*, put it <https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1239396908839256065>: "The Biden people have nothing but contempt for the progressive wing of the party." Columbia Law School student Alex Clavering drew a similar but broader conclusion, tweeting <https://twitter.com/LolOverruled/status/1239537763063672833> that "the Democratic Party has nothing but disdain for activists." "When Democratic establishment figures spend a couple weeks condescendingly pretending to like and respect Sanders and his voters, remember what they really think of you." =E2=80=94Glenn Greenwald, *The Intercept* Dunn's comment also came in the wake of activists with various groups interrupting <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/10/biden-says-bernie-bros-are-he= re-protesters-disrupt-detroit-rally-denounce-nafta> a Biden rally in Detroit last week to call out the former vice president for supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and pressure him to fully embrace the Green New Deal. Biden said of the protesters, "The Bernie bros are here!" In response to Dunn's comment Sunday, author and activist Naomi Klein, a Sanders surrogate, said <https://twitter.com/NaomiAKlein/status/1239521859504406530>: "Let this sink in. Understand that all of us in the Sanders campaign are seen as nothing but trespassers on their party property and they absolutely cannot wait to call the cops." *The Intercept* co-founder Glenn Greenwald directed his response at Sanders' supporters, tweeting <https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1239519916027453441>, "When Democratic establishment figures spend a couple weeks condescendingly pretending to like and respect Sanders and his voters, remember what they really think of you." Ahead of the debate, a coalition of youth organizations urged <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/12/youth-coalition-demands-serio= us-discussion-key-progressive-issues-democratic> the candidates to have "a serious discussion" about "the issues that face our generation," including income and racial inequality, immigration and migrant justice, education, gun violence, and the climate crisis. Entrance and exit polls from states that have held primaries and caucuses so far have indicated a generational divide among voters, with more young people behind Sanders and older Democrats backing Biden, the frontrunner. Diane Russell, a former Democratic state representative and gubernatorial candidate in Maine, warned <https://twitter.com/MissWrite/status/1239397957356699648> in response to Dunn's remark that "alienating... young voters who overwhelmingly support Bernie is a terrible idea, and detracts from an otherwise healthy debate." Ryan Grim, *The Intercept*'s D.C. bureau chief, also suggested <https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1239389952309370887> the comment could have consequences for the vice president at the ballot box. "What could motivate a Biden adviser to say something like this?" said Grim. "Shouldn't this level of contempt be kept to dinner parties and green rooms?" Independent journalist Jordan Chariton on Monday highlighted Biden's inconsistent claims <https://theintercept.com/2020/02/14/ahead-south-carolina-vote-joe-biden-fa= ces-questions-claims-civil-rights-activism-2/> about being involved with civil rights activism: Others drew attention to Dunn's record <https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/13/when-cnn-introduces-bernie-b= ashers-only-former-cnn-lying-you>. In addition to serving as acting White House communications director for part of former President Barack Obama's first year in office, Dunn was <https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stevenperlberg/former-obama-adviser-a= nita-dunn-helped-harvey-weinstein> a consultant to Harvey Weinstein shortly before publication of the 2017 *New York Times* investigation <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegati= ons.html> into allegations of sexual misconduct against the Hollywood mogul seen as a pivotal moment in the #MeToo <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/metoo> movem= ent. Weinstein was sentenced <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/11/convicted-rapist-harvey-weins= tein-sentenced-23-years-prison> to 23 years in prison earlier this month after being convicted <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/24/historic-victory-survivors-ev= erywhere-harvey-weinstein-convicted-felony-sexual> of two felony sex crimes in New York. Jeremy Scahill, another co-founder of *The Intercept*, tweeted <https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill/status/1239540309991862275> that "'unity' means Harvey Weinstein's former advisor turned Biden campaign head tells you what to do and keeps you away from the adults." --=20 ---=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Sid-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= sid-l/CACKppcy8OCnC%2BVfQrcPA0BFiSgYK1t_3hALG4Sn5VcApQXtDig%40mail.gmail.co= m. --000000000000888f4105a13ee312 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D""><b><font face=3D"g= eorgia, serif"><a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/16/bide= n-adviser-compares-sanders-debate-kind-protester-who-often-shows-campaign-e= vents">https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/16/biden-adviser-compares-= sanders-debate-kind-protester-who-often-shows-campaign-events</a><br><br><f= ont size=3D"4">Common Dreams=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 March 16, 20= 20</font><br><br><font size=3D"6">Biden Adviser Compares Sanders at Debate = to the 'Kind of Protester Who Often Shows Up at Campaign Events'</f= ont><br><br><font size=3D"4">"Let this sink in. Understand that all of= us in the Sanders campaign are seen as nothing but trespassers on their pa= rty property and they absolutely cannot wait to call the cops."</font>= <br><br><font size=3D"4">by Jessica Corbett, staff writer</font></font></b>= </div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D""><font face=3D"georgia, serif"= ><br></font><div class=3D"gmail-field gmail-field--name-field-article-img g= mail-field--type-image gmail-field--label-hidden" style=3D"font-size:17px;b= ox-sizing:inherit"><div class=3D"gmail-field__items" style=3D"box-sizing:in= herit"><div class=3D"gmail-field__item even" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><= div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, s= erif"><img class=3D"gmail-caption-processed" src=3D"https://www.commondream= s.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_large/public/headlines/anita_dunn_getty= images-143612585.png?itok=3DIVDM59SN" width=3D"472" height=3D"247" alt=3D"A= nita Dunn" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; border: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><= /font></div></div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail-field gmail-field--name-f= ield-main-caption gmail-field--type-text-long gmail-field--label-hidden" st= yle=3D"font-size:12px;box-sizing:inherit;background-image:initial;backgroun= d-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;backgr= ound-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;padding:5px 10px"><div class=3D= "gmail-field__items" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><div class=3D"gmail-field= __item even" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;ma= rgin:0px"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif" style=3D""><b sty= le=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Then-managing director of SKDKnick= erbocker Communications Anita Dunn in conversation at FORTUNE Most Powerful= Women Dinner at U.S. Department of State's Benjamin Franklin Diplomati= c Room on April 30, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Imag= es for Fortune)</b></font></p></div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail-field g= mail-field--name-body gmail-field--type-text-with-summary gmail-field--labe= l-hidden" style=3D"font-size:17px;box-sizing:inherit"><div class=3D"gmail-f= ield__items" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><div class=3D"gmail-field__item e= ven" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><div style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><p styl= e=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">An= ita Dunn, a senior adviser to former Vice President Joe Biden, faced a bevy= of criticism after saying Sunday night that Sen. Bernie Sanders behaved li= ke the "kind of protester who often shows up at campaign events" = during the 11th Democratic presidential=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commond= reams.org/news/2020/03/15/debating-bernie-medicare-all-and-coronavirus-bide= n-declares-i-dont-want-get-back-and" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background= :0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">debate</a>.</font></p><p style=3D"box-s= izing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Similar vers= ions of Dunn's remark from a post-debate call with journalists were rep= orted by=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-16/= march-democratic-debate-analysis-biden-sanders" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit= ;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">Janet Hook</a>=C2=A0at the= =C2=A0<em style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">Los Angeles Times</em>,=C2=A0<a href= =3D"https://twitter.com/KThomasDC/status/1239386937741508610" style=3D"box-= sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">Ken Thomas</a>= =C2=A0at the=C2=A0<em style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">Wall Street Journal</em>= , and=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://twitter.com/natashakorecki/status/12393878809= 02008832" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-li= ne:none">Natasha Korecki</a>=C2=A0of=C2=A0<em style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">= Politico</em>. Dunn said Biden dealt with the Vermont senator "graciou= sly."</font></p><div align=3D"center" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"></d= iv><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia,= serif">Sanders surrogates, political commentators, and some journalists ch= arged that Dunn's comment exposed how Biden's supporters regard act= ivists challenging the vice president's record as well as voters and po= liticians in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.</font></p><p sty= le=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">A= s Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent at=C2=A0<em style=3D"box-sizing= :inherit">The Nation</em>,=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/sta= tus/1239396908839256065" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;tex= t-decoration-line:none">put it</a>: "The Biden people have nothing but= contempt for the progressive wing of the party."</font></p><p style= =3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Col= umbia Law School student Alex Clavering drew a similar but broader conclusi= on,=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://twitter.com/LolOverruled/status/123953776306367= 2833" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:n= one">tweeting</a>=C2=A0that "the Democratic Party has nothing but disd= ain for activists."</font></p><p class=3D"gmail-pullquote" style=3D"bo= x-sizing:inherit;float:right;font-size:18px;font-variant-numeric:normal;fon= t-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:24px;margin-bottom:= 0px;margin-top:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px 20px;text-align:right;width:263.35p= x"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">"When Democratic es= tablishment figures spend a couple weeks condescendingly pretending to like= and respect Sanders and his voters, remember what they really think of you= ."<br style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">=E2=80=94Glenn Greenwald,=C2=A0<em = style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">The Intercept</em></font></p><p style=3D"box-s= izing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Dunn's c= omment also came in the wake of activists with various groups=C2=A0<a href= =3D"https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/10/biden-says-bernie-bros-are= -here-protesters-disrupt-detroit-rally-denounce-nafta" style=3D"box-sizing:= inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">interrupting</a>=C2= =A0a Biden rally in Detroit last week to call out the former vice president= for supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and pressur= e him to fully embrace the Green New Deal. Biden said of the protesters, &q= uot;The Bernie bros are here!"</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inheri= t"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">In response to Dunn'= s comment Sunday, author and activist Naomi Klein, a Sanders surrogate,=C2= =A0<a href=3D"https://twitter.com/NaomiAKlein/status/1239521859504406530" s= tyle=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">sa= id</a>: "Let this sink in. Understand that all of us in the Sanders ca= mpaign are seen as nothing but trespassers on their party property and they= absolutely cannot wait to call the cops."</font></p><p style=3D"box-s= izing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><em style=3D= "box-sizing:inherit">The Intercept</em>=C2=A0co-founder Glenn Greenwald dir= ected his response at Sanders' supporters,=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://twit= ter.com/ggreenwald/status/1239519916027453441" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;= background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">tweeting</a>, "When Demo= cratic establishment figures spend a couple weeks condescendingly pretendin= g to like and respect Sanders and his voters, remember what they really thi= nk of you."</font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"></p><div class= =3D"gmail-clearfix" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"></div><p style=3D"box-sizi= ng:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Ahead of the de= bate, a coalition of youth organizations=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.common= dreams.org/news/2020/03/12/youth-coalition-demands-serious-discussion-key-p= rogressive-issues-democratic" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0p= x;text-decoration-line:none">urged</a>=C2=A0the candidates to have "a = serious discussion" about "the issues that face our generation,&q= uot; including income and racial inequality, immigration and migrant justic= e, education, gun violence, and the climate crisis. Entrance and exit polls= from states that have held primaries and caucuses so far have indicated a = generational divide among voters, with more young people behind Sanders and= older Democrats backing Biden, the frontrunner.</font></p><p style=3D"box-= sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Diane Russe= ll, a former Democratic state representative and gubernatorial candidate in= Maine,=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/MissWrite/status/1239397957356= 699648" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line= :none">warned</a>=C2=A0in response to Dunn's remark that "alienati= ng... young voters who overwhelmingly support Bernie is a terrible idea, an= d detracts from an otherwise healthy debate."</font></p><p style=3D"bo= x-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Ryan Grim= ,=C2=A0<em style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">The Intercept</em>'s D.C. burea= u chief, also=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/123938995= 2309370887" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-= line:none">suggested</a>=C2=A0the comment could have consequences for the v= ice president at the ballot box. "What could motivate a Biden adviser = to say something like this?" said Grim. "Shouldn't this level= of contempt be kept to dinner parties and green rooms?"</font></p><p = style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif= ">Independent journalist Jordan Chariton on Monday highlighted Biden's= =C2=A0<a href=3D"https://theintercept.com/2020/02/14/ahead-south-carolina-v= ote-joe-biden-faces-questions-claims-civil-rights-activism-2/" style=3D"box= -sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">inconsistent = claims</a>=C2=A0about being involved with civil rights activism:</font></p>= <div align=3D"center" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"></div><p style=3D"box-si= zing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Others drew a= ttention to=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/13/w= hen-cnn-introduces-bernie-bashers-only-former-cnn-lying-you" style=3D"box-s= izing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">Dunn's reco= rd</a>. In addition to serving as acting White House communications directo= r for part of former President Barack Obama's first year in office, Dun= n=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stevenperlberg/forme= r-obama-adviser-anita-dunn-helped-harvey-weinstein" style=3D"box-sizing:inh= erit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">was</a>=C2=A0a consultan= t to Harvey Weinstein shortly before publication of the 2017=C2=A0<em style= =3D"box-sizing:inherit">New York Times</em>=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.nyt= imes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html" style= =3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">invest= igation</a>=C2=A0into allegations of sexual misconduct against the Hollywoo= d mogul seen as a pivotal moment in the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commond= reams.org/tag/metoo" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-de= coration-line:none">#MeToo</a>=C2=A0movement. Weinstein was=C2=A0<a href=3D= "https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/11/convicted-rapist-harvey-weins= tein-sentenced-23-years-prison" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px = 0px;text-decoration-line:none">sentenced</a>=C2=A0to 23 years in prison ear= lier this month after being=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/ne= ws/2020/02/24/historic-victory-survivors-everywhere-harvey-weinstein-convic= ted-felony-sexual" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background:0px 0px;text-deco= ration-line:none">convicted</a>=C2=A0of two felony sex crimes in New York.<= /font></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><font color=3D"#000000" style=3D"= " face=3D"georgia, serif">Jeremy Scahill, another co-founder of=C2=A0<em st= yle=3D"box-sizing:inherit">The Intercept</em>,=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://twit= ter.com/jeremyscahill/status/1239540309991862275" style=3D"box-sizing:inher= it;background:0px 0px;text-decoration-line:none">tweeted</a>=C2=A0that &quo= t;'unity' means Harvey Weinstein's former advisor turned Biden = campaign head tells you what to do and keeps you away from the adults."= ;</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div> <p></p> -- <br /> <br /> --- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;Sid-l" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">sid-l+unsubsc= [email protected]</a>.<br /> To view this discussion on the web visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.c= om/d/msgid/sid-l/CACKppcy8OCnC%2BVfQrcPA0BFiSgYK1t_3hALG4Sn5VcApQXtDig%40ma= il.gmail.com?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.= com/d/msgid/sid-l/CACKppcy8OCnC%2BVfQrcPA0BFiSgYK1t_3hALG4Sn5VcApQXtDig%40m= ail.gmail.com</a>.<br /> --000000000000888f4105a13ee312-- ------------=_1584666380-7785-151674 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> List help: <https://riseup.net/lists> ------------=_1584666380-7785-151674--