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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSanders Campaign Asks Delegates To Sign Pledge They Won't Openly Attack Biden
Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his bid for the White House last month, effectively ceding the Democratic nomination to former Vice President Joe Biden. But not before the Vermont progressive won hundreds of delegates around the nation.
Now, Sanders presidential campaign is asking those delegates to sign a social media policy and code of conduct agreement ahead of the partys convention later this summer in an attempt to minimize party infighting or online attacks against Biden akin to the rampant mudslinging by supporters in 2016.
The Washington Post first reported that the Sanders campaign sent out the 5-page agreements that threaten delegates can be removed the delegation should they violate any provisions. The campaign also asks signatories to refrain from making negative statements about other candidates, party leaders, Campaigns, Campaign staffers, supporters, news organizations or journalists.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sanders-delegates-biden-agreement_n_5ec5e47bc5b63c61f51bd3e2
empedocles
(15,751 posts)mucifer
(23,373 posts)Biden is the candidate. It won't destroy the party.
ecstatic
(32,566 posts)Summer is too late.
betsuni
(25,126 posts)Republicans are shitty, unprecedented suffering of the working class, etc. "But, I think Pelosi, at least, unlike the Republican leadership, said, 'You know what, we have terrible suffering in this country, we need to give out money to the cities and towns ...'"
At least?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... and it's something that serves no good purpose.
Squinch
(50,773 posts)JI7
(89,173 posts)SergeStorms
(18,889 posts)say no more.
kacekwl
(6,993 posts)about this crap ? Do they still think Bernie is going to win or what ? ENOUGH already.
BannonsLiver
(16,161 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,853 posts)In 2016 the Sanders camp was infiltrated by uncompromising and vicious Russian trolls. They amplified the most immature and un-Democratic elements of Sanders in an attempt to pour water on his message.
To what amount that phenomenon was discouraged is debatablebut not here. Lets move on.
2020 Sanders delegates will be there at any convention apparatus to represent the candidate Sandersand hes asked for peace.
Any delegate who wont agree to these simple, Sanders platform planks is either a loose cannon or crisis actor in planned theatrics. Tie down the loose cannon or yank the performers from the stage, either one. But STFU.
kevink077
(365 posts)I know BS supporters that plan on just sitting home. Biden will get them 75% of what they want but that is not good enough and they expect 100 % perfection and purity. The ironic thing is Biden has a better chance to get even some of the things they want passed through congress. Sanders would have got nothing through (but I still think he would lose the GE vs Trump)
kevink077
(365 posts)I suspect many will not sign it. They would always prefer to lose on purity every time.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Truly.