Marianne Williamson hires Sanders alum accused of forcibly kissing staffer

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Marianne Williamson has hired a former adviser to Bernie Sanders who was accused of committing sexual assault during 2016 to run her campaign in Iowa, she told POLITICO on Friday.

Sanders and his campaign in waiting ousted Robert Becker — who was Sanders’ Iowa caucus director during the 2016 campaign and was poised to have a role in his 2020 campaign — early in 2019 after POLITICO reported that a former female subordinate had come forward late in 2018 to tell senior Sanders staffers that Becker had forcibly kissed her and put his tongue in her mouth on the final night of the 2016 campaign. Several staffers from the 2016 campaign said Becker engaged in other unprofessional behavior.

Asked about the hire before a Democratic presidential candidate gathering in Iowa on Friday, Williamson initially asked to wait for a communications aide to assist her, but then defended the hire. “I believe in forgiveness. I believe in redemption. I believe in people rising up after they’ve fallen down,” Williamson, a spiritual adviser and author, said. “I had not read anything or heard anything that made me feel this was a man who never deserved to work again.”

Despite splashy debate performances, Williamson has languished in polls at around 1 percent.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/09/marianne-williamson-becker-sexual-misconduct-1456210

[George II]

1. I'm dumbfounded.

[RockRaven]

2. Bye Felicia

I wasn't going to vote for her anyway, and intended to ignore her. But now I am going to loudly speak against her. So I guess that isn't really a Bye Felicia moment. Whatever.

[LuvNewcastle]

3. We need her to quit.

Any country that would elect Trump President would elect Williamson. This country has gone way off the rails, so far that I'm afraid she might be able to tickle some fancies out there and be exciting for some people. And she'll get the money, no problem.

[customerserviceguy]

4. What's to worry about

She got his chakras aligned, and stuffed a little sage into his orifices.