In the midst of accusations of sexism and sexual harassment by aides on Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, the senator’s former campaign manager acknowledged Wednesday that there had been “a failure,” and Sanders is promising to make sure the same problems do not emerge if he runs in 2020.
Over the past week, alumni of Sanders’ presidential campaign have stepped forward to allege inappropriate behavior and unfair treatment of women. Numerous individuals said that staff on the campaign had not taken a complaint about sexual harassment seriously and had treated women unfairly.
On Monday, Politico reported that former Sanders aides requested a meeting with the senator and his top political advisers to “discuss the issue of sexual violence and harassment on the 2016 campaign, for the purpose of planning to mitigate the issue in the upcoming presidential cycle.” The letter did not provide details of what was being alleged.
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