Headline Roundup • January 3rd, 2019
Bernie Sanders Staffers Allege 'Sexual Violence and Harassment' During 2016 Campaign
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Several staffers from Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential run allege that almost a dozen female aides were sexually harassed while working on the campaign and that their complaints were mishandled by superiors. Sanders apologized to the women during an interview on CNN, telling Anderson Cooper that he was unaware of the allegations because he "was a little bit busy running around the country, trying to make the case" for president.
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Politicians lie. Politicians are trash. And their acolytes are just as nasty. Oh yes, it seems the Me Too movement is about to claim another scalp: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
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