Democrats Accused Of Exploiting Campaign Staff, Hypocrisy Over Low And Even NO Pay For Staff
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🗓️ 27 July 2019
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Democrats Accused Of Exploiting Campaign Staff, Hypocrisy Over Low And Even NO Pay For Staff. The latest in the democratic party's labor disputes is Elizabeth Warren who is accused of exploiting low level staff into working for free. We also have another story about how Democrats are using deceptive accounting techniques to appear richer on paper and delaying pay to campaign staff in order to do it. Lastly, Bernie Sanders is accused of firing three staff members for legal organizing practices.
The take away is clear, Democrats from centrist moderate, to far left are seen as hypocrites for trying to look good while exploiting or underpaying their staff.
As a moderate what do we do? DO we ignore this because "orange man bad?" or do we speak up and demand a better party? If Warren and Sanders are in on the take then what do we really have? Who do we vote for?
It seems that from labor to social justice these politicians simply seek to maximize their returns by saying what they think people want to hear. But when it comes time to take action they are exposed as hypocrites.
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| 0:00.0 | The Democrats are the ones that claim to fight for the working class, for labor, for unions. |
| 0:06.2 | But now we have multiple scandals that are kind of highlighting hypocrisy within the ranks of |
| 0:12.4 | the Democrats. It's not just the story I have pulled up right now for those that are listening. |
| 0:16.8 | It says, Warren Fellowship Applicants campaign program was a quote, great scam. |
| 0:22.8 | Apparently two men who accepted the 2020 candidates volunteer fellowship program |
| 0:27.1 | described the process for entry as deceptive and at times exploitative. |
| 0:31.3 | We also have another story and these are both from the Daily Beast which is a fairly left-leaning |
| 0:36.3 | outlet. This one says, 2020 candidates delayed paying staff to look richer on paper. |
| 0:43.0 | There were several campaigns that used the accounting trick, but it was Amy Klobuchar's |
| 0:47.6 | operation that stood out the most. Then of course you may be following the Bernie Sanders scandal, |
| 0:54.0 | where he's accused of not only did he not pay staffers $15 an hour, which he promises and campaigns |
| 1:01.8 | for federally, when people complained they weren't being paid enough, he said just work less hours, |
| 1:07.2 | which is effectively get the same job done in a shorter amount of time, which doesn't alleviate |
| 1:13.2 | the problems that these people are facing. They were struggling to pay rent and to buy food. |
| 1:17.2 | But here's the update there. Bernie Sanders now, according to a redacted copy of a char, |
| 1:23.1 | a federal labor complaint. They're claiming his campaign fired at least three staffers |
| 1:28.2 | for their involvement in organizing. Then just for the sake of talking about these issues, |
| 1:36.0 | we also have this report from back in May. Kamala Harris' campaign was paying women less than men, |
| 1:44.4 | which is a bit hypocritical. Now I know that story is a little bit old, but I do want to |
| 1:48.0 | re-rehash these stories and we'll start with Elizabeth Warren simply to point out, |
| 1:53.2 | it brings me no pleasure to point out that these individuals who claim to champion workers' rights |
| 1:58.4 | and labor unions are in fact being hypocritical. It's just what it is. This information is extremely |
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