Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday that he didn’t think the Democratic National Committee treated him fairly after his campaign was accused of breaching a database to gain access to rival Hillary Clinton’s files.
The DNC initially barred Sanders from accessing the party’s database, but later rescinded that ban. Sanders’ campaign has since fired several staffers and Sanders himself apologized Saturday to Clinton at the Democratic debate.
NBC News’ “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd asked Sanders if he thought he was treated fairly by his party.
“I think in this instance they did not,” Sander said. “On two occasions now, Chuck, in the last every months, breaches have occurred as the result of the incompetence of DNC venders, there’s two separate venders. And then what happened is, you know, the first time, our staff said, “Hey, we got information from the Clinton campaign.”
“Second time, some of our staff screwed up and I apologized for that,” Sanders continued. “But to shut off our access to our own information, to significantly hinder our campaign was a complete overreaction and that was absolutely wrong.”
I think he’s on point here. If Hillary has moved on from Bernie as she showed in the debate last night, I can’t understand DWS’s obsession with the Sander’s campaign. There was just no need for it. It’s time to be magnanimous, not petulant.
While I agree that the DNC is off the rails under Schultz…Sanders did issue a public apology and fire staffers over the incident.Maybe he should ask his people to have respect for the campaign…This puts them in the “they all do it” category and that the last place he wants to be as a candidate who is looking to foster a “we can change DC” image.
Oh WHAAAAA!!
We got busted for something we actually did…poor me!
This guy is looking worse by the day.
OMG enough with the damn whining!
Gah, his staff screwed up. They were given a time out from viewing the info. Ultimately they were given access back to the data. Move on already.
Unless of course this is just a way to get donations - much like the Repubs do when crying about the “liberal” media.
Let’s be fair. He was asked specifically about this right from the get go at the debate. If he had just pushed aside the question and said let’s move on he would have been accused of trying to cover it up.