A senior Bernie Sanders aide blasted hosts of ABC’s The View for accusing him of being anti-women.
“More women have given to Bernie’s campaign than any other campaign,” Briahna Gray, press secretary to Sanders, said via Twitter on Tuesday. “We have the most diverse, least white coalition. But the millionaires on the View openly smear the teachers, Walmart workers, and post office employees who form our base. Shameful.”
More women have given to Bernie’s campaign than any other campaign. We have the most diverse, least white collation. But the millionaires on the View openly smear the teachers, Walmart workers, and post office employees who form our base. Shameful. pic.twitter.com/WMLqso6PfU
— Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) January 14, 2020
The hosts on The View called the Vermont independent a “misogynist” and said he had a “problem with women.” The segment was a response to Sen. Elizabeth Warren claiming that Sanders told her in 2018 that a woman could not win the presidency.
“The women of @TheView should consider having on one of the many women who make up Bernie’s 70% female leadership team. Even better, they should have on one of the working class women whose interests they undermine by parroting baseless, long debunked talking points,” Gray added. “I’m a longtime watcher of @TheView, and respect its reach and influence a great deal. That’s why I want it to be accountable to the women whose interests it’s attacking. Whatever this segment is, it isn’t feminism.”
I’m a longtime watcher of @TheView, and respect its reach and influence a great deal. That’s why I want it to be accountable to the women whose interests it’s attacking.
Whatever this segment is, it isn’t feminism.
— Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) January 14, 2020
Sanders, 78, has denied he told Warren that a woman could not be elected president. The two will face off in the next Democratic debate on Tuesday night.
