Obama’s former press secretary under fire from Left for defending Amazon in Alabama

Published April 1, 2021 7:19pm ET



Jay Carney is facing a torrent of criticism from the Left after he defended Amazon’s treatment of workers in Alabama.

Carney, former President Barack Obama’s White House press secretary, now works as the senior vice president of global corporate affairs at the company. He sparked backlash for responding to a tweet by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who has been championing a unionization drive at the company’s Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center.

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