It was an embarrassing detour for a candidate who has been gaining steam in the polls, and it caused some frustration inside the Sanders campaign. AD“I am tired of misogyny on the left,” journalist and author Jill Filipovic wrote on Twitter after word of Sanders’s endorsement spread. He said he gave the Sanders campaign a heads-up that he was going to issue his Friday statement saying he would not accept endorsements. This endorsement appears to go against Senator Sanders’ platform and role as a leader in the progressive movement.”ADThe backlash prompted Uygur to issue a statement saying he appreciated the endorsements of Sanders and others. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), a national co-chair of the Sanders campaign, also withdrew his endorsement of Uygur on Friday.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 19:34 UTC