Top 6 Ways that the Bernie Sanders campaign was sabotaged.
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DNC chief financial officer Brad Marshall internal email: “It might may no difference, but for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief. Does he believe in a God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage. I think I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist,â€
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Clinton's lawyer Marc Elias directed the DNC on how to respond to accusations that the Clinton campaign was improperly using its joint fundraising committee.
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On May 21, DNC national press secretary Mark Pautenbach suggested pushing a narrative that Sanders "never ever had his act together, that his campaign was a mess."
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On May 1, in response to Sanders again saying he would push for a contested convention, Wasserman Schultz said, "So much for a traditional presumptive nominee."
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The term "Bernie bro" -- or "Berniebro," depending on your style -- over the course of the campaign became a kind of shorthand for the worst kind of Sanders supporter. These were the supporters who couldn't be reasoned with and verbally assaulted opponents, sometimes in very nasty ways.
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Donna Brazile, the acting head of the Democratic National Committee, sending a debate question to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ahead of a Democratic town hall event in March.
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