Chris White
Tech Reporter
March 06, 2020 2:47 PM ET
Staffers for former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s failed presidential campaign say they went rogue and canvassed for Sen. Bernie Sanders after the Nevada debate debacle, The Nation reported Friday, citing anonymous sources.
People who worked with the team knew the campaign was over after Sen. Elizabeth Warren blasted Bloomberg during the Feb. 19 debate in Nevada, the report noted. They also said they were met with hostility from voters on the campaign trail, according to The Nation’s Ken Klippenstein.
“Most people knew this was a grift,†one campaign official noted, according to Klippenstein’s report. “At our first office meeting, my [director] said, ‘We don’t need to canvass. We can just make calls, right guys?’ And everyone was like, ‘Yeah, that’s sensible.’†The staffers could not go on record because they signed a non-disclosure agreement with the campaign, the report notes.
The staffers spoke anonymously out of concern for professional reprisal and due to a non-disclosure agreement. Klippenstein obtained a leaked copy of the NDA in February — a representative with the campaign confirmed the copy was indeed from the campaign.
Several staffers said they actively tried to undermine Bloomberg’s campaign, even canvassed for Sanders.
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https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/06/bloomberg-sanders-campaign-staffers-canvass-report/
