https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/1219455944976928768
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Joe Biden gets a Bernie Sanders apology for @ZephyrTeachout op-ed:

"It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way. And I'm sorry that that op-ed appeared"

https://t.co/nfWdfLKSVe
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here is the op-ed in question written by his surrogate zephyr teachout (amplified/promoted on social media by his speechwriter david sirota):
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/20/joe-biden-corruption-donald-trump

the zealots in bernies base are on twitter pissed at him backing down over anything...but it was absolutely the right thing to do. people in the broader party are generally turned off by shit like that (which is why dem congressional 'anti-establishment/insurgent' primary campaigns largely fell flat in 2018 and afterwards (hi nomiki konst).


heres bernies press secretary going into some elaborate word salad to kinda distance themselves from the op-ed but still give it credence and not delegitimize it.
https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1219361934035890179


i feel bad for bernie cuz he has the absolute worst set of surrogates. zephyr teachout was brought on as a high powered surrogate to give the campaign a spark (despite losing literally every election shes run for at every level of government in ny). and only about a week or two into her position...and the campaign already has to throw her under the bus and disavow her work/tactics.