Bernard Sanders cancels meeting with HIV activists

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Well, he saw that he will loose New York, forgot about it and moved to the next white state. Thats what politicians do.

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I mean I'm sure he'll reschedule? Here's a more full story: 

In the six weeks since the letters to the candidates were sent, promises followed by silence and delays have been the rule, not the exception. In their initial responses, the Clinton and Sanders campaigns each proposed meeting with HIV community leadership during the April 20 New York primary, but confirmations never materialized. Only the threat of demonstrations at the Clinton and Sanders headquarters in Brooklyn on April 19, the day before the NY primary, yielded both promised May meetings. 

The Clinton meeting has been confirmed for several weeks, but the Sanders meeting remains an elusive, moving target. On April 15, the Sanders campaign committed to meeting with 20 HIV leaders during “the first week of May” on a date and location to be decided later. Not until April 29, with only four days’ notice, did Sanders representatives set a 30-minute meeting to take place in Indianapolis on the morning of the May 3rd Indiana primary. Attendees purchased expensive, last-minute airfares, only to be informed two days later, on April 30, that the May 3 meeting was cancelled. Despite another promise to “reschedule” as soon as possible, thus far the Sanders campaign has not proposed a new date, time, or city. 

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511925521

It sucks though that attendees purchased expensive airfares only for him to cancel, but I am sure he'll reschedule. 

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Bernie doesn't make all of the decisions in his campaign & he goes to 3 - 5 things a day often in multiple cities, the race is closing in & he has priority spots not to say this issue is not important to him. So say he had to go to Indianapolis that day he also probably has to go to California, Oregan, New Jersey and a bunch of other places all in the same day, the flight & having to stop was gonna be too much just for a 30 minute conversation.

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2 hours ago, ALEXANDRE said:

Bernie doesn't make all of the decisions in his campaign & he goes to 3 - 5 things a day often in multiple cities, the race is closing in & he has priority spots not to say this issue is not important to him. So say he had to go to Indianapolis that day he also probably has to go to California, Oregan, New Jersey and a bunch of other places all in the same day, the flight & having to stop was gonna be too much just for a 30 minute conversation.

It's not that he cancelled. It's that he cancelled last minute with no explanation given. Some people are rightly pressed.

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3 hours ago, ALEXANDRE said:

Bernie doesn't make all of the decisions in his campaign & he goes to 3 - 5 things a day often in multiple cities, the race is closing in & he has priority spots not to say this issue is not important to him. So say he had to go to Indianapolis that day he also probably has to go to California, Oregan, New Jersey and a bunch of other places all in the same day, the flight & having to stop was gonna be too much just for a 30 minute conversation.

Every candidate is busy. They all travel nonstop. 

If Bernie had to cancel, the least he could do is give an explanation, send regrets and reschedule. It would be better if he had given respect to this group in the first place and scheduled a meeting with a decent amount of notice.