Critics Cry Foul as DNC Cripples Sanders Campaign Operation
(COMMON DREAMS) Deirdre Fulton, December 18, 2015 — The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) decision to suspend Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign’s access to a crucial voter database after a software glitch is an “inappropriate overreaction” that shows “the leadership of the DNC is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign,” a top staffer said in a press conference Friday afternoon.
Sanders’ campaign manager Jeff Weaver said that by freezing the campaign’s access to voter data, the national party apparatus is essentially “taking our campaign hostage.”
He said it was “impossible to mobilize the kind of grassroots campaign we have without that data.”
If the DNC does not restore access immediately, Weaver said the Sanders camp will take the party to federal court on Friday afternoon.
“They are not going to sabotage our campaign,” Weaver said.