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So exactly when is a gathering entitled “women’s convention” not about women?

Answer: When it’s organized and sponsored by the Bernie Sanders cult

Background:

In January, 2017, the Women’s March was organized by Linda Sarsour, called in a NY Times article: “a hijab-wearing Palestinian-American and the former head of the Arab-American Association of New York.” While millions showed up to stand up to the sexist Trump regime, and there were quite a few well-known speakers around the country, there was a dark and not-so-well-hidden aspect regarding the organizers.

Beyond the obvious snub to Hillary Clinton, who has been the single main voice for women’s issues for over twenty five years, there is the rather twisted version of Sarsour and their group, who yell “women’s rights” and yet carry ideologies that are far from it.

In the same NY Times article they state:

“Start with Ms. Sarsour, by far the most visible of the quartet of organizers. It turns out that this ‘homegirl in a hijab,’ as one of many articles about her put it, has a history of disturbing views, as advertised by . . . Linda Sarsour.

There are comments on her Twitter feed of the anti-Zionist sort: ‘Nothing is creepier than Zionism,’ she wrote in 2012. And, oddly, given her status as a major feminist organizer, there are more than a few that seem to make common cause with anti-feminists, like this from 2015: ‘You’ll know when you’re living under Shariah law if suddenly all your loans and credit cards become interest-free. Sound nice, doesn’t it?’ She has dismissed the anti-Islamist feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali in the most crude and cruel terms, insisting she is ‘not a real woman’ and confessing that she wishes she could take away Ms. Ali’s vagina — this about a woman who suffered genital mutilation as a girl in Somalia.”

Continuing in the article they reference another of the organizers, Ms. Tamika Mallory:

“Ms. Mallory, in addition to applauding Assata Shakur as a feminist emblem, also admires Fidel Castro, who sheltered Ms. Shakur in Cuba. She put up a flurry of posts when Mr. Castro died last year. ‘R.I.P. Comandante! Your legacy lives on!’ she wrote in one. She does not have similar respect for American police officers. ‘When you throw a brick in a pile of hogs, the one that hollers is the one you hit,’ she posted on Nov. 20.”

They continue with: “On May 11, Ms. Mallory posted a photo with her arm around Mr. Farrakhan, the 84-year-old Nation of Islam leader notorious for his anti-Semitic comments, on Twitter and Instagram. ‘Thank God this man is still alive and doing well,’ she wrote. It is one of several videos and photos and quotes that Ms. Mallory has posted of Mr. Farrakhan.”

But there is one key aspect of this group that needs to be highlighted: They are supporters of Bernie Sanders and they are extreme activists that have had the intention of trying to overturn everything within the Democratic Party.

In reference to the Democratic Convention of 2016, a Politico article covered Sarsour and her cohorts:

“Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab-American Association of New York, posted on Facebook that she was going to the convention as one of Sanders’ 23 at-large delegates from New York and had to ‘decide if I’m going to behave or not.’ ”

In an interview, Sarsour said she plans to act out if she feels excluded from the process. “Not behaving is protesting,” she explained of her cryptic post. ‘I’m not expecting violence or assaults, but chanting, doing mass walk-outs. It depends on what happens there. What you’re going to watch unfold is democracy. The onus is on the party to make sure our voices are heard.’ ”

This places Sarsour as part of what is referred to as the “Sanders cult” and during the entire election process we saw them appear as BernieBros, BernieBots and BernieCrats. They demanded to have their voices heard, but it went beyond that. This is a group of extremists that want to take over the Democratic Party, force their agenda on everyone, and have all that are not in agreement with them thrown out.

Their spoiled brat attitude was covered in the same Politico article regarding the Democratic convention:

“Chaos at the Nevada state Democratic convention — where Sanders supporters reporters threw chairs, booed and shouted over speakers — has worried Democrats about potential violent outbursts at the convention next month. And DNC officials are planning an inclusive process to avoid a repeat scenario. ‘As Democrats, we embrace the idea of the peaceful exchange of differing views and opinions,’ said DNC spokeswoman April Mellody. ‘Diversity makes us strong, as a party and as nation. We have procedures in place for every eventuality as well as a platform process intended to ensure that every voice is heard.’ ”

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This is the Group Heading the Women’s Convention

When the convention was announced there were many people that signed up to attend. They were assuming that this gathering would represent all of the ideologies and support of women’s issues and that there would be speakers lined up that were part of the women’s movement.

But as the speaker list was expanded, it became painfully obvious that none of the historic figures of the women’s movement were going to be there….not one. While the organizers did indicate that they had extended invitations to many of the women’s rights leaders, strangely, none of them could coordinate attendance with their busy schedules.

Because this is a Sanders cult group, and they are notorious for not only their intense dislike for Hillary Clinton, but refusal to give her credit for all of the work that she has done for issues relating to women and families, it was no surprise that her name was nowhere to be seen as well.

Instead, this group has announced that their keynote speaker will be none other than Bernie Sanders. This particular announcement was conveniently timed so that it was past the deadline for ticket cancellations. And if you look just a bit deeper into who is sponsoring this convention, you will see the Sander’s non-profit organization “Our Revolution” and it appears to be another scam method of Sanders and his group:

•…Bernie Sanders’ org Our Revolution…

•…Partners with the Women’s March…

•…Who is hosting the Women’s Convention…

•…which is sponsored by Bernie/Our Revolution…

•…who is now the lead speaker of the event…

•…charging $300 to attend…

•…which goes back to the sponsor…

•…who is Bernie.

•.. when this news broke, it was past the deadline to retract donations to the event…

•…because they knew donors would pull their money…

•…because it’s all a ploy to boost Bernie’s net worth and help set him up for 2020.

So Bernie is once again stealing money from the poor. Nice guy! This is worse than trump university.

But this goes beyond just a financial scam and a rejection of Hillary Clinton and enters into the one thing that this group knew would happen: a revolt against having a male key speaker at a women’s conference, especially one that has done little or nothing to support women’s issues.

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Liberals Express Extreme Backlash at Sanders and His Cult

Once Bernie Sanders name was announced and it was revealed that Nina Turner, another Sanders cult member that has taken the reigns of “Our Revolution” was included in the speaker list, it quickly became obvious that this meeting was just another “Berner Rally”.

In a CNN article entitled: Bernie Sanders speech at Women’s Convention prompts backlash, they detail the massive amount of pushback that is occurring against the convention and the organizers:

“Sorry. I’m not attending a women’s convention where the opening night speaker isn’t a woman,” one Twitter user wrote, sharing a photo collage of Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar. ‘Perhaps consider these choices next time.’ ”

“I knew you weren’t to be trusted when you threw HRC under the bus at the march, but this is beyond the pale,” one user wrote on Twitter Thursday.”

“As of Thursday afternoon, more than 100 people had signed a Change.org petition to “remove Sanders from opening the Women’s Convention.”

The sheer volume of social media posts on both Twitter and Facebook, objecting to Sanders is increasing almost exponentially every day.

Sanders has had little or nothing to do with supporting women’s rights and basically indicated that women’s issues are not really part of his priority agenda. Additionally, his “my way or the highway” attitude was expressed during the 2016 Presidential campaign when he lashed out at Planned Parenthood as part of the “establishment” because they chose to endorse Hillary Clinton. In fact, all of the women’s organizations endorsed Hillary Clinton, and there is a reason for that.

In a Time article covering this question they stated:

“So why would Planned Parenthood, Human Rights Campaign and NARAL Pro-Choice America endorse Clinton? Why wouldn’t they just sit on the fence until the general election? ‘If you have 100 percent Planned Parenthood voting record, 100 percent pro-choice voting record, there are people who are asking, why is the leadership not either supporting Bernie Sanders or why are they, you know, opposing him?’ Sanders asked Monday night. What more do they want from him?

Good question, and NARAL had an answer. ‘Senator Sanders once again highlighted the difference between an ally and a champion,’ Kaylie Hanson, NARAL Pro-Choice America National Communications Director, said in a statement about the Town Hall. ‘His voting record is sufficient, but it doesn’t make him a champion for women. That champion is Hillary.’ Cecile Richards has echoed that sentiment: ‘We have a lot of friends in Congress, but we have one true champion,’ she said.

Clinton has championed abortion rights as central theme of her campaign to be the first woman president, while the Sanders campaign has been largely focused on fixing systemic income inequality and campaign finance reform, sometimes at the expense of other priorities. ‘Once you get off of the social issues — abortion, gay rights, guns — and into the economic issues,’ he told Rolling Stone last year, ‘there is a lot more agreement than the pundits understand.’ ”

In all of the years that Bernie Sanders has held public office representing Vermont, he has never had any women or people of color as part of his administration.

In a BusinessInsider article regarding the objection to Sanders as speaker at the convention entitled: People are upset that Bernie Sanders was invited to speak on opening night at a national women’s convention, they state:

‘The announcement of Sanders’ speech at the conference with the theme “Reclaiming our Time” was almost immediately followed by widespread criticism on social media and by leading organisations [sic], including EMILY’S List.

‘This announcement sends the wrong message to women everywhere,’ read a statement from EMILY’S List, which has helped elect pro-choice Democratic women since it was created in 1985.

‘We have more women leaders in elected office than ever before … EMILY’s List is proud to have supported many of those women every step of the way, and we know that there is a tidal wave of rising stars coming behind them. The choice of Senator Sanders sends the wrong message,’ the statement said.”

There is also some rather misleading wording as it relates to California Rep. Maxine Waters. She is shown on the speaker list, but as you dig deeper, you find that instead she is listed as “joining” and “attending” the conference. But this isn’t surprising. Sanders supporters have been well-versed in creating misleading and even outright illegal claims. This was demonstrated during the Bernie campaign when his group posted the names and logos of so-called organizations that endorsed him, when in fact, none of them had. The argument with a few of them became so heated that law suits were threatened.

But the above references are just TWO of the news sources that are spreading the backlash information. There are so many that are reporting it that the list is growing daily.

The bottom line on this entire travesty of a “convention” is that it is filled with hypocrites that are simply creating another Sanders rally, with the sponsorship profits going to the Sanders organization and a lack of any true representation by the many women that support the issues.

Having Sanders “mansplain” the issues that are faced by women every day when he has done little or nothing in his many years in office to make any significant changes, is the height of insult.