But the Sanders campaign isn't alone when it comes to accusations of ignoring sexual harassment: A Huffington Post story from November 2017 details allegations in both the Sanders and Clinton campaigns. One Clinton staffer reported being harassed for months before her superiors took action. From the article:
But even after her abuser was fired, his work with the party—and the campaign—wasn’t over. In October 2016, Adams said she discovered to her astonishment that he had been rehired the previous month to work on the campaign with a different state party. “So he was technically fired but still ended up working for Hillary via the [other state] Democratic Party,” said Adams.
It was a disappointing turn of events, and one that left Adams deeply disillusioned. “You have a lot of young passionate people who want to help change the world through Democratic politics,” she said. “Older Democratic operatives see this passion and exploit it, putting us in an extremely stressful and unhealthy work environment.”
These are stories that are depressingly common for any workplace, and campaigns most definitely are a workplace and need to be treated like it. It's not unreasonable to expect people running for office to embody the values they invoke on the campaign trail, but it doesn't matter how principled a candidate is if their campaign doesn't have the infrastructure to protect its staffers and hold transgressors accountable.
Article:
https://www.gq.com/story/sexism-problem-sanders-campaign
