MoveOn Endorses
Bernie Sanders
by Michelle Fields 12 Jan 2016
MoveOn.org is
endorsing Democratic presidential candidate
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 16% (D-VT).
The group, which was formed to support President Bill
Clinton during his impeachment in the 1990s, has chosen to endorse Sanders
rather than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
In a statement released Tuesday, Ilya Sheyman,
MoveOn Political Action’s executive director, vowed to help Sanders turn out
voters in early states.
“This is a massive vote in favor of Bernie Sanders,
showing that grassroots progressives across the country are excited and
inspired by his message and track record of standing up to big money and
corporate interests to reclaim our democracy for the American people,” Sheyman
said.
MoveOn is poised to mobilize thousands of volunteers,
make thousands of phone calls to potential voters, and recruit more
small-dollar donors to support Sanders. MoveOn’s first priority will be turning
out its 43,000 members in Iowa and 30,000 members in New Hampshire—the first caucus
and primary states, where polling shows the candidates running neck-and-neck.
MoveOn.org
George
Soros was a contributor for MoveOn.org.,
the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, is the founder & chairman for the
Open Society Foundations, and a co-chair,
national finance council for the Ready
PAC (Ready For Hillary).
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Media Matters, and the Center
for American Progress.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Center for American Progress.
Ilyse Hogue is a senior
adviser for Media Matters, and was a
director of political advocacy for MoveOn.org.
Sidney
Blumenthal is a consultant for Media
Matters, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s
friend & confidant, and was a consultant for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Rodham
Clinton was a director at the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is Sidney Blumenthal’s friend & confidant, and the candidate for
the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton
presidential campaign.
Ready
PAC (Ready For Hillary)
supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham
Clinton presidential campaign.
David Brock is an adviser
for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary),
and the founder of Media Matters.
Peter B. Lewis was
a donor for Media Matters, a funder
for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
Clinton Foundation, a contributor for MoveOn.org,
and a director at the Center for
American Progress.
Marion O. Sandler
was a director at the Center for
American Progress, married to Herbert
Sandler, and a funder for ProPublica.
Herbert Sandler was
married to Marion O. Sandler, a
funder for the Center for American
Progress, a funder for MoveOn.org,
and is a funder & founding chairman for ProPublica.
George
Soros was a contributor for MoveOn.org,
the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, is the founder & chairman for the
Open Society Foundations, and a co-chair,
national finance council for the Ready
PAC (Ready For Hillary).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, ProPublica,
Media Matters, and the Tides Foundation.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Center for American Progress, and the Tides
Foundation.
Tides
Advocacy Fund is a related organization with the Tides Foundation.
Wes
Boyd was a director at the Tides
Advocacy Fund, and is a co-founder for MoveOn.org
Civic Action.
MoveOn.org
Civic Action is a
related organization with MoveOn.org.
Peter B. Lewis was
a contributor for MoveOn.org, a
donor for Media Matters, a funder
for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
Clinton Foundation, a contributor for MoveOn.org,
a director at the Center for American
Progress, and a trustee at the Third
Way.
Jeanne Shaheen
is an honorary co-chair for the
Third Way, and was a New Hampshire state government governor.
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