Sanders campaign lays off staff after primary losses
Bernie Sanders’ campaign began laying off staffers Wednesday, a day after he lost four out of five primary races in the Northeast to frontrunner Hillary Clinton, Fox News confirmed.
The layoffs, first
reported by Politico, were being cast by the Vermont senator’s campaign as part of an effort to pare back now that most of the primaries and caucuses are over.
"We're 80 percent of the way through the caucuses and primaries and we make adjustments as we go along. This is a process that we’ve done before of right-sizing the campaign as we move through the calendar," Sanders' campaign communications director Michael Briggs told Politico.
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Briggs confirmed to Fox News that "hundreds" of field staff from the five states in Tuesday's primaries were told they are being let go.
Briggs maintained that the changes are part of "right-sizing" the campaign after the elections.
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When asked if the changes were a posture of weakness, Briggs said "No, it's a posture of reality."
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