The same people who rushed to defend Hillary Clinton after she covered up sexual harassment by a top aide are now going to tell us how it's disqualifying that Bernie Sanders didn't know about sexual harassment allegations from several regional staffers in 2016.
Incidentally, these are the same folks who defended Neera Tanden after she revealed at a company meeting the name of a female staffer who'd been harassed. They defended Kamala Harris after she kept a staffer on after a sexual harassment lawsuit was filed against him.
Having said that, if it comes out that Sanders knew about these allegations and did nothing, obviously, he should be held accountable even though the above indivuals I named weren't.
Sexual harassment and sexism are major societal problems. They're difficult issues to solve. They aren't limited to one side of the aisle or the other. How a public figure handles harassment within their staff when they learn about it matters.
I think it goes without saying that stories like these are terrible and organizations, including campaigns, should have adequate procedures in place for when harassment happens so that at any level, it isn't tolerated.
It is important to add that Masha Mendieta claims Sanders did know of her harassment allegations.
If true, that should be something Sanders answers for before he runs again in 2020.
As @OurRev305 pointed out, in the past, Mendieta wrote that to her knowledge, neither Sanders nor Jeff Weaver knew. Her latest recounting does not include any details as to why she changed her tune. The NYT story did not include her latest claim. 
