He was talking against the seeming smear that underlies the constant focus on this issue for his campaign, that he is sexist or not a feminist, so he used the opportunity to show how he is not trying to shut women down but lift them up into office by helping them get engaged in the political process. (I also note that he is not alone, Kamala Harris had someone on her staff settle a huge sexual harassment case, for a much larger sum.) That also wasn't his complete answer, if the clip went further on you'd see that he talked about training and implementing policies that would address the issue.
Thanks. I've now found
the full exchange here.
It seems to me notable that he doesn't address the question at all in his initial response. Instead he goes about how much he achieved for the progressive cause in both 2016 and 2018, and name checks his organisation "Our Revolution," and that's it.
It's only when he finishes, and the moderator asks him, in effect,"Yes, but what about the question she just asked?" that he goes on to talk about all the anti-harassment training he's put in place for his campaign workers this time.
It seemed to me an example of the classic media training for politicians -- when you're asked a question on live TV or radio that you don't like, simply ignore it and use the limited microphone time available to talk about something you want to discuss.
It always makes me want to throw things when people do that.
