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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Gets Snippy with Local Reporter Who Presses Him on Ugly Supporters,
Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders got snippy with a local reporter in Washington state, repeatedly interrupting her as she grilled him about online abuse from his supporters, and suggested those supporters are impostors.
KCPQs Brandi Kruse scored an interview with Sanders before his rally in Tacoma, WA Monday night, and asked him about the mounting attention being paid to abusive behavior by Sanders supporters online, which has sparked demands by other candidates for Sanders to put a stop to it, and was the focus of a Mike Bloomberg ad this week.
Your campaign has taken some flack in recent weeks for the behavior of your supporters, Kruse said, adding There was a Michael Bloomberg ad that came out today, I dont know if you saw itm but its basically things your supporters have said, theyve called Elizabeth Warren a snake, they called Pete Buttigieg a rat.
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Look I just said to you, I just said to you, Sanders said as Kruse tried to finish her question, that I dont know that theyre even coming from my campaign. All right?
Well not your campaign, nobody is accusing you of it coming from your campaign, but supporters, Kruse said
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So they are people posing as Bernie Sanders supporters? Kruse asked.
That could well be the case. That could well be the case, Sanders said, and again told Cruz that people on his campaign have been attacked...
Video at the link.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/bernie-sanders-gets-snippy-with-local-reporter-who-presses-him-on-ugly-supporters-tells-her-maybe-theyre-fake/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RandySF
(59,136 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)Trump will win in a landslide.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Voltaire2
(13,112 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
uponit7771
(90,353 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)set back our party years.
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)and a BS victory.
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)is good because "the proof is in the pudding".
And besides, questions are silly.
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Honestly, he's not setting a very good example for how he "says" that people should behave. That's some very divisive rhetoric right there.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,850 posts)Assertive? Lol.
Ya can't control 2.5M supporters "No campaign can control two and a half million people. Yet he wants to rule and advocate for 333,546,000 in the US as President.
Woah!
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Cha
(297,503 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)...that he's satisfied with the behavior of his supporters, who are not-so-subtly egged on by his highest staff employees.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,503 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
msongs
(67,433 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LeftTurn3623
(628 posts)And this is maybe the biggest non issue I seen in politics. Its dumb to even talk about.
People looking for scraps to bring Bernie down
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)and you're worried that people are trying to bring BS down?
Interesting.
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LeftTurn3623
(628 posts)Bernie cannot control people on Twitter- he already Criticize them and disavowed them.
What more can he do? Nonsense
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)Alternately denying that a problem exists and expressing helplessness over the problem doesn't inspire confidence.
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LeftTurn3623
(628 posts)Im mean really.
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sheshe2
(83,850 posts)Get rid of the Stein supporters that are his top three.
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LeftTurn3623
(628 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
squirecam
(2,706 posts)nt
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sheshe2
(83,850 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,503 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,335 posts)The proof is in the pudding.
The rest is all bullshit.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DanTex
(20,709 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cha
(297,503 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
essme
(1,207 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
says something to somebody and Bernie fans still haven't stopped talking about it.
Double standard I guess.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)of both the campaign and the toxic faction that is beyond the presidential hopeful's control, by his own admission.
For some reason, "What do you expect me to do about it?" doesn't sound very presidential.
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Deero
(86 posts)maybe, but he is paying David Sirota and BJG...
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David__77
(23,468 posts)...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)It appears that she is not intimidated by testy politicians with nasty edges who aren't used to being pressed for details. The attempt to swat away her professional, politely framed, incisive questions certainly failed.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
David__77
(23,468 posts)...
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,305 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)We know... we know... IOIYASS*
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(It's Ok If You're A Sanders Supporter)
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radius777
(3,635 posts)is no small issue to brush aside or play the false equivalency game ('everybody does it') when no other campaign has this level of vitriol being aimed at anyone who questions it.
Joy Reid spoke about this the other day, saying she even had to block official members of his campaign on Twitter.
They think they're cute/clever with this stuff, like to play tough especially when going after women, PoC, older people etc - but are biggest cowards when actually confronted.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)Sounds so familiar
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,598 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden