Bloomberg Team Blames Bernie Supporters In Spate Of Campaign Office Vandalizations

[Blacknarwhal]

“If Bernie doesn’t get the nomination or it goes to a second round at the DNC Convention, f**king Milwaukee will burn. It will start in Milwaukee and then when they f**king — when the police push back on that, other cities will just f**king [explosion sound].” Kyle Jurek, Bernie Sanders staffer

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Bloomberg Team Blames Bernie Supporters In Spate Of Campaign Office Vandalizations

by Tyler Durden
Fri, 02/21/2020 - 15:00


The Bloomberg campaign has lashed out at Bernie Sanders supporters, blaming them for a spate of campaign office vandalizations following a Thursday evening incident in which the billionaire's Knoxville, Tennessee office was spray painted with "**** Bloomberg," "oligarch," "classist," and "Authoritarian" on the door.



In response, Bloomberg campaign manager Kevin Sheekey said in a Friday statement that while they have no idea who did it, the vandalism "echoes language from the Sanders campaign and its supporters."

"We call on Bernie Sanders to immediately condemn these attacks and for his campaign to end the Trump-like rhetoric that is clearly encouraging his behaviors to engage in behavior that has no place in our politics," Shakey added.

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Vandalism at Mike Bloomberg campaign offices. Latest in Knoxville. His campaign Manager says, “
"We don't know who is responsible for this vandalism, but we do know it echoes language from the Sanders campaign and its supporters.”


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Bloomberg campaign blaming Bernie Sanders for vandalizing their offices, including one in Knoxville, Tenn. today.


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According to WVLT, the Knoxville Police Department confirmed that the office was vandalized on Thursday night sometime between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. on Friday, and they are actively investigating. There were no security cameras and there are no suspects.

More from Sheekey's statement:

"The kind of divisive and hateful rhetoric and action we are seeing from Bernie Sanders' supporters has no place in our politics," said Holly McCall, Tennessee's campaign representative. "Over the past week, we've seen similar attacks against Mike Bloomberg 2020 offices in multiple states. Mike Bloomberg believes Democrats need to unite to defeat Donald Trump in November, and as president, he will bring our country together."

The Bloomberg campaign cited a quote from Sanders - "We are a democracy, not an oligarchy. You’re not going to buy this election," as evidence the vandals are Bernie bros.

Tensions between the two camps have been high since Wednesday’s debate in Las Vegas, when Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, flat-out asserted that Sanders would lose the general election to President Donald Trump should he become the Democratic nominee.
At the same debate, Sanders, a U.S. Senator from Vermont and the current Democratic front-runner, was asked about the conduct of some of his more vitriolic supporters – so-called “Bernie Bros” - on social media. He said they made up a tiny fraction of his political base.
“We have over 10.6 million people on Twitter, and 99.9% of them are decent human beings, are working people, are people who believe in justice, compassion, and love,” Sanders said. “And if there are a few people who make ugly remarks ... I disown those people; they are not part of our movement.” -Bloomberg (which has no disclaimer at the bottom)

Sanders and his aides have repeatedly referred to Bloomberg as an oligarch.

 

[Cacheman]

No, the Russians did it.

 

[Blacknarwhal]

No, the Russians did it.

Worst part is, they might well have. Bernie et al makes a very handy scapegoat.

 

[Meemur]

The typical Bernie supporters I know are all talk and too cowardly to do more than spray paint cars and buildings at 3 am when they think no one is watching. I wouldn't put it past another group to come in and do violent dirty work in their name.

I'm not sure the Russians are involved at the street level. It seems like more of their operations involve hacking computers and influencing social media. I could be wrong.

 

[Fake Shemp]

Things are going to get dicey this summer. These Sanders supporters are deranged. Be prepared and very vigilant going out in public.

 

[Millwright]

With no other evidence, I'd go with that list of suspects.

Berniebots...it's who they are.

 

[20Gauge]

Things are going to get dicey this summer. These Sanders supporters are deranged. Be prepared and very vigilant going out in public.

Especially around convention time..... going hot then!!

 

[20Gauge]

Bloomburger should have just sent them checks and they would have stopped....

 

[AlfaMan]

In this case I hope Mr. Burns DOES win the communist nomination.

Because Antifa and all the other left wing psychos would start going after Bernie supporters. Just think, all the left wing groups doing violence on each other-instead of the public at large.

That's a program I could get behind; I don't see a down side.

 

[The Hammer]

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

The fact that a Bernie supporter attempted to assassinate a large group of sitting United States Congressmen is all I need to know about those people and the man they support.

A picture of Steve Scalise and the Bernie-bro who shot him should be inserted into every ad against Sanders.

The people who follow him are filled with hate and are inclined toward violence. Like the communists they are.

 

[bw]

Just think, all the left wing groups doing violence on each other-instead of the public at large.

Have to do a popcorn bulk buy.