Remember the guy who confronted Biden at a Town Hall in Greenwood SC in November?

[George II]

The one who got out of his seat, walked up to Biden and got in his face? Well, it turns out that he's on the Sanders Campaign payroll! He's being PAID to disrupt Biden's town halls.

Link to tweet

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/joe-biden-protester-carlos-rojas-20191125.html

[AJT]

1. If this is true, Bernie needs to go....

enough is enough.

[Cha]

11. BS is the one who hired this "attack dog", david sirota..

Link to tweet

[LiberalFighter]

81. I'm sure that is only the tip of the iceberg with those tactics.

[Cha]

83. Oh yeah.. they evidently don't think

they can "win" without it.

[trueblue2007]

67. I AGREE WITH YOU. hey Bernie ..... cheating and crap like that is beneath you.... right?

[garybeck]

111. I call BS.

this guy was acting on his own. you are reacting like Bernie orchestrated it.

[garybeck]

92. Read the article and tweet. i'm not convinced. OP is misleading.

This guy has his own organization. he is not working for Bernie. he likes Bernie's policy on immigration so he took a position on the campaign.

that is VERY different from Bernie paying him to go get in Biden's face.

the OP makes it sound like Bernie is paying people to go around and do stuff like that. False. BS. Fake News.

you can dislike this guy, his tactics, or his stand on issues. but the fact that he does work for Bernie does not in any way mean that Bernie hired him to do this stuff.

[Hoyt]

2. That would be interesting if confirmed.

[George II]

5. According to Julia Terruso, the reporter, he told her he's working for the Sanders campaign.

[OAITW r.2.0]

54. Or, he could be working for the Trump campaign and rat fucking 2 Democratic candidates concurrently.

One thing Republicans are really,really good at is rat fucking the opposition. Governing, not so much....except the part about self-enrichment.

[George II]

57. Sure....

[certainot]

65. exactly

[TidalWave46]

97. No doubt that these tactics are something we would expect from Trump.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

129. EXACTLY RIGHT!! AMAZING HOW QUICK PEOPLE ARE TO CONDEMN BERNIE FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING!!

The Bernie bashing is reaching new heights, never before seen, which tells you only one thing... Bernie's gonna need a bigger bandwagon!!


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[ehrnst]

141. Magical thinking...

[ismnotwasm]

144. Honey

Are you ok?

[Cha]

3. Wonder how BS would like it if Biden would stoop so low

to pay someone to interrupt his ******* town halls?

[Wawannabe]

53. Biden wouldn't stoop that low.

You already know that tho.

[Cha]

63. Exactly. So BS doesn't have to deal with that.. only

about the BLOWBACK from the RF his campaign is doing.

Link to tweet

[Kahuna7]

99. If Biden did that, Bernie would holler like Cab Calloway...nt

[Cha]

124. Biden didn't hire "attack dog", stein pusher,

davidsirota, though.

Link to tweet

[garybeck]

121. what evidence do you have that Bernie paid someone to do that?

give me a break. guilt by association. that is what people in 3rd grade do.

[Cha]

125. We know BS hired this guy..

Link to tweet

[Voltaire2]

132. Isn't that 'fox news' steven leser, a person removed from DU?

We can do better.

[Cha]

137. That IS sirota LYING about Hillary the

the night before the General Election.

Steven Leser Voted for Hillary.. dsirota is a big reason we have #45IMPEACHED.

[dem4decades]

4. It seems Bernie hires the worst. I'm not a fan.

[sheshe2]

6. I am shocked!

Shocked.

[George II]

7. Sadly, I'm not.

[sheshe2]

37. Frankly, neither am I.

My response was pure snark.

[Gothmog]

95. I am NOT surprised

[NYMinute]

100. Dirty tricks is all they have nt

[Sloumeau]

8. If true, it seems a bit underhanded. eom

[billpolonsky]

9. No he is not being paid to disrupt Biden.

"...that he was hired as a Bernie Sanders' Latinx organizer in Iowa."

I think he is doing the disrupting on his own time.

"Rojas said Movimiento Cosecha wants Biden to acknowledge and respond to concerns over the three million deported people under Obama, and to sign onto a moratorium. During various points during his presidency, Obama stepped up deportations in an attempt to gain Republican support for a larger immigration overhaul, but that support never materialized."

"Biden, who has staked his candidacy in part on Obama’s legacy, has avoided criticizing his former boss’ immigration policies. Of 18 Democratic presidential candidates, only Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has said he would issue an executive order ending deportations — and he’s said the moratorium would only be in effect while an audit of immigration practices is completed."

[George II]

10. He's disrupting Biden's Town Halls and he works for the Sanders Campaign.

[vsrazdem]

12. Bullshit. Somone who works for Sanders campaign confronts Biden on his policy, and now he's a paid

disrupter.

[George II]

15. How many other paid staffers/workers from other campaigns get up in the face of an opponent?

NOT "bullshit". The guy on the left is being paid by the Sanders Campaign.

[Scurrilous]

24. He is a disruptor.

He wants zero deportations. Zero. As in no criminal aliens get deported back to their homeland. It's sheer stupidity which no one can support. So by repeatedly showing up at Biden events and agitating for an immigration policy that no one can support he is disrupting. Like a kid in class raising his hand and asking the teacher the same stupid question over and over again.

[GemDigger]

25. If that is all he is doing for his paycheck then yes, he would be considered a paid

disrupter. If he is following Biden around what is he getting done for Bernie?

[vsrazdem]

49. He is an organizer with Movimiento Cosecha, which he has every right to be representing.

He is not going around disrupting and getting paid for it. He involved himself in a conversation. He did not set out to start this.

"Last Thursday, in a packed college gym in Greenwood, South Carolina, I stood next to Silvia, a local immigrant mother and activist, as she asked Joe Biden a question. I translated for her as she told the crowd about her daily fear of ICE separating her family. It’s hard for her to trust Biden, she explained, because he has defended the millions of deportations that took place when he was vice president. Under a Biden administration, could her partner or children be next?

Silvia asked if Biden would use executive action to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation on his first day in office. Biden bluntly said no and went on to defend Obama’s record on immigration. As a longtime activist, a 2008 volunteer for the Obama campaign, and a formerly undocumented immigrant myself, I pushed back and reminded him that millions of families were separated while he was vice president.

That’s when Biden interrupted me and said: “You should vote for Trump."

This had nothing to do with Bernie Sanders campaign.


Press Reliese from Movimiento Cosecha:

IMMIGRANT FAMILIES SEPARATED DURING THE OBAMA YEARS TO OCCUPY BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN OFFICES
Families are calling for Biden to apologize for the 3 million family separations he oversaw while in the White House, and commit to using his executive authority to end all detention and deportation on day one, if elected President. They will be joined by allies who will be sitting in at Biden’s campaign offices, refusing to leave until the campaign speaks with the families.

Philadelphia- Immigrant families whose loved ones were among the 3,000,000 deported while Former Vice President Biden was in the White House plan sit in at Biden campaign headquarters in Philadelphia on Wednesday. They are demanding Biden to apologize for separating their families, and commit that, if elected president in 2020, he would use his executive authority to put an immediate end to all immigrant detention and deportations. Families are also calling for Biden to commit to bringing home loved ones that were unjustly deported by the last two administrations.

Jul 12, 2019

[UniteFightBack]

79. SURELY he could be doing something more productive with his time. I was a big Bernie fan...

until recently. These surrogates that he surrounds himself with are DEPLORABLE.

[vsrazdem]

89. Doing something more productive, that is so pathetic.

Cosecha is a nonviolent movement fighting for permanent protection, dignity, and respect for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Our name, "harvest" in Spanish, honors the long tradition of farmworker organizing and the present-day pain of the thousands of undocumented workers whose labor continues to feed the country. Committed to winning real victories for our community, Cosecha believes in using non-cooperation to leverage the power of immigrant labor and consumption and force a meaningful shift in public opinion.

Our movement emerged from a year and a half of strategic planning by immigrant rights and Dreamer organizers who have watched politicians battle for our votes, only to stall legislation year after year. For this reason, Cosecha doesn't rely on traditional tactics or dance with political parties. Instead, we're going on the offensive and calling for a series of strikes and boycotts to show that this country cannot function without immigrants. Our campaigns are multifaceted but all focus on building the power of the immigrant community and activating the public to our support strategy and cause.

[UniteFightBack]

90. Yes something more productive than driving 12 hours to harass Biden. Something more

PRODUCTIVE than harassing the only party that does give a shit. PATHETIC is right.

[UniteFightBack]

74. I'm not going to say he is paid to disrupt, but he is being paid by Sanders and goes around

disrupting. Maybe this guy (who should be out promoting his candidate instead of following other candidates around) should go protest Obama since he is the guy who made the policy he has gripes with.

HOWS ABOUT THAT.

[TidalWave46]

98. You just defined him as a paid disruptor...

And then called bullshit on anyone calling him a paid disruptor.

This implosion is just too rich.

[Demsrule86]

112. Yes...you are. It reflects badly on Sanders...I began this primary with Sanders as my second choice.

I thought he had a chance to win Wisconsin...maybe not a great one but a chance...I have since changed my mind due in large part to these sort of underhanded tricks by surrogates he hired...the buck stops with him. I hold Sanders responsible for these things and so do others who might have supported him in the primary. He has my vote in a general but not in the primary. I have stopped the text messages from his campaign because I don't give a shit and won't send him any money...should he win the nomination...which I doubt, I will restart the texts and donate, work for the campaign and vote for him...he is better than Trump. I have no interest in his primary efforts and turn off the TV when he speaks...

[highplainsdem]

14. Did the Sanders campaign decide to hire him and start paying him after it was known he was

disrupting Biden's speeches?

If so, that would indicate approval of what he was doing.

IMO if a campaign is paying people who are disrupting a rival's campaign events, that's contemptible.

[George II]

20. Hard to say, he only told the Philadelphia Inquirer reporter today. Who knows....

....maybe he was auditioning for the job? Plus, he's disrupted more than one Biden event.

[GemDigger]

28. Are all the events in the same state or is he traveling around?

[George II]

31. He lives in New Jersey. From the article:

Carlos Rojas drove all the way to South Carolina from Elizabeth, N.J., last week to confront former Vice President Joe Biden about the Obama administration’s record on immigration.

Elizabeth, New Jersey is a 12 hour drive from Greenwood, SC.

[GemDigger]

32. Interesting. Thanks George II.

[sheshe2]

41. He must have a lot of money and time on his hands.

24 hour round trip. I don't have the time OR the money to make such a trip.

Interesting that he does.

[UniteFightBack]

80. And this is now this guy spends his time to further his cause??? Yeah OK. nt

[Blue_true]

34. Nothing that campaign does surprises me anymore. nt

[Thekaspervote]

71. Me either...such desperation. How in the world do they think this is helping???

Voters are sick of this kind of crap

[Demsrule86]

17. People who work for candidates can't do this sort of thing on their own time...mark my words...this

is going to hurt Sanders in the end.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

18. Yeah, Bernie hired an activist!

OMERGERD!

[George II]

22. This is more than merely an "activist":

Paid employees of a campaign aren't just activists when they disrupt the events of their opponents.

[Lefta Dissenter]

33. It's simple.

“I work for the Sanders campaign, but I’m here on my own time - not representing Mr. Sanders.” A little transparency goes a long way.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

36. .

[Lefta Dissenter]

42. LOL,

Is Bernie sneering at me? 😭 That .gif is hilarious! 🤣

[Blue_true]

38. What other campaign has people doing such a thing?

As part of a presidential primary campaign, the guy is no longer an activist, he is part of a proposed policy-making organization, and what he does in his free time DOES matter.

[Dem4Life1102]

94. Of course not

Imagine if the situation reversed. Sanders supporters would be screaming that it was part of a DNC conspiracy.

[still_one]

43. No surprise. He also hired Jill Stein supporter Briana Joy Gray as hiss press secretary, and Hillay

hating David Sirota, who scrubbed all his anti-Hillary, slurs from social media before officially joining the the sanders campaign

Sanders has made it very clear in actions and deeds his negative feelings toward the Democratic party, and what he views as establishment Democrats according to HIS definition

He is a divisive person who is not a good candidate for the Democratic nomination because of that

[ritapria]

23. There is a 1st Amendment in this Country

the last time I checked ….The Bernie Sanders movement are filled with kind, loving compassionate people …...They want to be bring Universal Healthcare to all people ..They want to save the Planet ...They want to stop endless wars …..They want to end grotesque Income Inequality …...This movement should not scare anyone and should not be demonized …. Everyone with a good heart is Welcome

[George II]

26. Read the Supreme Court rulings on the First Amendment. It's not unconditional. Check again.

[still_one]

44. No problem with his campaign demonizing Democrats though, is there

We will see how that works out for him in the primaries

[Docreed2003]

55. Sure were a bunch of "good hearts"

Who jeered John Lewis in 2016, huh..

[mcar]

64. ...

The Bernie Sanders movement are filled with kind, loving compassionate people

[Thekaspervote]

75. It scares the bejeezus out of me and a lot of others!!

Scorched earth my way or the highway... NOT!!

[sheshe2]

82. A member here.

ritapria (Reply #23)

The Bernie Sanders movement are filled with kind, loving compassionate people …...

Highly respected was a delegate at the convention. His daughter was screamed at and called the C word for not telling her father to change his vote to Bernie.'

That is not kind nor loving or compassionate.

[58Sunliner]

105. If that is who they are, why have a creep like Sirota?

Lies, disinformation, what else? Why do you need to stoop to such tactics if your campaign is about transparency? I voted for Bernie, but his actions and the people who work for him tell me a different story. A lack of continuity. What happens when he gets in office? Who will he hire? If Sirota and a couple of others are any indication, it would be a disaster.
You have got to look beyond his propaganda. What has he accomplished as a senator? He can promise you any number of things, but that does not mean he can deliver. He is actually dishonest when he tells people pie in the sky objectives. He has no plan. Have you seen a budget proposal on how to accomplish his fantasies? Unlike Warren, who actually has a plan.

[Demsrule86]

114. Loving and compassionate? well I like you, the others not so much...can't stand Sirota or Brianna.

And the first amendment just means the government can't drag you out of your bed and imprison you for speech...it doesn't have anything to do with the consequences of your speech in the private sector with say an employer which is why all those racist on videos get fired...sure they can speak...free country, but your boss can fire you if he chooses...free speech does not protect anyone from consequences outside of the government.

[mopinko]

118. have you ever gotten a paycheck from a campaign?

cuz i have.
if your paid people are going rogue, someone isnt doing their job.
you dont do that shit once you are on the payroll.
take that check, you do what your candidate wants and NOTHING ELSE.

if he cant control his campaign staff, how the heck is he gonna run the country?

[ehrnst]

140. The campaign hired him.

Last edited Fri Jan 10, 2020, 09:52 AM - Edit history (1)

So there's that.

[HerbChestnut]

13. Remember, George.

You attract more bees with honey than vinegar. That's what you told me.

[George II]

16. Tell Mr. Rojas.

[still_one]

45. Touche'

[Demsrule86]

21. Tell it to Sanders...these dirty tricks won't work.

[still_one]

46. +++

[Demsrule86]

115. Thanks!

[Demsrule86]

116. Thanks!

[NYMinute]

88. ++++++

[Demsrule86]

117. Thanks!

[UniteFightBack]

19. Bernie surrounds himself with the best people! nt

[liberal N proud]

27. Imagine that

Seems the type

[The Valley Below]

29. Sanders should apologize and withdraw from the race.

This is unacceptable.

[getagrip_already]

30. we have our own trump.....

In way too many ways.

[Blue_true]

39. I kept wanting to write something like what you just wrote, but was too chickenshit.

Your observation is dead on, the similarities are stunning.

[lillypaddle]

50. I've been saying that for a long while now

I just don't get why so many don't seem to see it.

[NanceGreggs]

69. In way too many ways. n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

93. Glad someone said it.

[R B Garr]

96. Bingo! And it's shameful what is happening... nt

[Voltaire2]

134. what a horrible thing to say about one of our leading candidates

[getagrip_already]

135. trump is not a leading dem candidate

I can insult him if I want to.

[Voltaire2]

138. So when you wrote:

“we have our own trump.....In way too many ways.”

By “our own Trump” you meant “Trump”?

[getagrip_already]

139. I merely thought you meant...

that I was projecting bad personality traits of someone onto trump, thus insulting trump. I can insult trump no matter what you say.

[Voltaire2]

142. but that isn't what you said, is it?

You said that Sanders is ‘our own Trump’.

[getagrip_already]

143. when did I mention ...

sarah in any of this?

[Voltaire2]

145. Who were you referring to?

[uponit7771]

136. +1

[Me.]

35. Stinks!

[napi21]

40. I suggest soeone explaine who he isd & what he's doing to Joe Tell him , nextime fightboy starts

a disruption, Joe should smile & say "Take a message back to Bernie for me, "He's not gonna win this campaign by messing with MY speeches.!" Betcha he's get some good news coverage out of it, and MIGHT get some bad press for Bernie.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

47. It's finally dawned on me that the problem I would have supporting Bernie

isn't really Bernie himself as much as the kinds of people he attracts. I did support him in 2016 but was pretty put off by his refusal to concede even after it was mathematically impossible for him to win the nomination, and especially by his supporters who tried to disrupt the convention. I switched over to Hillary with no regrets at all. This time he seems to have attracted even more fanatical supporters who apparently would do just about anything, including GOP-style ratfucking, to be sure he wins. It's beginning to turn into something pretty close to a personality cult - there's a post right here on DU claiming Bernie is the solution to everything, and there have been plenty of others in which almost any discussion breeds knee-jerk expressions of Bernie's awesomeness. This isn't only stupid, it's downright dangerous. Trump has a personality cult. We sure as hell don't want one on our side.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

52. I will NOT vote for Sanders.

And I do not see him as being the nominee. For so many reasons.

It seems that every other week, there is some snark coming from BS or some staffer.

Enough. Go back to Vermont, Bernie. Your time was "ago."

[Thekaspervote]

78. Yes sanders...go back to VT!!!

[Demsrule86]

122. Same, I voted for Sanders in Ohio in 2016...my kids loved him too...hubs not so much.

But I was disappointed with his behavior in the general. I will never get over what I view as his underwhelming support for Hillary. I do not support him in this primary as a result of this and as a result of his campaigns behavior...starting with Flores. I will vote for him in a general but never in any primary.

[samnsara]

48. for shame!!!

[vsrazdem]

51. Nothing to do with Bernie Sanders and his being on the campaign.

He is a member or Movimiento Cosecha. He is not going around disrupting and getting paid for it. He involved himself in a conversation. He did not set out to start this.

"Last Thursday, in a packed college gym in Greenwood, South Carolina, I stood next to Silvia, a local immigrant mother and activist, as she asked Joe Biden a question. I translated for her as she told the crowd about her daily fear of ICE separating her family. It’s hard for her to trust Biden, she explained, because he has defended the millions of deportations that took place when he was vice president. Under a Biden administration, could her partner or children be next?

Silvia asked if Biden would use executive action to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation on his first day in office. Biden bluntly said no and went on to defend Obama’s record on immigration. As a longtime activist, a 2008 volunteer for the Obama campaign, and a formerly undocumented immigrant myself, I pushed back and reminded him that millions of families were separated while he was vice president.

That’s when Biden interrupted me and said: “You should vote for Trump."

This had nothing to do with Bernie Sanders campaign.


Press Release from Movimiento Cosecha:

IMMIGRANT FAMILIES SEPARATED DURING THE OBAMA YEARS TO OCCUPY BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN OFFICES
Families are calling for Biden to apologize for the 3 million family separations he oversaw while in the White House, and commit to using his executive authority to end all detention and deportation on day one, if elected President. They will be joined by allies who will be sitting in at Biden’s campaign offices, refusing to leave until the campaign speaks with the families.

Philadelphia- Immigrant families whose loved ones were among the 3,000,000 deported while Former Vice President Biden was in the White House plan sit in at Biden campaign headquarters in Philadelphia on Wednesday. They are demanding Biden to apologize for separating their families, and commit that, if elected president in 2020, he would use his executive authority to put an immediate end to all immigrant detention and deportations. Families are also calling for Biden to commit to bringing home loved ones that were unjustly deported by the last two administrations.

Jul 12, 2019

[llmart]

56. This makes me want to vote for Biden even more.

n/t

[SunSeeker]

58. No bueno. nt

[vsrazdem]

59. Smear campaigns like this against a candidate that has nothing to do with his campaign, that push

people to want to post more negative comments about other candidates. It absolutely does nothing but divide and destroy and party, and is totally misleading. This man is a member of another coalition, and was there for that reason, not because he is on Bernie's campaign. He came to this country as a young child and has deep feelings about the immigration system. He worked on Obama's campaign, but now let us all smear him and Bernie because you don't like what Joe said to him. This is pathetic.

[still_one]

102. That may be, however, is hiring of Jill Stein supporter Briana Joy Gray, and Hillary hating David

Sirota does have something to do with his campaign strategy, and his periodic dissing of what he characterizes as "establishment" Democrats is extremely divisive, and I would suggest burns a lot of bridges for him in the primaries.

[oasis]

60. I'll vote for our nominee, but I can't work in a campaign

with a character such as that.

[mcar]

61. Didn't Bernie sign a pledge or something?

I'm thinking this is a violation of that.

Seriously, this is going to new depths of low.

[Politicub]

62. That's pathetic and gross

I’m glad the truth is coming out.

[caraher]

66. Chronology matters

The tweet says Rojas "was hired as a Bernie Sanders' Latinx organizer in Iowa." Organizing is a different activity from confronting Biden at a campaign event. Terruso reports nothing suggesting that Rojas was working for the Sanders campaign while he was traveling to Biden events.

An accurate description of what's going on would be something more like, "Sanders campaign hires man who confronted Biden at town halls." (Or if you want to be a bit edgier, "Sanders campaign hires man who disrupted Biden events." )

There is no evidence given that the Sanders campaign paid him to disrupt Biden events.

[LongtimeAZDem]

91. Given Sanders' other hires, he no longer gets the benefit of the doubt

Darius Khalil Gordon, Simone Zimmerman, Matt Orfalea, Linda Sarsour.

Nina Turner, Briahna Joy Grey.

David Sirota.

At what point will you say, "enough is enough"?

[caraher]

107. I'm fine with critiquing his judgment on upper-level hires

LatinX organizer for Iowa is a bit down in the weeds.

But more importantly, there is a factual claim in the OP - that this man was paid by Sanders for the purpose of disrupting Biden events. There is zero evidence that he was paid for this purpose. The only fact about his employment with the campaign is his telling a reporter he had (apparently recently) been hired as an organizer.

There is no "benefit of the doubt" in play - the burden of proof lies with the person making the assertion. Even granting your belief that Sanders has hired toxic people and is therefore not to be trusted, there is no fact-based reason to accept the claim in the OP as true. This is my only point.

[LongtimeAZDem]

108. The Sanders campaign routinely hires people who are disruptive or abusive; at this point, it's on them

I've said it before:

Once is an honest mistake.
Twice looks like incompetence.
Three times shows a pattern.
Four times begins to suggest a strategy.

Over and over, the Sanders camp does this; I'm past the point where I'll accept "we didn't know" as an excuse.

We rightfully despise Trump for inciting his followers and failing to rebuke them; I see no reason to hold Bernie to a lesser standard.

[certainot]

68. russians

[Laura PourMeADrink]

70. Omg Do not fall for this bullshit..put out by the usual

suspects. It's as absurd as trumpster bullshit.

I hated that Bernie trashed Biden the other day .but would never believe he would condone something like this.

We are 100% being played.

[mountain grammy]

73. Thank you.

[jalan48]

72. More Disinformation.

[George II]

76. In what way? Did that guy disrespectfully face up to Biden? Does he work for the Sanders campaign?

Answers, please.

[maximusveritas]

86. Who is "They"? If you're talking about Rojas and his group, they were never part of Biden's campaign

That should be obvious from reading anything he has said.
This is a group that believes no immigrant should be deported.
That is the most extreme view possible. Polling shows only 1-3% of people subscribe to this idea of no deportations.
For Bernie to go along with that shows how extreme he is and how easily he would get defeated in a general election.

[garybeck]

119. agree. attack by association.

[UniteFightBack]

77. Chicanery. If my candidate had the surrogates that Mr. Sanders employs I would not be pleased...yet

BS followers just eat it the fuck up.

[Gothmog]

84. Who is surprised by this???

[NYMinute]

87. Dirty tricks by the Bernie camp .. I am not shocked

This is par for the course. With no substance and armed with just slogans and platitudes, the Sanders campaign can only try to tear down the real Democrats.

We know this from the Lucy Flores fiasco.

Nothing but dirty tricks.

[lark]

101. Bernie is proving all of us skeptics right.

Hr is not our friend or the friend of Democracy. Why would anyone stoop to sophmorish tactics like this. If one of his staff did this, he should fire them today. Otherwise he's just proven he is very lacking in integrity.

[Botany]

103. If this is true and Bernie knows about it he should drop

... out now

Bernie should go home. Enough.

[Demsrule86]

106. We agree. And if my candidate did this I would be done with him...seriuosly this is bad...you don't

screw with elections.

[58Sunliner]

104. I hope this isn't true, but I won't hold my breath.

How do people support BS without seeing the unethical underside of his campaign. Do they think it is going to change if he takes office? Gross. Those people who are actually hired by Bernie are reflective of him in some way. Otherwise it would not be tolerated.

[Dem4Life1102]

109. Was he hired before or after

the confrontation with Biden? It makes a difference.

[George II]

110. If it was before, he should be fired. If it was after, he shouldn't have been hired. Either way....

....he should be fired.

Aside from this guy, we also had Matt Orfalea and Darius Khalil Gordon. You'd think they would know better by now.

This wasn't just a man standing up and challenging Biden's position, this is uncalled for and disrespectful:

[garybeck]

113. I CALL BS. Seriously folks, get a grip.

I read the article and tweet.

there is absolutely no evidence that Bernie had anything to do with this.

this guy was acting on his own about an issue that he is passionate about.

his association with Bernie means nothing.

if some volunteer for Bernie steals from a store, does that mean Bernie told him to do it?

give me a break.

this guy was acting on his own about an issue he is obviously very passionate about.

unless you can show me something that indicates that Bernie told him to do this, i consider this a lame attack on Bernie.

you can't blame Bernie for everything that all his volunteers do. and if they are getting paid to work for Bernie it means nothing at all.

guilt by association.

please don't fall into this kind of baseless attack.

anyway what he did, you're acting like he killed someone or something. give me a break. he is a little over zealous. a little too much passion is better than not enough. but regardless, if you don't like what he did, it is not correct to imply that Bernie had anything to do with it.

shameful to attack bernie for this.

maybe because you can't find an objective criticism for bernie himself, or his ideas, you have to attack him by association.

[George II]

120. You should call BS, and tell him to fire this guy and apologize to Biden.

[garybeck]

123. give me a break. he was not speaking for Bernie or representing him.

guilt by association.

today in the Vermont State House, a bunch of people walked in and disrupted the Governor's State of the State speech to protest lack of climate change action.

they had to stop the speech and even empty the house while the people were escorted out and some were processed for civil violations.

by your standards we should call the employers of all these people and tell them they should be fired.

[LongtimeAZDem]

131. If those employers routinely hire people who are disruptive or abusive, we should do exactly that

The Sanders campaign has a well-documented history of this; Darius Khalil Gordon, Simone Zimmerman, Matt Orfalea, Linda Sarsour, Nina Turner, Briahna Joy Grey, David Sirota.

Again:

Once is an honest mistake.
Twice looks like incompetence.
Three times shows a pattern.
Four times begins to suggest a strategy.

More than that is a policy.

[The Valley Below]

126. He's still on the job. If Sanders disapproves of this guys behavior, he would have been fired.

The buck stops with Sanders.

[kimbutgar]

127. Another reasonn I don't like sanders

This is a repuke like dirty tactic.

[underthematrix]

128. I believe I tweeted that the person was a paid disrupter when this was first

reported by the media. All this proves is BIDEN is running a clean campaign.

[tonedevil]

130. Regardless...

telling him to vote for Trump is a petulant immature thing to do and absolutely not what I want from the Democratic candidate for President.

[ecstatic]

133. Wow! SMH

I hate most of the sneaky tactics his campaign uses. Fake push poll calls and texts, fake town hall guests, etc. It's ridiculous!