bernie was awash with russian bots
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Senator Bernie Sanders just called out Trump on his ties to Russia, and asked what he was hiding in a TV interview that was shared to Twitter.
Then I noticed something very interesting in the replies to Bernie’s tweet. There were some angry “Bernie” “supporters” begging Bernie not to focus on Russia. So I checked their bios:
Then that was his reply to me when I noticed he was a Jill Stein supporter:
There it is, tagging George Soros. There are a TON of conspiracies posted about Soros by Russian bots.
Then there was another “Bernie” “supporter” whose Twitter feed has retweets of Russia Today, the state propaganda network, and Pizzagate tweets, responded to Bernie Sanders:
Hillary Clinton... #PedoGate... MSM..
It's Going Down.#LockHerUp https://t.co/dpf0PD0r9g
â 007 ðºð¸ (@ghostillion) March 25, 2017
Just one of this user’s retweets against Hillary Clinton, featuring @TNGOP’s tweet, and fueling more pizzagate conspiracies. There were other users on that same Bernie Sanders tweet with more ties to pizzagate, Soros conspiracies, and anti-Democratic Party language.
Judging from these tweets by “users” in response to Bernie Sanders, it does seem like the botnet is still in effect in trying to divide the Democratic Party, rile up anger towards Clinton by using Bernie Sanders, and carrying forth conspiracy theories. They’re definitely not REAL Bernie Sanders supporters, who mostly voted for Hillary Clinton, and in general are supportive of the Democratic Party.
Then I noticed something very interesting in the replies to Bernie’s tweet. There were some angry “Bernie” “supporters” begging Bernie not to focus on Russia. So I checked their bios:
Then that was his reply to me when I noticed he was a Jill Stein supporter:
There it is, tagging George Soros. There are a TON of conspiracies posted about Soros by Russian bots.
Then there was another “Bernie” “supporter” whose Twitter feed has retweets of Russia Today, the state propaganda network, and Pizzagate tweets, responded to Bernie Sanders:
Hillary Clinton... #PedoGate... MSM..
It's Going Down.#LockHerUp https://t.co/dpf0PD0r9g
â 007 ðºð¸ (@ghostillion) March 25, 2017
Just one of this user’s retweets against Hillary Clinton, featuring @TNGOP’s tweet, and fueling more pizzagate conspiracies. There were other users on that same Bernie Sanders tweet with more ties to pizzagate, Soros conspiracies, and anti-Democratic Party language.
Judging from these tweets by “users” in response to Bernie Sanders, it does seem like the botnet is still in effect in trying to divide the Democratic Party, rile up anger towards Clinton by using Bernie Sanders, and carrying forth conspiracy theories. They’re definitely not REAL Bernie Sanders supporters, who mostly voted for Hillary Clinton, and in general are supportive of the Democratic Party.
Callinectes
Proud MAGA Semi-Facist
Think about it(but have a fire extinguisher ready for when your brain catches fire). Who do you think Putin would rather have in the White House, Trump the capitalist? Or bernieovich, the socialist who actually honeymooned in Russia? Bernie was just another useful idiot to Putin who probably would have been very sympathetic to Russia if he had won
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what exactly did they do?
wake up
Bernie broke his promise that he gave to be allowed to run under the Democratic party umbrella?
he refused to raise money and help down ticket Democratic members
he refused to register his fan club members
he refused to tell his fans that the Russian lies were lies
he fucked my party
Yu can bet the Democratic party wont let him run with our help again
will he run as a Independent and screw the country by helping the republicans win?
wake up
Bernie broke his promise that he gave to be allowed to run under the Democratic party umbrella?
he refused to raise money and help down ticket Democratic members
he refused to register his fan club members
he refused to tell his fans that the Russian lies were lies
he fucked my party
Yu can bet the Democratic party wont let him run with our help again
will he run as a Independent and screw the country by helping the republicans win?
Democrats should denounce him and loudly proclaim he is not a dem.
evince
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders
Political party
Independent (1979–2015; 2016–present)[1]
Political party
Independent (1979–2015; 2016–present)[1]
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http://digital.vpr.net/post/how-will-bernie-sanders-officially-become-democrat#stream/0
Bernie Sanders has officially filed papers with the Federal Elections Commission declaring his run for president as a Democrat, but his lack of party credentials may raise questions as he tries to get on the primary ballot in New Hampshire.
In his filing with the Federal Elections Committee Thursday, Sanders listed his party affiliation as “Democratic Party” and his “office sought” as “Presidential.”
The filing is the first time Sanders has officially identified himself as a Democrat, even though he caucuses with the Dems in the Senate.
Still, Sanders is publicly maintaining some distance from the party. Ironically, Sanders got his first taste of victory when he successfully ran against a Democrat to win the Burlington mayoral election in 1981. He has a complicated relationship with the party, as Seven Days reported Thursday.
Even as he launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) insisted he was not a Democrat.
"No, I am an independent who is going to be working with the —" Sanders told Seven Days Thursday afternoon, cutting himself off mid-sentence. "I am what I am, and I will have to deal with the state-by-state regulations. But I am what I am."
Sanders decided to run as a Democrat in the presidential race, which will allow him to participate in primary debates and also lowers the chance that he will serve as a spoiler in the general election, taking votes from the Democratic nominee and thus handing the election to Republicans.
But the move comes with some challenges. Sanders will have to get on the Democratic primary ballot in New Hampshire, which requires a candidate to fill out a form that states that the candidate swears “under penalty of perjury” that they meet the qualifications to serve as president and that they are a registered member of the party.
Since Vermont has open primaries and does not require voters to register with a party affiliation, becoming a registered Democrat isn’t as easy as a trip to city hall in Burlington, where Sanders lives. In fact, there’s not really any way a Vermont resident can be a “registered” Democrat or Republican. The FEC filing may be Sanders’ only chance to officially “register” as a Democrat.
“I don’t believe there’s been anybody else in this situation,” New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner said in an interview.
Vermont has never required voters to state a party affiliation when they register to vote, but Gardner said that was no problem for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s candidacy in 2004 because he had been on the ballot as a Democrat in Vermont. Sanders doesn’t have that going for him, even though the party has endorsed him in the past. Sanders declined the endorsement when he got it.
So how will Sanders get on the ballot in New Hampshire?
“We accept a declaration of candidacy as a truthful statement,” Gardner said. “If someone fills it out and signs it, we’re assuming that the person’s being truthful. If it comes to our attention that the person might not be and [someone] gives us factual information, then we might address it.”
So if Sanders claims he’s a Democrat when he files to be on the Democratic primary ballot (that filing doesn’t have to happen until late this year), he’ll be on the ballot unless someone proves that he’s ineligible for the presidency or that he’s not a Democrat.
It’s unclear if the fact that he’s serving in the Senate as an independent would be grounds for disqualification, or if this week’s FEC filings will establish his Democratic bona fides.
Bernie Sanders has officially filed papers with the Federal Elections Commission declaring his run for president as a Democrat, but his lack of party credentials may raise questions as he tries to get on the primary ballot in New Hampshire.
In his filing with the Federal Elections Committee Thursday, Sanders listed his party affiliation as “Democratic Party” and his “office sought” as “Presidential.”
The filing is the first time Sanders has officially identified himself as a Democrat, even though he caucuses with the Dems in the Senate.
Still, Sanders is publicly maintaining some distance from the party. Ironically, Sanders got his first taste of victory when he successfully ran against a Democrat to win the Burlington mayoral election in 1981. He has a complicated relationship with the party, as Seven Days reported Thursday.
Even as he launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) insisted he was not a Democrat.
"No, I am an independent who is going to be working with the —" Sanders told Seven Days Thursday afternoon, cutting himself off mid-sentence. "I am what I am, and I will have to deal with the state-by-state regulations. But I am what I am."
Sanders decided to run as a Democrat in the presidential race, which will allow him to participate in primary debates and also lowers the chance that he will serve as a spoiler in the general election, taking votes from the Democratic nominee and thus handing the election to Republicans.
But the move comes with some challenges. Sanders will have to get on the Democratic primary ballot in New Hampshire, which requires a candidate to fill out a form that states that the candidate swears “under penalty of perjury” that they meet the qualifications to serve as president and that they are a registered member of the party.
Since Vermont has open primaries and does not require voters to register with a party affiliation, becoming a registered Democrat isn’t as easy as a trip to city hall in Burlington, where Sanders lives. In fact, there’s not really any way a Vermont resident can be a “registered” Democrat or Republican. The FEC filing may be Sanders’ only chance to officially “register” as a Democrat.
“I don’t believe there’s been anybody else in this situation,” New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner said in an interview.
Vermont has never required voters to state a party affiliation when they register to vote, but Gardner said that was no problem for former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s candidacy in 2004 because he had been on the ballot as a Democrat in Vermont. Sanders doesn’t have that going for him, even though the party has endorsed him in the past. Sanders declined the endorsement when he got it.
So how will Sanders get on the ballot in New Hampshire?
“We accept a declaration of candidacy as a truthful statement,” Gardner said. “If someone fills it out and signs it, we’re assuming that the person’s being truthful. If it comes to our attention that the person might not be and [someone] gives us factual information, then we might address it.”
So if Sanders claims he’s a Democrat when he files to be on the Democratic primary ballot (that filing doesn’t have to happen until late this year), he’ll be on the ballot unless someone proves that he’s ineligible for the presidency or that he’s not a Democrat.
It’s unclear if the fact that he’s serving in the Senate as an independent would be grounds for disqualification, or if this week’s FEC filings will establish his Democratic bona fides.