Bloomberg goes after ‘Bernie bros’ in online ad after scathing remarks from Sanders – By Nate Madden (The Blaze) / Feb 17 2020
‘Vote Bernie or bad things will happen’
Billionaire Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg attacked rival candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in a Monday video ad showing bullying and threatening tweets and messages purportedly sent by the latter’s supporters.
“We need to unite to defeat Trump in November. This type of ‘energy’ is not going to get us there,” Bloomberg said in a Monday morning tweet containing the 53-second video.
We need to unite to defeat Trump in November. This type of "energy" is not going to get us there. https://t.co/bPuUZMs2d6 pic.twitter.com/Tdp6mpWjcX
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) February 17, 2020
The ad begins by showing multiple threatening or insulting social media posts and messages either in favor of Sanders or against Bloomberg or other 2020 Democratic primary candidates, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
“Vote Bernie or bad things will happen,” one of the tweets says.
“Love how you broke the system. We know where you live. Where you work. Where you eat. We know where your kids go to school/grandkids,” a string of messages in a screenshot stated. “We have everything on you.”
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