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pnwmom

(108,978 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 03:05 PM Feb 2016

Despite what some here think, Bill Clinton and Bernie Sanders strongly agree:.

the virulent sexism against Hillary and her women supporters online is real, disgusting, and it should be condemned.

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/08/we_dont_want_that_crap_sanders_repudiates_sexist_bernie_bro_supporters/

Former Salon editor and current National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation Joan Walsh, Clinton told a crowd over the weekend, is just but one example of female supporters of Hillary Clinton who are subjected to sexist backlash from some Sanders supporters online “[S]he and other people who have gone online to defend Hillary, to explain why they supported her, have been subject to vicious trolling and attacks,” Clinton said.

SNIP


In another Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sanders called the behavior of so-called Bernie Bros “disgusting,” saying his campaign is working to address the issue on online harassment.

“Look, we don’t want that crap. … We will do everything we can and I think we have tried. Look, anybody who is supporting me that is doing the sexist things is—we don’t want them. I don’t want them. That is not what this campaign is about”:

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