Bernie Sanders responds to Donald Trump's threat (VIDEO)

[egbertowillies]

Donald Trump recently threatened Bernie Sanders with the tweet above.

The text of the tweet says, "Bernie Sanders lying when he says his disruptors aren't told to go to my events. Be careful Bernie, or my supporters will go to yours!" The inference is clear. Donald Trump subsequently said Bernie Sanders is a communist in several interviews.

Bernie Sanders appeared on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Sanders could not be clearer. Sanders called out Trump as the liar that he is. He also called out his incitement of violence and racial angst. He believes Trump is nervous given the national polls showing Sanders solidly beating Trump.

You can see the interview here.
http://egbertowillies.com/2016/03/13/donald-trump-threatens-bernie-sanders/

[Ed Suspicious]

1. This will start to happen. Count on it.

[AzDar]

2. Trumpster Fire backed out of a Fox News-Sponsored (!) Debate With Bernie...

He's a-skeeered...

[idea5]

3. Trump is like having a mob boss run for candidate. (eom)

[MelSC]

7. He also has ties to the mob

Can't wait until they undish all the negative ammo they have on this savage.

[LWolf]

4. Bernie's response:

Bernie Sanders: Well, I think anybody who understands Mr. Trump’s campaign knows that he tells the truth very, very rarely and I’m afraid that on this occasion, he’s lying again. First of all, he calls me a communist. Obviously, that’s a lie. Then he says that our campaign is organizing disruptions of his rallies. That’s a lie. George, we have millions of supporters out there, and clearly, some of them were at that rally, along with many, many other protesters. But to say that we organized that, totally untrue. Uh, Mr. Trump, I think, is getting very nervous. He is catching onto the fact that the American people do not support a candidate like Trump, whose — whose verbiage, whose language, whose rhetoric incites violence. I mean we’ve all seen rhetoric — we’ve all seen some of the video of people at his rallies sucker punching people, of kicking people. And I would urge Mr. Trump, really, to tone it down, uh, to not incite violence on the part of his supporters.

George Stephanopoulos: You know, some of your — some Democrats are — are taking even stronger language than you’ve used this morning. Marsha Fudge — Congresswoman Marsha Fudge, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, calling Donald Trump a racist. Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York this morning, uh, saying Mr. Trump behaves like a racist, speaks like a racist, of course Donald Trump is a racist.” Are they right?

Bernie Sanders: Well, look, this is a man, you will recall, a few years ago, who led the, uh, anti— who led the birther movement. That was a movement that tried to delegitimize the presidency of Barack Obama, trying to claim that the president was not born in this country. A funny thing, George, you know, my father was born in Poland. I’m the son of an immigrant. Nobody has asked me for my birth certificate. Were there strong racial overtones to try to challenge the legitimacy of President Obama? Of course there was. But I think what we are seeing in the Trump campaign is not only racist attacks, but what you’re seeing is attacks on Muslims, on women, on veterans. To attack Senator John McCain because he was a POW is crazy. To insult Mexicans, our neighbors to the south, calling Mexicans a rapist or — or criminals, this guy — there was a big debate in the United Kingdom parliament of whether or not he should even be allowed to enter the United Kingdom. This is a man who is dividing up his country in very serious ways, frightening ways. And I think what we are doing is getting — my campaign is getting nervous, I understand that, because the last national poll had us 18 points ahead of him. Some state polls had us even more ahead of him. So I think you’ve got a guy who is getting very, very nervous./div]

[bettyellen]

6. Smarter than the fake tweet: "I would urge Mr. Trump, really, to tone it down, uh, to not incite...

... violence on the part of his supporters. "

[Fritz Walter]

5. OK, so what if DrUMPf-sters actually do show up at a Bernie -- or Hillary -- rally?

What plan is in place?
Let's face it: the Orange One's dog-whistle Tweet is already inciting his Army of d'Orcs to disrupt our own peaceable assemblies. We must assume that they will show up, with disruption as their goal. If recent events are any indication, their getting into physical violence is strong possibility as a possible tactic.

So, How do we respond to hateful and other disruptive behavior at our events?
- Non-violent methods to confront, and -- if necessary -- isolate and contain them?
- Working with law enforcement personnel proactively while safeguarding constitutional rights?
- Social media messaging, including smart-phone videography of incidents?

I'm guessing that these conversations are taking place right now in each of our candidates' upper rooms. My resquest to those powers-that-be is to be totally transparent here: tell us your response plan so that those of us at the grassroots level don't accidentally torpedo their plans. (IMHO, that has been the Frankenstein factor with Drumpf v. GOP). This transparency could actually undermine the schemes of some of the opposition, but that should not deter us!

There's too much at stake: from climate change to Main Street economics to healthcare to stabilizing the Middle East to universal human rights. We must prevail!

As you might guess, I spent years working in consequence/emergency management. I would be honored and happy to lend any insights, knowledge and "war-stories" to help ensure that disruptions are minimalized in Democratic campaigns.