Bernie Sanders Supporters Chant ‘Lock Her Up’ in Philadelphia Protest Against Clinton

[brooklynite]

Wall Street Journal:

PHILADELPHIA — It’s not just Republicans that want presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in prison.

At a lively Sunday march in support of former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, chants of “lock her up,” “Hillary for Prison” signs and t-shirts and calls for indictment were common among the most ardent supporters of Mr. Sanders, who arrived in Philadelphia to make their voices heard to the delegates attending the Democratic National Convention.

Republicans used last week’s Republican National Convention to make the case that Mrs. Clinton’s perceived ethical lapses made her unfit for office. Delegates to the Republican convention could be heard chanting “Lock her up!” while “Hillary for Prison” shirts and bumper stickers have proliferated across the country.

Mrs. Clinton hasn’t been accused of any criminal wrongdoing — in fact, Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey explicitly said that her use of a private email server for government work did not rise to the level that would justify criminal charges. However, Mr. Comey called her “extremely careless” in her handling of the nation’s secrets by running her work email off a private server, while a State Department probe concluded that she was in violation of Department rules.

I'd like to think this is Republican infiltrators, but...

[heresAthingdotcom]

1. How do you deal with your political opponents in a Banana Republic? You lock them up.....

[CrowCityDem]

2. Some 'progressives' they are. Pathetic.

[coco77]

65. Some of these people are..

Trump supporters.

[workinclasszero]

75. Pathetic...

execrable vile creatures carrying water for Trump!

[glennward]

77. But did Bernie say anything to stop them? Even Flake said that the GOP should be better than that.

Really does hurt to hear a GOP Sen. be more respectful of our candidate than some Democrats.

[Cha]

3. Poor things...

Not. Gonna. Happen.

[geek tragedy]

4. Not every Sanders supporter was sane, progressive or a decent human being.

As the anti-establishment candidate, he unfortunately attracted some toxic loons to his cause.

These people were toxic, Hillary-hating loons before Sanders announced--they aren't his fault.

They are a tiny minority of the people who voted for Sanders, and their voices do not matter to us.

I hope they enjoy the heat.

[tonyt53]

19. The term for those you described is "anarchists". They really don't care.

[geek tragedy]

21. Not anarchists, nihilists. nt

[Surya Gayatri]

41. "BERN IT DOWN" -- Their credo. These are NOT sincere Sanders supporters.

They are rodent-copulators of the highest order and need to be eradicated like the pests they are.

[RBInMaine]

26. Spot on! Most Sanders supporters back Hillary. This is a LUNATIC FRINGE who like to shout INSANITY.

[sarae]

30. And the media loves to overrepresent them.

Do you ever see them interviewing Hillary supporters on TV?

[RapSoDee]

5. Take a vacation DWS

I hear the Ozarks are lovely this time of year. You have no business near the gavel at this convention.

[liberal N proud]

11. What does this post have to do with Debbie Wassermann Schultz?

It about a bunch of sore losers who can't give up and now they are using republican/Trump slogans against the only chance we have to stop this nation from descending into total fascism.

[uponit7771]

12. The more I read DWS hate the more it looks AstroTurfed, "lock her up" is another winger meme

[Surya Gayatri]

43. Take your own advice and stop hijacking this thread.

[pnwmom]

53. These people have been planning the disruptions for weeks. It had nothing to do with DWS.

[NCTraveler]

6. These people are idiots.

The same group that gave HA Goodman and "Sane" an audience.

Most are straight up right wing extremists.

[tonyt53]

7. Comey, by using those words, was trying to appease those of his political party - the GOP

He knew his own words were all he had to damage her with. He had no criminal charges to hit her with, so he hit her with his own words and feelings. he admitted that no credible prosecutor would bring charges against her. When Comey testified, he was just part of the show an played his part. Philly was going to be a mess even without the emails disclosure.

[BlueCaliDem]

8. "I'd like to think this is Republican infiltrators, but..." Yep. They're using the Teapublican chant

which, in my book, tells me they're either Republican infiltrators or trolls. But whatever they are, they aren't Democrats. I don't give two shiites what they tell eager-to-scandalize-Hillary "reporters" for the M$M...these are not Democrats. These are people of her opposition, paid or otherwise, who fear the fact that they KNOW she will win in November and be the president to choose 3-4 Supreme Court Justices in her two terms.

That's why they're frothing around their gaping mouths.

[liberal N proud]

9. What a sorry ass bunch of losers

[Darb]

10. So there is no question now, there is no difference between the bernies

and Rump trolls. Congrats.

[NorthCarolina]

25. Oh, I think there's a world of difference.

In reality world.

[Hekate]

73. I believe Sanders' campaign has been infiltrated. He needs to repudiate them or his good work...

....will go to waste.

[emulatorloo]

27. Totally unfair to Sanders. These aren't the rank and file of Sanders supporters

They are fringe kooks who latched on to Bernie for god knows what deluded reason that doesn't have a damn thing to do with Bernie or his policy positions.

Last I saw 90% of Sanders primary supporters are planning to vote for HRC.

[emulatorloo]

35. If you watched his endorsement of HRC, you saw him shut down the handful of boos there.

I expect he's gonna give a another great speech tonight about electing Clinton. I'll again assert that these folks shouting out Lock Her Up and other GOP chants are fringe kooks, they aren't representive of genuine Bernie primary supporters

[Surya Gayatri]

46. ^^^AMEN to this!^^^

He created this mob, and has done practically nothing to rein them in.

He stoked and encouraged the Hillary-Hate for months on end, and has NEVER called out the more egregious examples.

[auntpurl]

36. They're chanting LOCK HER UP in delegate breakfasts (I saw CA) INSIDE the convention.

These are delegates. I'm not sure we can call them the "fringe kooks" anymore. They seem absolutely determined to disrupt and destroy every second of the convention both inside and out. I can't tell you how angry I am that this will hurt our chances to beat Trump. They must be the most selfish people on earth.

[Hekate]

74. +1

[Blue_Tires]

78. You'd think the Sanders supporters would straighten these fringe folks out

Since they're tainting their entire movement...

Of course if the fringe wasn't acting like a bunch of jackoffs they wouldn't have any TV cameras in front of them, either...

[Orsino]

56. If they were his followers, they would be inside, not outside.

Lunatics have gathered around every candidate. Sanders is not responsible for these, if he ever was.

[tallahasseedem]

14. All of this crap...

is why I most likely will not be going over to the convention. What was supposed to be a unifying event is turning out to be a cluster. I'll just be watching it from home, I guess.

[MineralMan]

16. Those who behave like Republicans should be treated like Republicans.

Those protesters were echoing sentiments from the Republican Convention. They are not Sanders supporters at all. Bernie Sanders has endorsed Hillary Clinton and will do so again tonight.

Such people are Trump supporters, not whatever they are pretending to be. There are plenty of such people slinking around the fringes. They should be recognized as what they actually are, not characterized as what they are not.

[NorthCarolina]

29. Who defines what constitutes "Republican behavior"? You?

I always like to know who the official expert in these matter is.

[MineralMan]

33. I define nothing for anyone but myself.

However, "Lock Her Up" is distinctly a Republican meme, introduced at the Republican Convention. Those who are using it in Philadelphia are behaving like Republicans. You do the math for yourself. I will state my opinion as I please on DU, if you don't mind.

[emulatorloo]

40. If you'd like argue that "Lock Her Up" chant was not a prominent chant at RNC convention

I for one would love to hear it.

You know as well as I do that people who chant "Lock Her Up" and wear "Hillary For Prison" t-shirts are not representative of the majority of Sanders supporters. Bluenorthwest had a good term for these types: Sanders Detractors.

[apcalc]

17. Totally effin ridiculous....

[TreasonousBastard]

18. I suspect that whoever they are, they're organized by some clever...

R agents.

Sure, there was some fringe element amongst the Berniacs, but most I met were idealists, not assholes. And sensible enough to know you get behind Hillary now or just fade away.

OTOH, you gotta wonder about anyone who thinks that Jill Stein is an option...

[RBInMaine]

20. These are not real progressives. They are the INSANE mega-fringe.

[leftofcool]

22. And you are surprised?

[L. Coyote]

23. Faux Bernie Sanders supporters. Bernie supporters listen to Bernie. More dirty tricks!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1251&thread=2288618&pid=2288939

[JustAnotherGen]

24. If not Republican

Then Libertarians or Greens.

But that couldn't possibly be registered Democratic Party members.

[NorthCarolina]

31. I would venture to guess that quite a few, if not most, are

registered Democrats. I get the push to define them as "something else" though...for show.

[JustAnotherGen]

44. Then they ought to be ashamed of themselves

[auntpurl]

37. They're DELEGATES.

They have to be registered party members.

Edited to add link to video: https://twitter.com/DaveMontero/status/757577543033753600

[NurseJackie]

42. They're sick.

[JustAnotherGen]

45. They should be shamed out of the party

It's obvious they are against us.

[AgadorSparticus]

52. What a bunch of assholes. Stupid, ignorant assholes.

[chillfactor]

34. I am really sick and tired of bernie supporters,,,,

and this kind of chant makes me sick to my stomach. what in the hell is wrong with them...they would prefer trump as president? really? because that is what their actions are doing.

[Surya Gayatri]

48. Well, if they are of the Susan Sarandon faction, yes, they would indeed prefer a Trump win.

A Trump presidency would bring on their much-desired dystopian revolution.

[TheProgressive]

38. The link isn't the Wall St Journal and your blockquote isn't from that article...

What's up?

[writes3000]

47. Here's the link to the WSJ story. There are no words.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/07/24/bernie-sanders-supporters-chant-lock-her-up-in-philadelphia-protest-against-clinton/

[Surya Gayatri]

39. Expert rodent-copulators. Snakes in the political swamp.

They need to be neutered.

[Scurrilous]

49. @#$% those clowns. n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

51. Assholes.

[katsy]

54. Anyone who really respects SBS is with HRC now.

This is the kind of shit trump & his rnc would do.

These aren't Democrats. They are attention seekers or paid disruptors.

[Lil Missy]

55. Oh really?

[NurseJackie]

57. They're kinda like Armageddonists...

... they actually WANT the unthinkable to happen ... it's as if they believe that the only way they can have their "revolution" is by doing all they can do to destroy. (Idiots.)

Hillary Delegate: Our house has a leaky faucet. Let's get some washers and fix it.
Bernie Delegate: A leaky faucet??!! We need to start over! Burn down the entire fucking house!

[B Calm]

58. Trump supporters pretending to be Bernie supporters.

[eastwestdem]

59. They may not realize that they are destroying the chances of any similar candidate being able

to run in the Democratic primary for a generation. There is no way the DNC would let a life-long independent run again after everything that's happened.

[MichiganVote]

60. Sanders delegates inside the convention, shouting 'Lock Her Up!'

I don't know how anyone can defend this, I really don't. But I won't. It appears to me that anyone who self identifies as a 'Bernie Supporter' lives mentally in a house divided. People cannot say they support one candidate and do or support something this despicable to the clear winner of this party's nomination. The first female candidate to boot. Shame, shame, shame.

If someone does not want to vote for Clinton/Kaine, I get that. But this???? No, I can't and won't accept this. THIS is what the tea party was like and it functionally shut down our government making it very difficult for the nations presidential choice to get business done. So this says to me that we have migrated from a 'tea party' to a 'me party'.

I support my party's Clinton/Kaine ticket and will continue to do so.

[Peacetrain]

61. Are you kidding me? I do not have the TV on

Good grief.. Tumpites posing as Democrats..

[MichiganVote]

62. No these were the Sanders delegates at the convention Dem breakfast

[Peacetrain]

63. I come from a long union background.. and we could get tough

And I hope to God that the stuff I am reading about supposed Democratic delegates shouting "lock her up" at some gathering is not true..Because what we would have said to people who pull crap like that would not be printable even in DU.. Those are not Democrats.. what the they are ..are scabs.. trying to pose as Democrats.. just ill at the thought of such a thing

[MichiganVote]

64. I can relate. Too many people unhinged in this country. Here are reports on both

the republicans and of this mornings debacle at the Dem breakfast as well as outside the convention hall.


So here we are..


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-gops-new-convention-theme-lock-her-up/2016/07/20/e4ceb7c0-4e93-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/07/24/republicans-chanted-lock-her-up-at-the-rnc-but-what-do-delega/21437753/

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/07/24/bernie-sanders-supporters-chant-lock-her-up-in-philadelphia-protest-against-clinton/

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/bernie-sanders-delegates-democratic-convention-chaos

It appears to me we have moved from the Tea Party to the Me Party.

[Peacetrain]

66. Ah crap... Bernie will have to address this..

Those asshats had no interest in Bernie Sanders.. they are scabs.. willing to take up the worst of the republican chants and throw Senator Sanders under the bus.. and that is exactly what they are doing..throwing Bernie under the bus.. He ends up having to answer for those nimrods..

[sufrommich]

67. Absolutely vile. nt

[redStateBlueHeart]

68. It's getting harder and harder to distinguish some of Sanders' most militant supporters

From Trump supporters

[Cali_Democrat]

69. Hmmmm.......

[BlueMTexpat]

70. I am SO sick of these

people.

[Hekate]

71. Bernie Sanders needs to make a full-throated repudiation of those asses NOW

Unless he wants a pack of infiltrators and tools to be the face of the campaign he fought so hard, he has to do this NOW. The campaign is over. Trump and Manafort will eat them all for breakfast the day after Trump wins.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

72. They are my mortal enemies and if they don't loathe me as much as I loathe them I have failed.

[kestrel91316]

76. They sure aren't Democrats. That's straight from the Republican playbook.