Exclusive: Warren accused Sanders in tense post-debate exchange of calling her a 'liar'

[W_HAMILTON]

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[Cha]

1. Booom!

[helpisontheway]

2. Yup...pretty clear who the liar is....You don't confront someone

like that if you are lying about a conversation. The true liar wants to talk about it later.

[Amimnoch]

5. Yep. My thoughts exactly. -nt

[Cuthbert Allgood]

13. Or maybe he knew the mics were hot and wanted to talk about it privately?

'Cause they were hot.

[bearsfootball516]

3. Yeah, it's totally a "media created" feud.

It’s clear that there’s no love lost between Warren and Sanders, regardless of what the media reports.

[Cha]

4. Yeah, the media didn't "create" that conversation.

it was reported "cnn had turned off the audio by then".. wonder who got it?

[Cuthbert Allgood]

15. They record everything all the time.

They had "turned off the audio" feed live. Anyone should know that if you have a microphone on you, it's hot.

[Bradshaw3]

6. The THIRD thread on the "feud" from a Biden supporter

And I'm only about 12 threads in on the first page. Perhaps because it is being touted as helping Biden?

[W_HAMILTON]

8. I was a Warren supporter for most of this primary and have actually donated the most $$ to her.

And I actually donated to her again last night as a show of support for her calling out Sanders on his lies.

Just because one supports a certain candidate does not meant that they hate the others. My current choice for supporting Biden is actually because I do not like Sanders and do not want him to win the nomination. This "feud" is just yet another reason I do not like this man. And, having said that, this is coming from someone that voted for him in 2016. We are all seeing on a national stage how he is prone to turn off even allies.

[yardwork]

14. Sanders is prone to turning off allies. That's it exactly.

Watching the post-debate encounter between Warren and Sanders, I see a big contrast in how the two people handled this.

Warren was calm but firm. Bernie erupted in anger at her, shook his finger in her face, then abruptly stalked off. Apparently he was also rude to Tom Steyer, who just tried to say hello.

We've witnessed the same behavior from Sanders in the past. He has anger management issues. It's his way or the highway. This is why his record in the Senate is so poor. He doesn't make alliances to get things done. He's all talk.

[Hoyt]

7. A pitiful display by two presidential candidates. Jeeez.

[PassingFair]

10. I heard Bernie trying NOT to engage.

I think her going after him on the stage like that was cringe worthy.

[yardwork]

16. Shaking his finger in her face is trying not to engage?

[Cuthbert Allgood]

17. Agreed. That's NOT the time to do that.

He didn't tell her to shut up, but that they should talk about it later. Like, you know, when the mics aren't hot.

[BannonsLiver]

20. Well one of them was pitiful

This is not a moment for bothsiderisms.

[JudyM]

9. As another DUer pointed out wisely in another thread

... how curious it is that her statement was not “you lied on national tv”... makes you think 🤔

[yardwork]

18. Makes me think that Warren is diplomatic.

[JudyM]

19. Yardwork

Are you following me around?!

She darted right over to him and accused him, in front of the whole audience... nothing about that looked diplomatic to me. Bernie’s spontaneous reaction was to openly greet her, he didn’t look like someone who just lied about her, not at all.

[BannonsLiver]

21. lol

[yardwork]

22. I see a different dynamic.

I saw Warren calmly walk up to Bernie and speak to him in a low voice, keeping her body still. The debate was over and I doubt any of them realized that they were still on audio.

I disagree that "she darted right up to him." That sounds so sexist to me, as if she were hysterical (another sexist term used to keep women in their place).

And no, I'm not following you around.

[Cha]

11. Good on Elizabeth!

[R B Garr]

12. I can't stop watching this.

Absolute exposure.

[melman]

23. She knew the mic was still hot and tried to get something juicy for CNN

He's too smart to fall for it. Good for him