Bloomberg campaign hits Sanders over reports of Russian interference

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Michael Bloomberg’s campaign seized on reports that Russia has sought to interfere in the 2020 election to boost the campaigns of his Democratic presidential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and President Trump.

“This is a no-brainer for the Russians,” Bloomberg’s campaign tweeted Friday. “They either nominate the weakest candidate to take on their puppet Trump, or they elect a socialist as President.”

Bloomberg's campaign weighed in after separate reports surfaced in The Washington Post and The New York Times that Russia is intending to meddle in the 2020 election to support both Sanders and Trump.

Bloomberg’s campaign mocked Sanders after The Washington Post reported that officials told the senator that Russia was seeking to interfere in the election to help his campaign. The former New York City mayor's campaign tweeted a post in Russian that roughly translated to “feel the burn,” a play on words of the Sanders catchphrase “feel the bern.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/484148-bloomberg-campaign-hits-sanders-over-russian-interference

[evertonfc]

1. lol

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Bloomberg is on the money with this one.

Putin has skin in both camps if Bernie is the nominee, even if Bernie is unaware of it.

You either get a dictator who is no problem for Putin, or a socialist who's weak and compliant.

We need a strong democracy that stands up for our system of government! Looks to me like Biden, Warren, Bloomberg, and perhaps Pete and Amy remain in the hunt.

[R B Garr]

3. Thank you, Bloomberg.

[melman]

4. Julia Ioffe

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[Gothmog]

5. #BernieKnew is trending on twitter

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