Bloomberg campaign hits Sanders over reports of Russian interference

[RandySF]

Mike 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, who made a late entry into the 2020 race in November, has for months insisted that Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, would be a weak contender to face Trump in November and that only a centrist like himself can win.


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

[R B Garr]

1. We shouldn't have to go through this again.

Someone needs to get to the bottom of who knows what and why his “ surge” coincides with when he got this news.

Edit: Thanks to Bloomberg for seizing on this!

[uponit7771]

5. +1, there looks to be little reason why Sanders didn't denounce outside involvement in US elections

... the second he found out.

He could've been generic about it but loud and concerted as he is about his magic wand HCI math

[Cal Carpenter]

7. And Bloomberg 'surged' while he was directly paying people to tweet about him.

[dalton99a]

2. Intelligence official: "Hey Bernie, Russia is helping your campaign."

Bernie: "Okay. Now get off my lawn."

[Me.]

3. Good

he should've said something, he should've taken charge of the way his staff talks about people and he should release his medical records. He should be transparent...

[uponit7771]

4. K&R, Why didn't Sanders denounce outside involvement in US elections when he found out?

[Cal Carpenter]

6. Meanwhile, Twitter just banned a bunch of paid Bloomberg accounts n/t