A reporter was doxxed after publishing a story about Sanders' campaign staffer's harassing tweets

[ehrnst]

A regional field director in Michigan, Ben Mora, tweeted that Sen. Amy Klobuchar "looks like her name: pained, chunky, [and] confused origin/purpose," called Sen. Elizabeth Warren a "dumb Okie" and "an adult diaper fetishist," and disparaged her appearance. He also tweeted that former Mayor Pete Buttigieg "is what happens when the therapist botches the conversion."

Mora was fired soon after Bixby's story was published in the Daily Beast on Monday, according to the campaign's communications director, Mike Casca, who told the Beast, "We are running a multiracial, multigenerational campaign for justice where disgusting behavior and ugly personal attacks by our staff will not be tolerated."
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But Bixby quickly became the subject of extensive online harassment from purported Sanders supporters. Bixby tweeted screenshots of thousands of text messages and voice mails he received in the hours after the story was published.

Link to tweet

This all comes days after Sanders publicly condemned and distanced himself from online supporters, or so-called "Bernie Bros," who engage in harassment, including those who targeted the female leaders of Nevada's Culinary Union after the union criticized Sanders' Medicare for All plan.

https://www.businessinsider.com/journalist-doxxed-after-reporting-about-sanders-staffers-tweets-2020-2

[Squinch]

1. Shocked! Shocked I tell you! But it's all Russians.

[ehrnst]

3. So I hear...

[mr_lebowski]

5. With something like this, that would actually be believable ...

It's exactly the kind of thing it'd be easy to bring bots to bear to do.

Not saying it IS that way, but it's not ridiculous to speculate.

For the record ...

[ehrnst]

9. But why would Russia do something that would not be very flattering to

Sanders? He was briefed that Russia is supporting his campaign.

After all, this incident makes it look like he has little influence with his supporters, as he stated once that he didn't approve of harassment and bullying.

[Squinch]

10. They're playing three dimensional chess.

[ehrnst]

11. Ah yes.

[brush]

17. Nah, that stuff doesn't come from an English as a second language speaker.

[PatSeg]

7. Those darn Russians!!!

[Mike Nelson]

2. There is a group...

... that believes the "Revolution" is more important than, and excuses, this behavior. I trust they are a minority.

[Kota]

4. Trump voters make the same argument.

[ehrnst]

8. You trust they are a minority.

I am not so sure.

[RandySF]

6. Nope, no misbehavior here.

[betsuni]

12. K&R

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. Culinary workers overwhelmingly supported Sanders.

[George II]

14. In one precinct, and it wasn't overwhelming. He won by only 30 votes in that precinct...

The "overwhelming" adjective is based on estimates, people don't list their union affiliation or occupation on their ballots.

[blm]

15. Sober, you know this stuff needs to stop.

It’s Trump-worthy, not Sanders-worthy.

The campaign needs to rein in the sociopath faction before it ends up representing the whole campaign.

Nobody needs them that bad.

[ehrnst]

19. +1000.

[Blue_Tires]

16. They sure know how to win friends and influence people

[Gothmog]

18. Who is surprised by this?

[dalton99a]

20. Kick

[Blue_Tires]

21. It gets worse:

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

22. Despicable assholes

[Codeine]

24. Bros gonna bro.

Smug little fuckheads.

[Cha]

23. kick