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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:40 PM May 2016

Business state Democratic chairwoman oversees targeted by Berners

Business state Democratic chairwoman oversees targeted by Berners
by Jon Ralston Tue, 05/17/2016 - 06:46

Irate Berne Sanders supporters did not just leave threatening voicemails and texts for state Democratic Party Chairwoman Roberta Lange but also launched an assault on the businesses she oversees, the owner says.

Tom Gallagher, the former Caesars CEO and congressional candidate, said that his son's tavern, the Porchlight Grille, began receiving threats shortly after the convention ended in chaos Saturday. Lange is the day operations manager there.

"Beginning about 3am on Sunday morning our bartenders at Porchlight Grille began getting non-stop phone threats from Bernie partisans," Gallagher told me via email. "The level of threats including death threats and vitriol was astonishing. One of our bartenders was actually a Bernie supporter and was stunned at the threats he was hearing on the phone. He began to respond telling people that he was just trying to do his job and pay off his student loans and their tactics were harming his livelihood. It made no difference to the callers. Their goal was to harass and as became clear....to shut down the business and Roberta’s job with it."

https://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/business-state-democratic-chairwoman-oversees-targeted-berners
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Business state Democratic chairwoman oversees targeted by Berners (Original Post) workinclasszero May 2016 OP
I hope arrests are made. spooky3 May 2016 #1
+ a million! BlueMTexpat May 2016 #7
Who could want such behavior on their side? BobbyDrake May 2016 #2
They have taken hate to a criminal level liberal N proud May 2016 #3
Disgusting behavior SharonClark May 2016 #4
Sounds like a RICO violation to me. nt SunSeeker May 2016 #5
Is this what the Revolution looks like? Sparkly May 2016 #6

BlueMTexpat

(15,366 posts)
7. + a million!
Tue May 17, 2016, 03:28 PM
May 2016

This type of harassment cannot be tolerated.

If Bernie does not - IMMEDIATELY - condemn it, he does not even deserve to be a candidate for President, IMO.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
2. Who could want such behavior on their side?
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:44 PM
May 2016

The bad press on such activities is inevitable. When has this behavior ever succeeded in achieving anything positive?

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
4. Disgusting behavior
Tue May 17, 2016, 02:51 PM
May 2016

How would any sane person think this is acceptable?

They're like a virus that escaped the outrage blog sites (like DU, Salon and reddit) and now threaten the village.
Some adult they trust needs to rein them in before their delusional heads explode.

More proof they are not Democrats.

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