#BernieLostMe Hashtag Trends on Twitter Following Violence in Nevada

[RogerM]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernielostme-hashtag-trends-twitter-violence-nevada/story?id=39227259

Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is feeling the burn on social media after the hashtag #BernieLostMe started trending Wednesday in response to a group of his supporters who became violent at a Nevada political event this weekend.

“#BernieLostMe when he failed to tell the truth about dangerous behavior of his followers in Nevada last weekend,” Twitter user Tara Gold wrote last night.

[ViseGrip]

1. ITs the game. Our media is now the biggest campaigners of all!

They can do this now, because cable is private and everyone thinks they need that shit piped into their homes, to watch TV. Not true.

Fighting back, is only slight 'adjustments' in being effective, hurting them where it counts. the money.

[Sheepshank]

30. The clickety click group doesn't like the current clickety click trends?

I'm sure there is a social media poll out there somewhere that will counter these tweets.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. 70% pro bernie lol. also see #hillarylostme

[AzDar]

24. They Just. Don't. Get. It.

[frylock]

47. Everytime they try and twitterbomb, it backfires.

Fuckin idiots!

[FlatBaroque]

84. no they don't, so they cheat, which sucks

[mooseprime]

3. there is zero evidence supporting any kind of violence taking place

and lots of video evidence showing it didn't happen. how about you self-delete this post?

[Cali_Democrat]

7. It doesn't matter. The story has taken shape

and it doesn't look good for Bernie.

Most Democrats oppose violence.

[TCJ70]

13. The truth doesn't matter?

To you? Or just in general?

[mindwalker_i]

23. It's been pretty edivent for a while

[TCJ70]

42. Don't get me wrong...

...I'm not surprised.

[AzDar]

26. There it is... Holy Faux Chaos, Batman! The truth doesn't matter to their side...

[Duckhunter935]

62. Yep, been that way for awhile

[reformist2]

45. Your fake meme didn't catch on. It backfired.

[frylock]

48. It doesn't matter. The story has taken shape

[TimPlo]

58. By violence

You mean violence of throwing a chair, not violence of bombing a 100,000 people to death in a country that Clinton voted to invade.

[riversedge]

9. Yelling and screaming and calling a respected Dem Senator a **ch is violence, while she is on

on stage giving an invited speech and standing in for Hillary. Nina Turner stood in for Sanders and gave an invited speech and the Hillary supporters listened--They did NOT act disrespectful to her!

[frylock]

49. No, that's called being uncivil.

This is a damn insult to real victims of violence.

[riversedge]

87. I call it violent behavior. They got ticked off and could not control their emotions. Acting out

out two yr olds with tantrums. Shame on them.

[frylock]

89. You can call it whatever the fuck you like.

You clearly have never been a victim of violence. But by all means, go ahead and cheapen the term just as you have with sexism and racism.

[riversedge]

90. I will and thank you.

[reACTIONary]

35. LOL, anyone can see the video evidence, and I did myself...

.... including the guy lifting a chair to throw.

Bernie lost. Hillary won, snd she won fair and square. Grow up. Get over it.

[frylock]

50. Video evidence of what?

Babs Boxer flipping the bird?

[reACTIONary]

69. Violence and holiganism ....

...... it's there for anyone to see, and I've watched it.

Its a national disgrace and should be condemned rather than self righteously defended.

[frylock]

72. There was no violence. That was civil unrest.

My fucking gawd, the Republicans are going to tear you to shreds.

[reACTIONary]

75. Um hummm,..

..equivication, denial, pious self justification. We've now seen the end of sanders and his "political revolution"

Mr. Sanders denies reality when he tells supporters he still has a plausible pathway to the Democratic presidential nomination. But passion cannot trump reality. It also cannot excuse violence, threats and attempts at mob rule. It is past time for Mr. Sanders to be honest with his supporters, before they take the campaign’s irresponsible ethos to greater extremes and thereby help ensure the election of Donald Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/after-tensions-explode-in-nevada-its-time-for-sanders-to-be-honest-with-his-supporters/2016/05/18/f17c2468-1d2d-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html

[frylock]

83. Fuckin rubes.

[frylock]

82. Well shit, if the Washington Post calls it violence, then it must be.

If you think booing and shouting is violent, you lead a very sheltered life. Now go climb back under your bed.

[reACTIONary]

92. Since you like wapo so much ...

Here's more . ..

Sanders and his campaign are being shamefully irresponsible. Rather than accept defeat, they claim loudly that the party’s nominating process was rigged against them. They display a degree of entitlement that they have not earned..... he has to do more than just modulate his rhetoric against Clinton. He and his campaign must stop attacking the Democratic Party in a way that might discourage voters in the fall.

I mean right now. This is serious.

Sanders’s scorched-earth campaign is a gift to Trump
http://wapo.st/1U3g0Kd

I would add his followers must stop their violent tactics. I mean right now. This is serious.

[frylock]

93. I'm being super serial!

[beergood]

96. funny

"Sanders and his campaign are being shamefully irresponsible. Rather than accept defeat, they claim loudly that the party’s nominating process was rigged against them. They display a degree of entitlement that they have not earned..... he has to do more than just modulate his rhetoric against Clinton. He and his campaign must stop attacking the Democratic Party in a way that might discourage voters in the fall."


they said the same thing when Gore contested the 2000 election.

[reACTIONary]

97. Here is some further background . .....

...... regarding sander's corrosive attitude towards the democratic party and his unwillingness to be a constructive player against trump and the republicans. Covers his campaign's release regarding the violence in Nevada - which he personally revised in order to allege it was Clinton’s fault (LOL)

“I don’t know who advised him that this was the right route to take, but we are now actively destroying what Bernie worked so hard to build over the last year just to pick up two fucking delegates in a state he lost,” rapid response director Mike Casca complained to Weaver in an internal campaign email obtained by POLITICO.

No one advised him - it was his own bright idea.


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041

[peace13]

60. He put it down, got a hug and everyone was instructed to sit down.

In your mind, how did that go?

[reACTIONary]

70. Awwww, the big lug....

.... doesn't know his own strength. Give him a big hug and, gosh, gee, everything is ok.

The guy picked up a chair and threatened people with it. Sorry, thats holiganism, violence and totally out of all bounds.

It's a national disgrace and should be condemned rather than self righteously defended.

[Duckhunter935]

64. And no chairs were thrown as the Bernie

Supporters took control and deescalated the situation.

[reACTIONary]

71. The guy picks up a chair ....

..... and threatens people with it, and you are quibbling about whether it was thrown or not? This sort of violence and holiganism has no place in our democratic process. It is the direct antithesis of denocracy.

It's a national disgrace and should be forthrightly condemned rather than excused, equivicated or self righteously defended.

[Duckhunter935]

73. And the Bernie supporters defuse it and calm him down.

I do have a quibble with the outright lies being stated by posters like you. In a room in a casino with wall to wall cameras and everyone with cell phones, funny how no video shows a chair being thrown like is stated dozens of times here by Hillary supporters. But they did post in another thread the truth does not matter. The truth DOES matrer.

[Renew Deal]

65. Do things only happen if you see them with your own eyes?

[mikeysnot]

4. ^^^^^^^^

[Sheepshank]

32. oh wow....discussion board has turned into FB pictorials...thanks BS supporters (not) nt

[frylock]

51. ..

[Sheepshank]

85. poor little lost sheep.

[frylock]

86. ..

[anotherproletariat]

5. I've been seeing this hashtag! I was wondering how popular it was! nt

[azurnoir]

6. Just checked that out on Twitter and all I can say is #EforeffortTara

[auntpurl]

8. Ooh, even social media is turning away.

The last straw.

[pmorlan1]

12. Nice Try

They are mostly pro-Bernie. lol

[auntpurl]

17. Yeah, ok.

I mean, anyone can go and look at the hashtag and see that's not true.

[Luminous Animal]

43. Okay.... just looked at it. Flooded with pro-Bernie posts

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BernieLostMe&src=tyah

[reACTIONary]

36. And since they are pro bernnie...

... he must have won the primary!!

[JRLeft]

33. Wrong it's pro Bernie.

[NWCorona]

10. I looked but could find any Bernie supporters who got lost

[longship]

11. No violence in Nevada.

None.

As Cenk Uygur reports. No video of violence.

Where is the so-called chair throwing? Show us all! Please. (I asked nicely.)
That's right. There is none. Just made up shit.

Cenk breaks it down...

[Sheepshank]

34. Cenk also failed to properly clarify and verify registration changes as noted by a DUer

...and then went full bore into publicizing a manufactured outrage.

His credibility is in the toilet.

[longship]

40. I think he's pretty much on target.

No violence there, in spite of the contrived narrative of whoever was spouting "chair throwing".

If you disagree, I want to see the evidence. Otherwise, you are merely making shit up. Just as Cenk says.

Put up, or shut up.

The only violence in NV was to the democratic process (small d) which was the entire point, which you apparently did not comprehend.

I will patiently wait for evidence to the contrary.

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock...

There you go. You have nothing but made up shit. A long reach for a candidate who claims that she is winning. Actually, kind of pitiful.

And you want your candidate to be supported in November? Well, I will. But good luck getting enough for a majority, especially with these tactics. Those voice votes started this. Who would claim that as ethical?

[hellofromreddit]

52. Neat. But there was still no violence.

[Doctor_J]

14. Hillarians are more susceptible to lies and propaganda than the limbeciles IMO

[bobbobbins01]

55. I don't think they believe it. This is just where they try some of it out.

No one can be that dumb. At least I hope not.

[FlatBaroque]

15. .

[JustinL]

16. what violence? n/t

[bunnies]

21. People were throwing their voices!

[Art_from_Ark]

77. Oh, the horror of it all!

[FlatBaroque]

18. The CLinton campaign of 2016 is the most fake, phony, plastic, polyester

throw-poo-on-the-wall campaign that I have ever witnessed. I plead with the Creator to please make the Clinton's and her acolytes go away forever.

[reACTIONary]

41. Bernie lost... hillsry won....

..... she won fair and square. Grow up. Get over it.

[Ed Suspicious]

78. ROT.

[reACTIONary]

94. LOL

[Maedhros]

19. Tweets paid for by the Clinton Campaign.[n/t]

[Capt. Obvious]

20. I wish that was the kind of violence we had in my town

much better than the all the murders.

[Skwmom]

22. When you have a million dollars to throw around...

[reACTIONary]

39. When you have three million votes over your opponent . ...

[frylock]

57. When you have fewer than 12 Federal Agents currently investigating you...

[GreatGazoo]

25. worried about California I see

lies won't win it for her

[reACTIONary]

38. Three million votes over the top...

.... might do it though.

[ProfessorPlum]

28. wow, how dumb people are, and how easily manipulated

[Hell Hath No Fury]

31. Oh look!

[Ron Green]

37. Hillary is the plan, always has been.

The big media don't control Twitter, but they control what tweets make the news.

[ThePhilosopher04]

44. There was no violence in Nevada

[Number23]

46. Love that people are even trying to pretend that this hash tag is a pro-Clinton strategy and that

the comments are all pro-Bernie.

This one is good:

Joe Bergeon ?@joebergeon 4m4 minutes ago

#BernieLostMe when he lost. Which was a long time ago. #HRCisOurNominee

And Propane Jane is TEARING IT UP as usual.

Propane Jane ?@docrocktex26 6h6 hours ago

#BernieLostMe when he tried to sell the lie that "he marched with MLK" then called the Black South low info because we didn't buy it.

And this and many others were just in the first 8 tweets I saw on the page. Not that that will do anything for the "all the comments are actually PRO Bernie!11" folks.

[Doctor_J]

66. Well if they don't "buy" that Sanders took part in in freedom marches in the 60's, then

I think calling them low info is being kind, as is typical of Bernie

[Number23]

81. Not even close to what that comment said. But I don't think that anyone will be surprised that

you in particular, misunderstood.

[demmiblue]

53. Why are people so easily mislead by propaganda?

Must be a personality defect.

[Dont call me Shirley]

54. Hello, no violence happened in NV.

[Jester Messiah]

56. Trends on zombie twitter accounts purchased by the bushel.

Not hardly legit.

[Duckhunter935]

59. Another dead account

Mysteriously comes to life to bash Bernie and push falsehoods. Is the video of actual violence in a place with complete video coverage?

[frylock]

61. ..

[bonemachine]

63. I did the math:

Out of the top 25 posts, 18 were pro-Bernie.

[arendt]

67. Are those like the instantly available Tea Party paraphenalia?

Nothing says packaged marketing like a full court media press.

If you are going to provoke people, its only good marketing to have merchandise on hand to sell.

[PeoViejo]

68. 20,000 paid trolls have a Hate-fest

and nobody notices, until a paid shill at ABC writes an ifomercial about it.

[riversedge]

74. ah. you having sad....

Enjoy

[haikugal]

76. Squirrel!!! And the Hillary troll army is off!!!

[JesterCS]

91. Lol trending from that 1 million spent on social media by Shilllary n/t

[TheFarseer]

95. Anything to change the subject

On which candidate represents working people and who represents big money interests. Anything including smearing a great American statesman as racist misogynistic and violent. Unbelievable what some people have stooped to to nail down a win, except that if you've been paying attention, it's not surprising.