Bernie supporters stalk a Dem candidate in Illinois, surround her car and shout "Block her in"

[octoberlib]

Link to tweet

Bizarre. Watch these Bernie Bros stalk
@BetsyforIL
and then surround her car last night, while they shout, "Block her in!" They scream at her to debate a fringe far-left candidate who only has 2 donors from Illinois.

Here's the other thing: Betsy has participated in a forum with her primary opponent already. Her campaign tells me they haven't declined any invitations. This is
@BetsyforIL
's second straight campaign where young males have confronted her in public like this.

The guys in the video describe themselves as democratic socialists. They posted this Facebook Live video last night after staking out a public event. This is precisely the kind of aggressive bullying
@PeteButtigieg
and
@EWarren
chided
@BernieSanders
for during the last debate.

[highplainsdem]

1. Disgusting.

[apcalc]

2. Vile

[mysteryowl]

3. Please, be careful about posting things like this.

There is a high potential they are black flag workers.

[Blue_true]

14. Oh come on, every time stuff like this happens, Warren or Sanders

supporters call it a potential blackflag operation. Not all Warren supporters do it, but too many do.

The people blocking the car were the same types that caused chaos at the convention in 2016.

[mysteryowl]

15. Sorry, but you can't know that to be true.

The best example I know of is demonstrations that go violent. Agitators are intentionally inserted to do just that.

[NoDakLinda]

16. Or maybe a tin foil hat?

[Blue_true]

17. The thing that strikes me is the consistency of the denials.

We saw what Bernie supporters are like in Philladelphia 16.

[LanternWaste]

24. That very same could be applied to posts as well. Like yours for example.

All it takes is an implication lacking objective evidence to support it, and the word 'possible' or 'potential.'

So please, be careful about posting unsupported suspicions.
(six of one, half a dozen of the other...)

[lapfog_1]

4. lovely people

Democrats should not engage in these sorts of activities.

[Kurt V.]

5. i totally believe this.

[NurseJackie]

6. This is also why caucuses are bad...

... bullying and intimidation.

[hedda_foil]

7. This is extraordinarily unlikely to have been Bernie supporters. The goal is to smear him.

[showblue22]

8. It's going to get worse as the election nears.

[captain queeg]

9. I had some Bernie supporter text me. I just deleted it.

But no one else has ever tracked me down personally like that. I didn’t appreciate it just like I don’t appreciate any spam. It’s one thing getting political emails but I don’t like the invasion of privacy of tracking down my phone number (they addressed me by name). I really don’t mind Bernie but see why are a lot of people are turned off by his supporters tactics.

[JudyM]

12. You're in a Democratic Party database, as likely most of us are. At some point you provided your

phone number.

[Jose Garcia]

10. Fake news! They're probably just Russian bots

[Cha]

11. Kick to expose..

[dalton99a]

13. Kick

[squirecam]

18. Move the car forward.

These people are scary and harassing her.

I’d have no sympathy if the get run over in the process.

[peggysue2]

19. Another charming group!

Sure to win votes--for the woman they're harassing, that is.

This behavior is ridiculous and obnoxious.

[redqueen]

20. So now every democratic socialist anywhere is a "Bernie supporter"

Interesting tactic

[highplainsdem]

21. Mediaite article on this:

https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-berserk-bernie-sanders-fans-trap-woman-congressional-candidate-in-her-car-block-her-in/

[Peacetrain]

22. Holy Cow!..

[mcar]

23. Stalking and threatening a woman

Screaming at her and blocking her in. This is criminal behavior.