Sanders-Warren dispute jolts Bernie's base into action

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After the Tuesday night debate, his supporters filled Twitter referring to Warren with snake emojis and caused “#LyingLiz;” “#NeverWarren;” and “#WarrenisaSnake” to trend Wednesday on the social media platform.

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In September, Sanders himself had to tweet he opposes “racist bullying and harassment” after some backers besieged the Working Families Party for endorsing Warren, whose advisers contend that marked the beginning of aggression against her from Sanders’ partisans.

That hostility increased after POLITICO reported last week that Sanders’ field staff was using unflattering talking points to describe Warren.

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Karen Finney, a senior Clinton adviser, said she’s familiar with the reaction of Sanders supporters who rally when Sanders is attacked, especially considering how the topic that played out this week. “[T]here seems to be an element of sexism, grievance and Bernie is fighting for them,” she said.

Democratic women have reacted viscerally to the condemnation of Warren by Sanders backers because it reminds them so much of what happened four years ago, Finney said.

“This time they’re not going to let the Bernie Bros do what they did last time,” she said. “There’s resentment still. There’s a scar there. And the wound reopened.”