Sanders Town Hall participants doxxed, harassed by ALLEGED supporters after asking questions. [View all]

[RandySF]

At a CNN town hall meeting Monday night, Sanders was asked many tough questions, including ones about his never-released tax returns, his stance on the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, and whether or not he supports reparations for African-Americans. One of the toughest, asked by a female college student, concerned the recently-revealed sexual harassment scandals that occurred during his last presidential campaign in 2016 — as well as his response to them, when he said on Anderson Cooper 360 that while said events transpired, he was “a little bit busy running around the country trying to be elected president.”

“How can a voter like me [a woman of color] feel confident in your ability to represent the party?” she asked. Sanders replied that his response to Cooper was “taken out of context” (even though she had quoted it to him word for word), and told moderator Wolf Blitzer that he took the issue “very seriously.”

The next day, Sanders fan “Progressive Blacksmith” (handle ProgBlacksmith1) tweeted information about this questioner to his followers.

This activity is called “Doxxing,” which Merriam-Webster defines, in part, as “publicly identify[ing] or publish[ing] private information…especially as a form of punishment or revenge.”

When Sanders senior advisor Josh Orton told him that his actions were inappropriate, he responded meekly, “There seem to be conflicting opinions on this, so everyone is entitled to it.”

“Well, I’m expressing mine. It’s not helpful,” Orton replied.

“Okay, cool…I don’t agree with you. Not sure what else you want me to say,” ProgBlacksmith1 said.

But that didn’t stop him from harassing other women, such as writer Leah McElrath, who criticized his actions and found herself attacked by other Sanders supporters for doing so.




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