When Twitchy reported that Bernie Sanders fans had chosen to protest Hillary Clinton’s $33,400 a plate dinner with George Clooney by throwing loose change and Monopoly money at her motorcade, video of the demonstration never, ever suggested to us that her opponents were treating Clinton like a pole dancer. That’s why there’s MSNBC, apparently.
Joy Reid rolled video of the protest over the weekend and was shocked at “people throwing dollar bills as if in a strip club,” with the exception that the “stripper” was locked up tight in a lengthy motorcade of black SUVs with blacked out windows. Still, the protest came just a week after Bernie Sanders surrogate Dr. Paul Song managed to get the #DemocraticWhores hashtag trending in Clinton’s honor.
@MSNBC @BernieSanders Am I the only one who thought they are comparing Hillary to a stripper when they showered her in dollar bills?
— Sami (@SamiPynes) April 17, 2016
I had the same reaction as @JoyAnnReid to the money-throwing thing. Coming just after the Dem whore debacle, it was…tone deaf.
— Karoli (@Karoli) April 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/MrDane1982/status/721756422845960192
No one said she was common.
You throw money at Hillary's car like she's a stripper and you wonder why Dr Song felt comfortable using the word "whore"?
— Black hopes matter (@andrewadastra) April 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/gregpinelo/status/722060691423830017
Throwing one dollar bills at Hillary Clinton. Like she's a stripper? Wait until my #HillaryMen DM hears about this…
— Morton Downey III (@cushbomb) April 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/ShoelessJoe1910/status/721863418920087552
https://twitter.com/Mama_Jones2013/status/721900352803512321
you called Hillary a,whore and now berners are throwing dollar bill at her as if she is a stripper. Are you proud? https://t.co/6QwFOKPHAm
— #NotMyPresident(Resist)?️? (@BVGamble) April 18, 2016
Today's episode of "The Ben Shapiro Show" is out — why nobody would throw money at Hillary like a stripper. https://t.co/4tjvbH5WHX
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/FrankieTease/status/722174766233202688
https://twitter.com/jig_stick/status/721884579074809856
Sanders quickly distanced himself from Song after his “corporate Democratic whores” comment.
Dr. Song's comment was inappropriate and insensitive. There's no room for language like that in our political discourse.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) April 14, 2016
Will he issue a tweet asking his supporters not to treat his opponent like a pole dancer? Maybe his campaign is still working on the wording.
For his part, George Clooney is admittedly upset and disgusted — with himself, for raising so much money for Clinton.
George Clooney & Hillary Clinton charged $350K just to sit with them and man are they are upset about it https://t.co/2zcqMMavCO
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 18, 2016
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