Good volunteer. He really cares. About what I have no idea. https://t.co/S1DpCLZMEz
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) May 24, 2016
The Jerusalem Post’s Lahav Harkov reports that one of her friends was on the receiving end of a nasty anti-Semitic attack from a Bernie Sanders volunteer after the friend calmly told the caller that she would never support the Vermont socialist for president.
“Oh, you’re ISRAEL people,” the Bernie bro allegedly said. “I HATE all of you so much. I hate ALL of you. GOODBYE.”
A friend of mine got a call from a Bernie bro… pic.twitter.com/ANsmyfBfM4
— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) May 22, 2016
Ugly. But anti-Israel Sanders supporters are nothing new:
LOL, what are you doing pic.twitter.com/ZIxKhVJvSf
— Michael Arria (@michaelarria) May 18, 2016
And Israel is expected to become a greater issue as Clinton and Sanders head toward the convention in Philadelphia later this summer, with Sanders promising to push for an elevation of “Palestinian rights”:
WaPo: Sanders plans to push for the Democrats to elevate "Palestinian rights as a U.S. priority” https://t.co/PfMqByoWJy
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) May 20, 2016
The first Jewish Democratic candidate to win primaries, demands this:
I just love @BernieSanders.#Israel #Palestine pic.twitter.com/Ls8kg077DO— Salam Morcos (@SalamMorcos) May 20, 2016
Good luck with that.
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