Editor’s note: This post has been updated with a response from Bernie Sanders.
Whoops!
Memo to the Bernie Sanders campaign: DO NOT let your surrogates refer to other Democrats — including Hillary Clinton — as “Democratic whores.” It doesn’t go well.
This happened last night at Sanders’ rally in Washington Square Park in New York City:
https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/720388731262251008
https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/720389175665684480
The remarks were reportedly made by a Dr. Paul Song. Here’s the transcript via Blue Nation Review:
Now Secretary Clinton has said that Medicare for all will never happen. [boos] Well, I agree with Secretary Clinton that Medicare for all will never happen if we have a president who never aspires for something greater than the status quo. [cheers] Medicare for all will never happen if we continue to elect corporate Democratic whores [cheers] who are beholden to big pharma and the private insurance industry instead of us.”
Song has since apologized for his choice of words:
https://twitter.com/paulysong/status/720416305699024898
And he’s trying to say he never meant it about Hillary Clinton personally, even though he literally referenced her in the previous sentence:
https://twitter.com/paulysong/status/720413493325905920
https://twitter.com/paulysong/status/720412362264723456
Oh, so that makes it OK, Bernie?
The comment has #DemocraticWhores trending nationally this morning thanks to both Hillary and Bernie supporters:
Hey @CNN, #DemocraticWhores has been trending all night. Maybe you should cover it.
— Kelly ツ (@kellwoohoo) April 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/Simon_Bravery/status/720518593218244608
#DemocraticWhores Won 5 of the 6 must win Battlegrounds states that elects the president (OH, FL, VA, NC, MO) only PA left
— Change On The Horizon (@SFL4Hillary) April 14, 2016
Let's brighten the #DemocraticWhores hash tag up. Record breaking 27,000 at tonight's #WashingtonSquarePark 4Bernie! pic.twitter.com/Pq3FlZNaRF
— azforberniesanders (@azforbern) April 14, 2016
Hey .@BernieSanders –your surrogate, @paulysong who called us #DemocraticWhores?
Who yelled about #BigPharma? Look!https://t.co/UHB7pghytd— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) April 14, 2016
#democraticwhores Saved the US auto industry.
— Kevin (@mcnamee_kevin) April 14, 2016
Bernie should really apologize to Hillary and the vast majority of the Democratic Party! We are not #DemocraticWhores! #ImWithHer
— George Fayner (@georgefayner) April 14, 2016
An apology? Bernie probably will. But this Sanders supporter has it right:
Fans of candidate who used "superpredator," "bring them to heel," & "CP time" are rather quick to judge misuse of a word. #democraticwhores
— Lisa Beliveau (@LisaBeliveau) April 14, 2016
Yep. Hillary is a hypocrite.
Update. Bernie Sanders responds:
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
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