What Bernie's spokesperson thinks about John Lewis

[Amera]

Link to tweet

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That's disgusting.

[JudyM]

13. It's from 4 years ago...

[TwilightZone]

15. January 11th, 2017 is not four years ago.

She apparently sat on her witty comment for more than a year.

[JudyM]

18. Ok, 3 years ago. Still impliedly intended to stir up sh*t premised on his very sad diagnosis.

[TwilightZone]

21. It's part of a pattern of behavior.

To anyone who's paid attention the past few years, it's no surprise and she hasn't changed.

She shouldn't have been allowed within a light-year of the Sanders campaign. Then or now.

[sheshe2]

31. Yes.

a pattern of behavior.
a pattern of behavior.
a pattern of behavior.

She shouldn't have been allowed within a light-year of the Sanders campaign. Then or now.

[evertonfc]

30. Sanders

handlers stir shit daily.

[pnwmom]

83. It was a nasty thing for her to say whenever she said it. nt

[BannonsLiver]

17. Nice try

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. It was disgusting then and it's disgusting now.

The passage of time does not make it any less so. The fact that it was said publicly several years ago should have been a warning to Sanders that this person should not be part of his campaign. Instead, he hired a woman who was known to have slandered a respected Congressman and one of the heroes of the Civil Rights movement. If there's some excuse for that I can't think what it would be.

[tirebiter]

27. Feel free to post her heartfelt apology

Last edited Mon Dec 30, 2019, 06:02 AM - Edit history (1)

It should be somewhere in the ether.

[TidalWave46]

38. So she wasn't just shitting on the party during the election...

She continued to shit on the party and it’s icons after the election?

Thanks for pointing out how recent this was.

[JudyM]

39. Lol. Pot, meet kettle.

[TidalWave46]

41. No worries there.

She has crossed paths with Stein plenty of times.

[George II]

42. That she would say that about JOHN LEWIS in 2017, or 2007, or 1997, or 1987, or any time....

....is despicable.

She's an African American woman, benefiting from the pain and suffering and hard work of John Lewis over the last six decades. She should be more than ashamed of herself, SHE SHOULD DO BETTER THAN THAT!

[still_one]

47. Ms Gray not only voted for Jill Stein, but has no regrets doing so. What does that say?

[Drunken Irishman]

70. To a tweet that was made a year prior.

She literally went back through a year's worth of tweets to find this one to make a snide remark to one of the most important Americans of his era. She's vile.

[SidDithers]

76. Yup...

There's no way to know if Bernie hired her in spite of tweets like that, or because of tweets like that.

Sid

[betsuni]

80. +1

[RandySF]

191. It's still disgusting THREE years later

[applegrove]

2. Vicious.

[NurseJackie]

3. She's hateful and evil.

[George II]

4. But no surprise.

[NurseJackie]

14. She's also a Stein supporter/voter. I don't trust her.

Either she wasn't vetted, or nobody cared, or that was her appeal. It's hard to tell.

[George II]

43. The last two.

[Tiggeroshii]

67. Agreed. That tweet has no place on DU.

It's 3 years old and attacking a civil rights icon who was just diagnosed with cancer.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. This from the office of one of our supposed leaders?

[BannonsLiver]

6. Briahna is a real joy.

[Demsrule86]

16. I hope John Lewis can beat pancreatic cancer...so sad about this.

[marble falls]

92. Actually there's been a lot of progress in treating pancreatic cancer ...

in the last few years and as Barack Obama pointed out, John Lewis is a fighter.

[Demsrule86]

141. I was reading that....both lymphoma and pancreatic cancer....some reall progress there.

Prayers, good wishes...for John Lewis...wonderful man.

[marble falls]

148. I remember when any sort of Pancreas cancer was a quick death sentence ...

and it doesn't seem that long ago.

[Demsrule86]

190. It wasn't that long ago...I remember when I was a kid when Leukemia was a death sentence...now it

has a 90 + cure rate...depending on the type.

[LovingA2andMI]

7. She is straight up foul trash but....

This tweet is from 2017. January 11, 2017 to be exact.

[Amera]

8. Does she think differently now?

Today would be the best day for her to tell us.

[LovingA2andMI]

11. Does it matter?

The tweet is from January 11, 2017 and the Honorable Representative John Lewis is RIGHTFULLY focused on his health crisis at the moment or in other words, shit that matter.

Maybe you should try and do the same. I.E. Focus on John Lewis immediate health crisis.

[NurseJackie]

22. Of course it matters. I'm interested in knowing if she has any integrity...

Of course it matters. I'm interested in knowing if she has any integrity. We've seen her hate. We've seen her betrayal and treachery in her vote for Stein. Let's see what kind of compassion she can muster up (or even imitate convincingly).

All I'm saying is that if we're looking at her tweets and other ugly comments over time, she's a real piece of work.

[lapucelle]

163. This does matter. It was a revulsive tweet crafted to villify and shame a leader and an icon.

It was written and posted to diminish him.

She disgusts me.

[Hortensis]

124. :) Has she fallen on her head or had a personality transplant?

Gotten religion and learned that god hates those who bear false witness?

No saying for sure about those, of course, Amera, but she is working for Bernie Sanders again and she's big player in a nest of "surrogates" up to his same-old, so I'm guessing she's the same-old too.

[TwilightZone]

12. Doesn't matter.

It's part of a clear pattern of behavior that should have disqualified her from a position in any Democratic candidate's campaign.

[Cha]

24. Yes, we know.. has she apologized for this

disgraceful tweet?

[Pachamama]

96. Excellent question....has she?

I just know that when someone can make a remark like that it speaks volumes of who they truly are...

It says so much about who she is and whether she said it before John Lewis was diagnosed with Cancer or not is irrelevant. And it also says so much about the Sanders campaign in my opinion too. And if people want to defend this kind of comment about a civil rights icon and good person like John Lewis....well, that says a lot about them too.

[George II]

9. She has been absolutely vicious to all thing non-Bernie. It should be noted - she voted for Stein.

[BannonsLiver]

19. And when Bernie is once again not the nominee

We should probably expect similar levels of vitriol from Bri.

[NurseJackie]

123. Absolutely. You are correct.

I can't stand her. She's a toxic person.

[Autumn]

10. Welcome to DU!

[George II]

29. That's all?

[Autumn]

40. That's all George. Is that a problem?

[George II]

45. No comment about the disgusting smear of an icon of the civil rights movement, JOHN LEWIS?

Then are you happy about her smears?

That's really sad, Autumn.

[BannonsLiver]

46. Never let it be said that they're not all in.

[Tiggeroshii]

56. This tweet is 3 years old.

It's really sad that somebody would go back 3 years to try and use a man's illness to effectively smear a leading presidential candidate with somebody else's words.

[George II]

58. It is her sentiment. It could be 3 years old, 13 years old, 23 years old, 33 years old....

...even before she was born.

She's in her position today or 3 years ago because of the work, pain, and anguish of John Lewis. Regardless of when she posted it, she owes him more respect than she showed him.

To borrow a word from Hillary Clinton, it's deplorable.

More excuses?

[Tiggeroshii]

59. Yeah she did poorly with that comment 3 years ago, which has nothing to do with Bernie.

And the only reason this is being posted is because John Lewis is sick.

So they basically brought up a 3 year old comment smearing a civil rights icon because he is sick in order make her boss look bad.

[dsc]

113. He literally hired her to produce words

On his behalf

[George II]

125. It shows the character of the people he hires in high places. Regardless of when she said it....

....she had that sentiment and who knows, maybe she still does.

So we have her with that attitude, we have David Sirota with racist attacks against an opponent in Philadelphia, we have Matt Orfalea who created disgusting videos of MLK, we have Darius Khalil Gordon who posted dozens of anti-semitic and homophobic tweets, and this.

She should go into a room by herself and reflect on her life, and where she'd be were it not for the work of men like John Lewis. I guarantee she would not be the National Press Secretary of a national campaign.

No excuses for stuff like this, no matter when it was said.

[dansolo]

119. Someone else's words???? Are you being intentionally obtuse?

That "someone else" is Bernie's National Press Secretary, one his top surrogates. What she says, and has said in the past, is definitely a reflection of Bernie Sanders and his beliefs. He hired her and she speaks for him.

[Autumn]

114. I commented on that already George, and I don't feel the need to post to make you happy.nt

[George II]

122. No you didn't, but thanks.

[Autumn]

126. That's what is kind of sad George.

[Gothmog]

23. There is a great deal more

I was at the National Convention and saw first hand what happened there

[TexasTowelie]

25. K&R! nt

[Me.]

26. Do We Now Know Who These People Are?

Or is the pretense going to continue

[Gothmog]

111. I have a very good idea as to who these people are

I saw sanders and his supporters up close at the national convention. There was some truly horrible conduct by these people at the national convention

[Me.]

120. Quite

eyes wide open

[evertonfc]

28. She's a disgusting human being

then and now. Bernie keeps very bad company. I'm so sick of Sanders and his handlers. If he wins they won't have anything to bitch about. I can't imagine this bunch representing the party in November.

[ChubbyStar]

34. What happened to the bit about Bernie and his horse?

[evertonfc]

35. I didn't want

to set off the socialists. Is that ok or are you upset that im furious about a Sanders handler disparaging an iconic civil rights leader? huh?

[The Valley Below]

32. My thoughts are with you John Lewis.

[tishaLA]

33. Disgraceful

The more I see about what folks around him have said and written in the past, the worse his judgment looks. Only someone who feels the same way as these horrible people could hire them.

[Cha]

103. So true, tish.

John Lewis

[highplainsdem]

36. Disgusting.

[TidalWave46]

37. This is not the exception among Sanders top advisers.

It’s the norm. That is crystal clear.

[Cha]

44. Exactly.. Sirota, Turner, Gray.. voters & pushers for

stein's lies..

I see what you did there

[Politicub]

48. This does not help your cause.

Just thought I would let you know.

[BannonsLiver]

49. In what way does it hurt it?

[Cha]

52. yeah, it wasn't Joe Biden's NPS who tweeted

this despicable tweet on John Lewis.

Link to tweet

[Cha]

51. This is what BS' NPS tweeted about John Lewis..

and it should be reported.

This is Not helping BS and his top staff who pushed for Jill Stein.. that's who it doesn't help.

[Politicub]

137. I understand that. But it's using John Lewis and his disease to further an agenda.

I am not defending the tweet; I read it yesterday and it was horrible and disgusting.

I am so sad about Lewis and his announcement. Meeting him in 2008 during the primaries then was one of the highlights of my life. I don't live in his district, but I am in the Atlanta metro area so I see news about him often. His presence is felt here.

Here's why I have a problem with the OP: it was posted as a way to use something terrible -- the pancreatic cancer diagnosis -- to draw attention to campaign staff. The post wasn't really about Lewis; it was about the Sanders campaign. It was the first post I came across on DU after seeing the news in the MSM that didn't start with expressing sympathy for Lewis. That's why it bothered me. I don't know the motivations of the new member who posted it, and I don't need to.

The OP wasn't about Lewis as much as it was about using him as an object to further an agenda. And I hate seeing that done by any campaign because it diminishes the gravity of the situation.

I respect you tremendously, Cha, and I support Biden as well as Warren. This reply is just me being transparent and honest about how I feel.

[Cha]

151. I don't see it that way.. BS' NPS needs to be

needs to be held accountable on her despicable tweet.

John Lewis knows who loves him..

Link to tweet

[betsuni]

50. I knew there would be the "It's an old tweet!" defense. 2017. Trump in office and Republican

majorities in the House. But Democrats are Teh Enemy who rigs elections. There it is.

Yet we are supposed to believe that because someone got arrested once in college during the 60s for protesting, he's a life-long Civil Rights leader, but John Lewis spends his time in cahoots with the DNC conspiring to blah blah blah whatever.

[SidDithers]

53. DU rec...nt

Sid

[Tiggeroshii]

54. Welome to DU!!!

[billpolonsky]

55. Yep

A self licking ice cream cone....

[mudstump]

57. I guess if it's okay to continually bash Bernie on here.....

it must be okay to bash all the candidates. Right?

[Hekate]

72. Oh please. How is quoting Bernie &/or his surrogates "bashing Bernie"? Just, how?

I asked the newbie who just joined DU a few hours ago to self-delete the OP because it is unnecessary and cruel today, in light of John Lewis's terminal illness. We can take up Bernie's record another time -- and believe me, we'll be using his own words as a reality check, and it won't be "bashing" then, either.

[Tiggeroshii]

74. They dredged up a 3 year old tweet smearing a civil rights icon because he is sick now

in order to make that person's boss look bad. That's pretty bad, if you ask me.

[Hekate]

81. Yes, and you may have noticed my post advising the newbie to self-delete as divisive.

[mudstump]

138. Lots of Bernie hate on this site....

You can't criticize an establishment candidate, but it's open season on Bernie. Disgusting.

[dsc]

161. Here are some ways this could have been prevented

She could have refrained from attacking him. He could have refrained from hiring her. He could have fired her once this tweet came to light and she refused to apologize. She could have apologized. All of those are within either her or Sanders' control. He deserves to have to eat this.

[Tiggeroshii]

162. You know what the other way is?

Not using a man's tough cancer diagnosis to dredge up a 3 year old tweet as a way of attacking Bernie sanders' campaign. Sick beyond words.

[dsc]

165. He hired someone who trashed a civil rights legend

who was in his 70's when she did it. People in their 70's do sometimes get sick, so he kind of owns this.

[Tiggeroshii]

168. No. He doesn't have anything to do with this.

The words were brought up because John Lewis got cancer. Why would you bring up words attacking a civil rights icon right when he gets cancer? Pretty lousy.

[dsc]

170. actually there were several threads of this very post

immediately after he hired her. There is litearally no way he didn't know she did this and choose to let her supply words on his behalf.

[Tiggeroshii]

172. It was a tweet in poor taste. Using a mans cancer diagnosis to attack

Bernie, that would be far worse. How can you still be defending this divisive and disgusting post?


The tweet itself does not belong here for any reason, particularly due to the timing of his cancer. It is in poor taste to be shared regardless of who the target is.

[dsc]

173. So it was fine until he got cancer?

This was a known fact at least shortly after she was hired. He kept her employed despite this tweet. Well like often happens people in their 70's he got ill, now Sanders is stuck with what this employee he chose to hire, and chose to keep did. Too bad so sad.

[Tiggeroshii]

174. Then wait until he doesn't have cancer anymore to share it again.?

Was that impossible? Because subtley implying she said it more recently makes a better bludgeon.

[dsc]

175. actually since he hasn't apologized we can assume she still believes it

so I don't see why the OP is being considered misleading. It supplied the tweet complete with date (it has since been removed). BTW given the cancer he has there will almost certainly be no not having cancer until he is dead.

[Tiggeroshii]

176. Why would you share mean spirited words at all when the person they were directed at

Just got cancer?

It doesnt matter who said it or why, or who they are associated with. The words are hurtful and directed at somebody whose family and friends are going through something rough. Why share more hurtful language?

[dsc]

180. So actually in your universe if one says despicable things about someone who then gets sick

we should give them a pass in order not to hurt the person they targeted. This is kind of close to that definition of hutzpah (killing ones parents and pleading for mercy on the basis of being an orphan).

[Tiggeroshii]

181. No. In my world we dont try to use peoples' illnesses and out of context tweets to hurt

Politicians we dont like. Crazy, right?

[dsc]

184. except this tweet isn't out of context

nor was it sprung just today. The day this women was hired there were several threads here about the text she willfully wrote, and for which she still hasn't apologized. Sanders could have, and frankly should have, forced her to issue an apology on pain of being fired. He chose not to.

[Tiggeroshii]

185. Funny how you contest the first point but are mum on the second.

Using somebody's illness to attack a politician you dont like is okay?

[dsc]

188. what part of this was posted the day she was hired (and he at least didn't know he was sick)

is unclear to you? Apparently in your world we have to wait until he dies (and then you would have the same objections for some period after) because he decided not to act when this was first brought to his attention.

[jalan48]

60. Wow! All queued up and ready to go.

[Hekate]

61. This is from Jan. 2017 & is TOTALLY UNNECESSARY to dredge up at this moment.

Please self-delete as divisive.

[comradebillyboy]

139. I wonder why she's still on Sanders campaign. Maybe Bernie shares her views.

[Hekate]

147. Maybe DU could just focus on John Lewis for one damn day instead of ugliness...

I wonder why someone who, when they put up this OP had been here only a few hours, was allowed to shriek "Squirrel!" and have us all gallop off in the direction of something stinky -- instead of taking a moment to reflect on the shining life of an American hero.

We are not "defending" John Lewis when we do that.

Great job for the person who joined up to do this though. It's not everyone with only 12 posts under their belt who can start an OP that generates this much noise.

[NBachers]

62. Another bloody sore point with me: Who did Sanders supporters heckle at the 2016 Convention?

Besides Hillary Clinton, I mean . . .

Their whole campaign has been dead to me since that point, and I will bring it up with as much venom and vitriol as I can summon as often as I possibly can!

https://jezebel.com/samantha-bee-wants-to-know-what-exactly-these-bernie-or-1784704858

[Cha]

101. Exactly.. we will never forget

their disgraceful Booing & heckling.

We know the tweet from BS' NPS is from 2017.. it says so right on there.. has she apologized for it since then?

[Tiggeroshii]

63. Another day, another Bernie bashing thread.

In this case, using a civil right's icon's sickness to bring up a 3 year old tweet attacking him to make her boss look bad.

[Cha]

65. NO.. this is BS' NPS.. "bashing" herself.

[OnDoutside]

156. Do we know if any of Sander's people piled on the Biden Ukraine lies

which are in the same time frame ?

[McKim]

64. I am confused.

I am confused. I thought there was to be no bashing of candidates on DU.

[LongtimeAZDem]

71. Briahna Joy Gray is not a candidate

[Tiggeroshii]

78. Her words are just being brought up because john lewis is sick now.

This is a 3 year old quote smearing a civil rights activist, dredged up because he is sick now in order to make her boss look bad. Otherwise the OP wouldn't have said "What Bernie's spokesperson thinks..." Pretty lousy if you ask me.

[BannonsLiver]

85. None of that changes what she wrote.

[Tiggeroshii]

87. Depends on who it is trying to make look bad

[marble falls]

93. So no-one should try to stuff any more meaning into it out of context.

[marble falls]

66. Jeez, that's the best you can do???

[LongtimeAZDem]

69. It's just one example of the despicable comments by that particular member of Bernie's team

[Tiggeroshii]

73. It's 3 years old, has nothing to do with Bernie and is attacking a civil rights icon who was just

diagnosed with cancer. To dredge up a 3 year old tweet smearing a civil rights icon because he is sick in order to make that person's boss look bad, is pretty lousy.

[Cha]

77. It doesn't matter how "old" it is.. has BJG apologized?

[ritapria]

88. All of Joe Biden's staff are living saints - just like their candidate ..

[betsuni]

94. When one of Biden's staff promotes conspiracy theories about rigged primaries

and mocks a civil rights icon, let us know.

[Tiggeroshii]

95. "mocking civil rights icons" sounds very 1984-1988-ish

When a prominent civil rights icon was a main opponent. But I'm not going to dig that crap up because it's stupid. Just like bringing up something from 3 years ago to tear down a Democratic candidate.

[betsuni]

97. No idea what you're talking about. John Lewis is a civil rights icon.

"Just like bringing up something from 3 years ago to tear down a Democratic candidate": see Goldwater Girl, super predator, Goldman Sachs speech, David Brock, NAFTA trade deals, triangulation, neoliberal, Iraq War votes, 1994 Crime Bill, Anita Hill trial, bankruptcy bill, photo with Donald Trump at his wedding, photo with Kissinger, Kamala Harris' career, that Warren used to be a Republican, etc.

[Tiggeroshii]

98. Jesse Jackson.

[betsuni]

99. Did the staff of anyone running for president as a Democrat mock Jesse Jackson?

[Tiggeroshii]

100. Yes

[Tiggeroshii]

136. Does it matter?

Why share a tweet attackinga civil rights icon who was just diagnosed with cancer in the first place, that's three years old and has nothing to do with anything? Disgusting and divisive. Please self delete.

[marble falls]

75. The comment was a joke three years ago, its only out of context that it ...

in light of Rep John Lewis's (someone I've held in high esteem for decades) recently disclosed cancer diagnosis, seems mean spirited.

The misleading implication by the poster that this is some sort of current response to this sad news about Rep Lewis is disgusting and a fraud.

[Cha]

79. No.. we all know that it was Tweeted in 2017.. and it's not

a freaking joke by BS', jill stein pusher's, NPS. It's a mean spirited, stupid tweet.

[comradebillyboy]

140. Does she tweet anything that isn't mean spirited and stupid?

[Cha]

152. I haven't seen anything.. it's her MO.

[marble falls]

89. What do you think I am confused about?

That this tweet is three years old?

That this tweet was made before the distressing news about a great man, John Lewis's fight with pancreatic cancer was made public?

That the op was aimed at making it seem that the tweet was made in response to that terribly bad news?

[betsuni]

86. Hashtag BernieWouldHaveWon. Conspiracy theory that DNC rigged the election.

They are not joking about this.

[marble falls]

91. There was no conspiracy to cheat Bernie. I know they aren't kidding ...

and that's not my issue. I just don't find confronting a ding bat notion not mentioned in the OP with a deceptive intent productive at all. I suspect it was shit stirring and it seems to have worked.

[Cha]

102. Oh Yeah.. and Bri's Stupid Hashtag, too.

Haha.. she only got 112 Likes and 34 Retweets

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Stupid fucking "joke".

[betsuni]

105. The more I see Bri's comment the more stupid it seems.

[Gothmog]

112. This was no joke

JOHN Lewis was booed by sanders supporters at the national convention. This was an organized/planned stunt that the Clinton campaign found out about and warned her delegates about. I was at the national convention as a delegate and was warned by my whip about this coordinated and planned stunt 20 to 30 minutes in advance

[TwilightZone]

118. "It was just a joke"

Hmm, sounds familiar.

[LongtimeAZDem]

133. It was a despicable statement then, it's a despicable statement now

It's sad that anyone would defend it as a "joke".

[Tiggeroshii]

155. It is sad that somebody would wait for Lewis to get cancer before dredging this up

To attack her boss.

[SidDithers]

179. We discussed this in March when she was hired...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128730527

It was "dredged up" 9 moths ago, when Lewis was healthy.

It's not inappropriate to remind people that Bernie hired Briahna, and has kept her on for 9 months, in spite of this kind of content from her.

And it's fucking cowardly for her to delete it without apologizing, because now that Lewis is sick, it makes her and her boss look bad.

Sid

[Tiggeroshii]

182. So bringing it back when he got sick, was what?

"Excellent timing?"

[SidDithers]

186. It's a reminder to posters that Briahna is no friend to John Lewis...

and had shitty things to say about him, and that Bernie hired her anyway. And that anything coming from her or the Bernie campaign in the way of best wishes should be taken with a grain of salt.

Shitty behaviour shouldn't be swept under the rug. It should be exposed - especially after she cowardly deleted the tweet.

Sid

[Tiggeroshii]

187. So. You agree.

Excellent timing. Let's let this disgusting, mean spirited post die now, shall we?

[PhoenixDem]

68. Brihana gets a second paycheck

in rubles.

[Still In Wisconsin]

82. What a piece of shit she is for saying that. And yes, Bernie Bros,

it DOES reflect badly on your candidate.

[Hortensis]

104. Sanders hired her again to say this kind of thing again for him.

Promotion of dishonest beliefs that Democratic congressmen, not just John Lewis, are corrupt, and irrational hatred of the DNC, who are even proven not to have "rigged" the 2016 election as they claim, is far more than just appalling and disgusting. Imo, it's betrayal. Of everyone.

[Still In Wisconsin]

143. Here's my question: Is she paid in dollars...

or in rubles?

[betsuni]

106. Yes.

No other candidate could get away with this.

[Cha]

107. Nor would they want to..

excluding Gabbard. We know how she went gaslit berserk on Hillary.

Link to tweet

[Mike Nelson]

108. Ugh...

... 2017, 2016 is not that old... maybe old to a two-year-old. I trust she will be fired or demoted.

[Gothmog]

109. Welcome to DU

[dewsgirl]

110. She couldn't have known, I would hate for something to be

held against me from years ago.
Welcome to DU!

[W_HAMILTON]

115. It was a shitty remark for her to make even at the time.

[dewsgirl]

116. Indeed it was shitty.

[dsc]

166. yes it is utterly unheard of for people in their 70's to become ill

She trashed a civil rights legend because he had the temerity to disagree with her on candidates. She is a disgusting piece of crap who has no business at all working for anyone's campaign as a spokesperson. The fact Sanders gave her a job and kept her in it despite this despicable tweet speaks volumes.

[MarianJack]

117. Detestable!

RESIST!

[RandiFan1290]

121. Welcome Back to DU! nt

[MineralMan]

129. Looks like that tweet has been deleted now.

I wish I could see it. Maybe that's a good reason to copy and paste tweets when they are posted here. That way, when they get deleted we can still see them.

[LongtimeAZDem]

131. I was able to grab it from Google cache:

[MineralMan]

132. Thank you. I have saved it to my hard drive.

Disgusting. How is she still Bernie's Press Secretary?

[LongtimeAZDem]

134. Are you kidding? This is WHY she is Bernie's Press Secretary

[MineralMan]

135. Hmm...

Perhaps so...

[lapucelle]

157. Others kept receipts as well.

[demmiblue]

130. Using John Lewis' illness like this is beyond contemptible.

Shame on you and other DUers.

[SidDithers]

144. Shouldn't your ire be directed at Briahna Joy Gray?...

It was she who tweeted the offensive shit about John Lewis.



Sid

[Tiggeroshii]

153. 3 years ago, before he was sick. The OP dredged up a 3 year old quote by a sanders staff

particularly when he was diagnosed with cancer, in order to use his illness to make this person's boss look bad, which has nothing do do with anything,: Disgusting and divisive. It is amazing they have not self deleted yet.

[SidDithers]

169. Bri Bri's comment about John Lewis is trash, regardless of when it was made...

And it was made well before Bernie hired her to be his Press Secretary.

Bernie doesn't need anyone's help to look bad. He's got pretty definite track record of hiring people who either have to scrub their twitter accounts (Sirota, Victoria Dooley, Briahna) or firing people whose twitter histories couldn't be scrubbed fast enough (Matt Orfalea, Darius Khalil Gordon).

The pattern is obvious. If you don't see it, it's because you choose not to.

Sid

[Tiggeroshii]

171. It was a comment made in poor taste.

This was using a man's cancer diagnosis to knock Bernie for words he has no affiliation with. Which do you honestly think is worse?

[SidDithers]

177. I think the worst offense was Bri Bri's original tweet to her tens of thousands of followers...

taking a cheap-ass shot at a civil rights icon, on a year old tweet.

Second worst is Bernie hiring such a person to be his National fucking Press Secretary. It's not like DUers did't give Bernie shit for hiring Bri Bri in March. Her tweet about John Lewis was discussed here 9 months ago.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/128730527

A dumbass post on a messageboard, seen by maybe a couple hundred people, is way down on the list.

I have no problem with reminding people what Bri Bri thought about John Lewis when he was healthy, so they've got context when the eventual hollow best-wishes come from Bernie and his campaign. If I were more cynical, I might even believe that the eventual best-wishes might be pandering to the AA community, to try to boost Bernie's god-awful standing with black voters.

But I'm not that cynical.

Sid

[Tiggeroshii]

178. Why share mean spirited words when somebody just got cancer?

It doesnt matter who said it or why, or who they are associated with. The words are hurtful and directed at somebody who with himself, his family and friends are going through something rough. Why share more hurtful language?

[LanternWaste]

145. His staff certainly has a consistent pattern of (let's be generous and call them) gaffes.

Thankfully, someone will soon allege that this is simply too far in the past for relevance to both Sanders and the Sanders campaign.

And then tell us what great things Sanders were doing 40 years ago.

Because.

[betsuni]

150. What Bernie did in college during the sixties is repeated over and over and over

as evidence of life-long activism, but something from three years ago is old news not relevant to anything in 2019.

[Tiggeroshii]

154. It is a tweet not done by him, by somebody who was not working for him that has nothing to do with h

Sanders. That was pulled out 3 years later particularly because this person was diagnosed with cancer. It has nothing to do with anything and is using the illness of a civil rights icon to attack this person's boss -who has nothing to do with the tweet. It is disgusting and divisive.

[Joe941]

146. Old news.

[aikoaiko]

149. tweet is gone.

[LongtimeAZDem]

159. Here you go:

[aikoaiko]

158. "throws cats under the bus"? That is some lightweight political snark.

I bet John Lewis laughed if he even cared to review it.

Trying to use this tweet as a way to attack Bernie's campaign because John Lewis now has a tough cancer diagnosis -- that would be disgusting.

[LongtimeAZDem]

160. Yeah, suggesting that he's an animal abuser is some funny stuff

Bernie fans crack me up

[aikoaiko]

164. Um, no, that's not what she suggested. Do you always take snark literally?

[LongtimeAZDem]

189. Not unless the person's other public comments convince me to do so. Hers do.

[ChubbyStar]

167. You might want to check the OPs profile

Just saying.

[Autumn]

183. That was fast. You didn't pace yourself like you usually do.

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[RandySF]

192. It's missing now.

Guilt, or embarassment?