2020 Presidential Election

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(02-04-2020, 03:16 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Most Bernie supporters are great. His online base, the Bernie Bro’s, is horrendous.

Whether it’s Twitter, Reddit, or Facebook, they’re promoting conspiracy theories about the reason for the delay, falsely claiming Buttigieg funded it, and calling Pete “rat” and “Mayor Cheat”.

It’s worthy of condemnation. It undermines the process and plays into Trump and Russia’s shared narrative. It ignores the fact that maybe it wasn’t rigged, maybe Pete’s strategy of focusing on having a captain at nearly every district was the right play in a caucus, given the data released on social media that Pete gained the most in the realignment round. He played the delegate game and it appears he’ll be able to claim victory later today.

No it’s easier to say it’s rigged. Just like how the poll 2 days before was obviously canceled because Bernie won it...

For what its worth, I'm sure there are plenty of alt-right trolls that get their kicks from impersonating as a candidate's supporter and stirring the pot (which is so easy to do on twitter). I think the whole "Bernie-bro" thing is overblown. I've browsed the message boards of multiple candidates, and Bernie's didn't seem any less cordial than the others.