Bernie Sanders supporters banned from Tinder after campaigning on dating app Reuters

[riversedge]

Oh my--these youngins have a lot to learn


http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/bernie-sanders-supporters-banned-from-tinder-after-campaigning-on-dating-app/


Bernie Sanders supporters banned from Tinder after campaigning on dating app
Reuters

05 Feb 2016 at 12:40 ET


Stumping for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Tinder is getting some women banned from the online dating app after sending campaign messages to prospective matches.

Two women – one from Iowa and the other from New Jersey – confirmed to Reuters on Friday that they received notices from Tinder in the previous 24 hours that their accounts were locked because they had been reported too many times for peppering men on the site with messages promoting Sanders’ candidacy.

Robyn Gedrich, 23, said she sent messages to 60 people a day for the past two weeks trying to convince them to support the U.S. senator from Vermont in his race for the Democratic nomination against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“Do you feel the bern?” her message to other Tinder users read, parroting a Sanders campaign slogan. “Please text WORK to 82623 for me. Thanks.”

Gedrich, an assistant store manager at retailer Elie Tahari who lives in Brick, New Jersey, said a text would prompt people to start receiving updates from the Sanders campaign, as well as a link where they could sign up and volunteer. She has been unable to sign back into Tinder since logging off on Thursday........

[Cheese Sandwich]

1. LOL that's too funny

[valerief]

2. Ha! Silly kids. nt

[roguevalley]

17. I love sanders people. THose girls. :D:D:D:D:D They can sit next to me. >D

[jillan]

3. Maybe she was just looking to date Bernie supporters?

[kath]

7. Hmm. I was just telling my daughter the other evening,when she was complaining about the sexist frat

-boy jerks at her work, that she should seriously think about joining the Bernie campaign if she wants to find a great liberal feminist guy.

[kath]

4. Oh, those damned asshole BernieBros!

Oh, wait - they were both women!

[beam me up scottie]

5. ZOMGWTFBBQ??? Welcome to TINDERGATE!!! Today's manufactured scandal!

[kath]

9. Tindergate, Pingate - just how ridiculous will they get?

I still think that the Hillarian who posted the Pingate thing is first in the running for the Hilarious Hillarian of the Day Award. But the competition is fierce, and there will no doubt be more serious contenders as the day wears on.

[beam me up scottie]

13. Definitely a contender for the "Hilarious Hillarian of the Day Award" but the day is still young.

Next up:

BERNIE BRO LEAVES CAP OFF TOOTHPASTE!!!

Film at 11!

[kath]

15. haven't seen ZOMGWTFBBQ before.

but I think I love it.

[beam me up scottie]

16. It fits the breathless expectations of Hillary supporters when they think they finally found dirt.

Hey guyz!!! I found something, watch me post it, Bernie is doomed now!


Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[PonyUp]

6. "Do you like pina coladas...and canvassing in the rain..." n/t

[kath]

10. Ha!

[Wilms]

8. Can you really blame someone on "Tinder" for feeling the Bern?

[Renew Deal]

12. Usually people on Tinder feel the burn after meeting the person, not before.

[PonyUp]

14. ...

[Renew Deal]

11. That's funny