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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Myth of the Bernie Bros [View all]GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)11. And now Clinton has been busted for paying trolls
Clinton SuperPac Correct the Record is openly admitting to spending $1 million to hire fake online Hillary supporters to swarm social media sites like Reddit and counteract Sanders' [actually existent unpaid] enthusiastic supporters' points about Hillary in the interest of unity. Barf.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/21/1518537/-Clinton-SuperPac-Admits-to-Paying-Internet-Trolls
No doubt the "bernie bros" thing was created to cover for THEIR attacks, much like "going negative" and "tone" were to deflect from Bill and Hillary screaming at liberals and Greenpeace.
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They keep lying about his supporters, and I am sick of it. And they want to unite us?
jillan
Apr 2016
#4
The NY exit poll showed that majorities of both genders supported Hillary from ages 30 and up.
pnwmom
Apr 2016
#9
The "bro" was not a myth, it was a problem so serious that Sanders had to speak up about it
Tarc
Apr 2016
#16
Sums up the whole Clinton campaign. . . .she can't win on issues, all she does is smears
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#22
I don't see the nasty comments becuase I block out the nasty people. If people have something
pdsimdars
Apr 2016
#36
And the supreme irony? hypocrisy? On the record - there are official paid "HillaryBros" -
djean111
Apr 2016
#26
The Clinton campaign has been one example of projection after another. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2016
#33
I don't really care what you label it. I just know what I've observed on DU.
Trust Buster
Apr 2016
#32