>> Recently Bernie Sanders has been quite critical of Mike Bloomberg and his obvious
attempt to buy this election.
And so Bernie Sanders had tweeted out, the simple truth is that Mike Bloomberg with all
his money will not create the kind of excitement and energy we need to defeat Donald Trump.
So with that, Mike Bloomberg and his 5 million employees rapidly produced an ad.
Take a look at this.
>> It is vitally important for those of us who hold different views to be able to engage
in a civil discourse.
>> Okay, so, yeah, so Bernie Sanders says he wants to be civil and I think he has a
reputation as a being a guy who rarely chooses to attack anyone.
It can be frustrating sometimes, but did you know that people who might or might not actually
support him have been online?
And remember as we were going through that, multiple of those tweets had hashtag Yang
Gang in them.
>> Yeah.
>> Which sounds like they might be Andrew Yang supporters rather than Bernie Sanders
supporters.
>> But the music, the music- >> It was traumatic.
>> What's so funny about just using random Tweets, many things.
One of them is none of those Tweets said anything about Bloomberg.
>> And I kinda, I feel like the internet's changed since Mike's entered the race.
In fact, I think Mike Bloomberg is a great unifier because whether you're for Buttegieg
or for Warren or for Sanders or for Yang, we can all come together and hate Michael
Bloomberg and that is unique.
I think the Internet's actually been a better place.
But I also think people misunderstand what Twitter is for, Twitter is just a public pillow
that we scream into because we can't afford therapy that's it.
And to take these tweets out of context because well tankie_yankee69 tweeted, on behalf of
the Bernie Sanders campaign.
I know it was official.
It's like man, get over it, calm down.
It's so funny to see boom, or I watch him and suddenly I feel 85, and I'm like, Twitter
is terrible.
>> I think this ad from Mike Bloomberg is the definitive jumping of the shark moment
of the Bernie bro narrative.
>> Mm-hm.
>> Yes.
>> Right?
Which has always been In bad faith.
It's always been disingenuous.
Every single candidate has supporters who say mean things online.
This is 1,000% true, there's zero evidence to suggest that Bernie supporters are disproportionately
hostile online than other candidates.
That what this does is, it has the effect of causing people to doubt themselves.
Causing supporters of Bernie Sanders to get a little bit of like, man, I don't know if
I should go there.
>> Yes.
>> And what it reveals is that, Bernie's passionate support is a source of strength for his campaign.
It is not a liability the way the New York Times would tell you or the mainstream media
would tell you, it is actually a great source of strength.
Because if a candidate like Bernie Sanders who has basically zero media support.
Like they need some sort of Independent media so that their supporters can feel confident
about themselves, can feel with their arguments are superior arguments that they're gonna
win.
All these things that they keep hearing that they're actually not.
The Bernie Bros online for lack of a better term are a massive source of strength, which
is why they keep on attacking them insistently.
So, don't die yourself, don't give an inch not an inch to this, because it's in bad faith.
>> I also think yeah, continue with the bad faith thing.
I think when we're talking about Bernie Sanders, and we're talking Bloomberg even like, I feel
like we forget who Trump is and the kind of hate that he's stirred specifically online
from white nationalists.
I mean, these people do they know about 4Chan and AChan and 30 second Chan, I don't know,
like how deep does it go?
We're talking about actual white supremacy being fomented and funneled upwards through
the likes of Breitbart.
These are the trolls to be considered about, right, and yet that falls by the wayside because
Someone hashtag a snake,, or whatever it was like that.
That's so disingenuous and so misses the mark about what we're up against.
And when it comes to sorta online, harassment.
Yeah, there is real online harassment happening, but it tends to be from far right extremists
and those who are stirred and inspired by Trump.
>> Yeah, yeah and I think they're trying to make those seem like the same thing.
>> Yeah.
>> Yes.
>> But the thing is, with Trump, yes, his fans abuse people.
They harass people, like all that, but I've never been focused on what Trump's supporters
say online.
>> Right.
>> It's what Trump says, what Trump does.
Yes, some of that is then reflected In his fans.
But I don't think I've ever just shown you a whole bunch of screen shots of crazy stuff,
MAGA people, because you don't need to.
And I wanna be very clear about this.
Why that ad is such a sad admission.
I don't need to just show you things that Trump fans said because I can talk about what
Trump has said.
And more importantly what Trump has done.
If they could do that with Bernie Sanders they would just do that.
>> But what's so funny about- >> They got nothing on him.
>> They don't wanna talk about his platform because that will make him more popular.
They can't go to his statements because they're advocacy for the working class.
They have to go to what they have.
>> Yes.
>> And that is random people that might not actually support Bernie Sanders.
We've never had to do that with Donald Trump.
>> And it's worth reminding people Bloomberg has 60 sexual harassment cases, one of which
he told a woman who told him that he was pregnant to kill it.
Okay, this is the guy we're supposed to be.
They're supposed to be policing the discourse online.
This guy has in real life, been an absolute monster-
>> Yeah.
>> So that's why I think it's like the jump with the shark moment, anyone who takes this
seriously- >> Yeah.
>> It's like you can just look at him and be like, you're ridiculous, you should not
be taken seriously on anything else you say