{"id":37604,"date":"2020-02-27T17:41:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T01:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=37604"},"modified":"2020-02-27T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T01:41:16","slug":"sanders-supporters-stalk-harass-trap-democratic-il-congressional-candidate-in-her-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/sanders-supporters-stalk-harass-trap-democratic-il-congressional-candidate-in-her-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders Supporters Stalk, Harass, Trap Democratic IL Congressional Candidate In Her Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moderate democrats beware you are as much a target to the radical socialists taking over your party as those in the GOP. Bernie Bros <i>&#8220;stalked and ambushed Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan after a campaign event in Champaign on Monday night, challenging her to debate a candidate <\/i>[socialist, Stefanie Smith]<i> who has failed to attract much support or name recognition in the primary contest.&#8221;<\/i> ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcia.com\/news\/capitol-news\/bernie-sanders-supporters-stalk-harass-democratic-congressional-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WCIA<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<i>\u201cIt was a non-violent protest,\u201d Smith wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StefanieSmith2020\/videos\/211028533428925\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a>. \u201c[I]f Betsy can\u2019t handle a few people demanding a conversation about the life or death issues facing many of is [sic] in this district, she should quit now because she will not be able to handle Davis and Trump.\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/>\n<\/i> <i>In a subsequent Facebook video, Smith then expressed appreciation for the agitators\u2019 actions, gushing: \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how much it meant to me when I watched the video of what happened.\u201d<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/>\n<\/i> <i>\u201cApparently, people are expecting me to make a statement,\u201d she added. \u201cThey\u2019re absolutely the most manipulative, childish, privileged, terrible people I\u2019ve ever met in my life,\u201d Smith said, complaining that, \u201ccampaigning has been a nightmare of alienation, hostility, humiliation, gaslighting, and so much abuse.\u201d<\/i> ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/02\/27\/video-bernie-sanders-supporters-trap-illinois-democrat-in-her-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breitbart<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These people are violent revolutionaries who will take out ANYONE who gets in their way. Who does this? Who stalks a candidate demanding they support a policy and debate another candidate. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\nBizarre. Watch these Bernie Bros stalk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetsyforIL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BetsyforIL<\/a> and then surround her car last night, while they shout, &#8220;Block her in!&#8221; They scream at her to debate a fringe far-left candidate who only has 2 donors from Illinois. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CAw9aKu56R\">pic.twitter.com\/CAw9aKu56R<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMaxwellTV\/status\/1232462627743264769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UVlw_z05lzY\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those red umbrellas are more than likely symbolic to communist red, not <i>&#8220;the international symbol to end violence against sex workers&#8221;<\/i> as Smith claims, since no one in the video can be heard saying anything about it!<\/p>\n<p>Bernie Bros are incredibly dangerous, and have been clear they will use intimidation, seen here, or engage in outright violence, as Bro&#8217;s said in Project Veritas videos to get what they want.<\/p>\n<p>Bernie Sanders IS NOT Larry David, he is not here to entertain. He hates this country, he wants to fundamentally transform it into a socialist nation that will result in massive economic chaos, poverty, death and potentially war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Moderate democrats beware you are as much a target to the radical socialists taking over your party as those in the GOP. 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