WTF? Former Sanders spokesperson to speak at Boston alt.right rally.

[RandySF]

Link to tweet

[JI7]

1. the Sanders campaigned was used and exploited by the right wing for their own purpose

they never supported him.

similar to Putin.

they used the campaign to go after Clinton and help Trump.

[RandySF]

2. But this was a high ranking campaign official

[JI7]

3. that's how deep it went

it was all meant to hurt clinton and help trump.

[SharonClark]

9. I googled her and there was no mention of her being part of the campaign.

There are a couple of articles about her. She turned to Trump over a year ago. Politically, she"s all over the place, just trying to stay in the limelight. What a sad pathetic person.

[riderinthestorm]

15. What evidence do you have for that assertion? nt

[RhodeIslandOne]

21. She was not a "high ranking official"

She was one of numerous "Internet personalities" who latched on to the campaign when it was the cool thing to do for Twitter retweets and Facebook likes.

[David__77]

31. Why are you lying?

[Voltaire2]

55. Please provide your evidence for that assertion.

And failing that please delete your op. It is crap and you know it.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. She switched from Bernie and is now a Trumpette.

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a9653830/cassandra-fairbanks-donald-trump-deplorable/

[SharonClark]

11. The cosmo article was fairly comprehensive.

[sharedvalues]

12. YES.

[Thrill]

5. Never a real supporter

You can’t possibly support Bernie and believe in any of that alt right bullshit

[RandySF]

7. Wasn't she a paid campaign official?

[SharonClark]

10. No evidence of that.

[JI7]

6. btw, she works for Sputnik News

[canetoad]

8. I don't think she was

A high ranking campaign official. Social media 'star', originally anarchist, then Bernie, libertarian, white nationalist...

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37507542
Fairbanks says her conversion came about fairly recently. She began 2016 as a supporter of Clinton's main rival within the Democratic Party, socialist candidate Bernie Sanders. As Clinton progressed towards the party nomination, she says, she grew increasingly frustrated with the Democrats. But what really shifted her political outlook, she says, was the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub in June by a man who pledged allegiance to Islamic State.

"I thought I was going to vote for [Green Party candidate] Jill Stein. But I think she's wacky and too over the top to appeal to a mainstream audience," she told BBC Trending.

"Then Orlando happened, and the son of one of my mom's really good friends was shot there. I heard this horrific story, and everyone's like 'blame guns', and I was like, 'no, we need to blame terrorism'. I was just offended. Then I started to look more seriously at Trump, and at people who have been pushing censorship on the left."

At first her support was based on her anti-Clinton feelings, and she also cited foreign policy and free trade as key issues. Eventually, Fairbanks says, she warmed to Trump in his own right.

[aikoaiko]

13. What is Victoria Brownworth's documentation that Fairbanks was a major Bernie spot?

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I hate when journalists use Twitter.

[riversedge]

19. Fairbanks flipped from Sanders to Trump major time!

I do not follow her but occasionally her tweets get into my twitter feed. Mostly vile comments against leftists.





http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37507542

[aikoaiko]

20. Right, but to frame her as a major spokesperson implies an official capacity.

I'd like Victoria Brownworth or someone who understands how she operates to explain why she thinks Fairbanks served in that role for Bernie or have this tweet denounced as Fake News.

[obamanut2012]

14. How is this a surprise? Gabbard is another wingnut

Connected to his camoaign, as well as all the women-hating bros.

[David__77]

32. Tulsi Gabbard is a good Democrat.

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[Expecting Rain]

41. And you accuse others of spreading disinformation? LOL.

[David__77]

44. I find her to be a good Democrat.

I get that others may find something else to be true.

[phleshdef]

42. I supported Bernie in the primary but Tulsi Gabbard is a filthy bigot.

[David__77]

45. In what way?

I know she used to oppose same sex marriage and had a bad position on gay rights. Those things aren't the case now.

[phleshdef]

48. She is an Islamophobic ass.

And her Islamophobia has bled into policy matters, like her opposition to the Iranian nuclear deal.

She has went on Fox News and blasted Obama for refusing to call Jihadists "Islamic terrorists".

She is buddy/buddy with Steve Bannon. She met with Trump and Bannon after the election. When 169 Democrats signed a letter urging Trump to dump Bannon, she refused to sign it.

She is best friends with Narendra Modi...India's PM who started off in a right-wing, nationalist organization that stokes anti-Muslim sentiment

The only reason she stopped calling pro-gay marriage people "homosexual extremists", is because she went to the Middle East and found something she hated more.

[geek tragedy]

16. She was a parasite who attached herself to Bernie's campaign

Never a staffer

[David__77]

33. Thanks.

I appreciate your comment. People can disagree without propagating disinformation.

[geek tragedy]

35. facts matter, cheers nt

[GaryCnf]

17. Well let's see who else she is trying to tar and feather here

According to the BBC blog entry, she was also a supporter of Black Lives Matter and Film the Police.

Now she's a Moscow-funded supporter of the alt-right and Trump?

Well there you've got it. Proof positive that those people calling for an end to the police slaughter of young black men and women and asking citizens to film police abuses were nothing but misogynists, racists and Putin puppets out to destroy Secretary Clinton.

Do the Victoria Brownworths of this world ever stop to think about what they are saying?

WTF indeed.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

47. I have a cousin who went from being a hippie to being in the military to being a born-again Christ-

ian. All extremes. Now he's a "Republican." I'm sure he voted for Trump. A lot of these people are messed up and hop from one extreme to the other. There is a thin line.

[SethH]

18. Now that you know Victoria Brownsworth is a liar

are you going to stop following her twitter feed?

[mucifer]

22. What is the point of this post Randy??? Seems like you are attacking Sanders supporters here.

Do you realize some people who voted for President Obama have switched and become trump supporters and nazis. As horrible as it is these things happen. People can start out moderate and become extremists later.

Did you read Senator Sander's statement on the horrific events of yesterday?

Would you post that a previous Obama supporter turned nazi?

I wonder.

[David__77]

30. Of course it's a lie and emblematic of the worst politics.

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[Autumn]

23. No she was not a Sanders campaign spokesman.

[unc70]

24. Just read the whole Cosmo article

Her connection to Bernie was brief, limited, and mostly in her own mind. And she was on the payroll of Sputnik.

She is all about wanting to be edgy, and she now thinks the alt right is where it is at.

[NurseJackie]

25. She's a troubled woman.

[lunasun]

26. There have been pics of her giving the white power sign for a long time but if you say something

many claim it is just an OK sign
Yeah because so many people pose giving the OK sign
People really are giving too many a pass or ignoring it

[Blue_true]

27. The truth is finally starting to seep out.

Some Sanders supporters despise the concept of social plurality and economic justice for EVERYONE.

[David__77]

29. The truth is the original post/tweet is a lie.

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[still_one]

34. or perhaps that some Sanders' supporters were actually plants from other interests intent on

dividing Democrats.

Anyone who says they were a Sander's supporter and now stands with trump, is either a liar, or a seriously deranged person

[David__77]

28. This is dirty fucking LIE.

What a load of horse shit! And you know it.

[GaryCnf]

36. The truth is indeed seeping out

The truth that some people will claim without an ounce of shame that the existence of one deeply disturbed, or patently calculating, woman's conversion to alt-right Trump-ist from former self-proclaimed supporter of Black Lives Matter and Senator Sanders somehow "proves" a connection between the two.

There IS NO CONNECTION between supporting Senator Sander and supporting the alt-right/Putin/Trump;

There IS NO CONNECTION between supporting Black Lives Matter and supporting the alt-right/Putin/Trump

The people who WILL NOT STOP promoting this divisive shit DO NOT CARE ABOUT THIS PARTY.

[mcar]

37. It's happening again in Boston next week?

I need to let my MA relatives know.

[rockfordfile]

38. A racist taking a selfie with Sanders

This is why Sanders was clearly "encouraged". The GOP and Russia wanted to divide the Democratic Party and have low turn-out. Sanders and his supporters walked right into it. They still continue to walk into it.

[Gothmog]

39. Has Sanders commented on this yet?

[SethH]

43. it's a lie n/t

[Gothmog]

51. Do you have support for this assertion

[melman]

53. lol

[David__77]

46. I don't think he commented on the lying Tweet as of yet.

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[VermontKevin]

49. Cassandra Fairbanks was an agent provocateur at the convention. Unfortunately, because

of her stated ties to the Bernie campaign, that were not refuted at the time she was given access to things she should not have been.

I don't blame the Sanders supporters. Ratfuckers are skilled operatives. She is a skilled ratfucker.

[seaglass]

50. I follow Victoria and she is usually right on but I think she is wrong about this. I would have

to see some evidence before I believe it.

Fairbanks is an opportunist and attention seeker who likely has no core values. F*ck her.

[melman]

52. This is false and you know it's false

Unbelievable that a garbage thread like this is allowed to stand.

[Voltaire2]

54. crap post is crap

not a Sanders spokesperson. Not connected to the Sanders campaign.

Consider deleting this nonsense.