‘Warren is a Wuss’: Bernie Sanders Fans Turn on Elizabeth Warren For Not Endorsing

[MrWendel]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/warren-is-a-wuss-bernie-sanders-fans-turn-on-elizabeth-warren-for-not-endorsing/

by Tommy Christopher

With the Republican presidential primary devolving into a Jerry Springer episode shot on location at the Thunderdome, it’s easy to forget the sundry internal dramas playing out among Democrats. While there’s an obvious split between the Obama coalition that largely supports Hillary Clinton and the progressiver-than-thou wing that supports Bernie Sanders, there now appears to be a schism-within-a-schism developing between Sanders supporters and progressive saint Senator Elizabeth Warren.

At issue is Warren’s failure to endorse Bernie Sanders ahead of Super Tuesday, which supporters feel could have delivered Sanders a victory in the closely-fought Massachusetts primary. RawStory’s TBogg collected some Bernie fans’ reactions from Warren’s Facebook page:

Your unwillingness to endorse Bernie prior to Super Tuesday indicates to me that your fear of pressure from Hillary friends on Capitol Hill “trumps” your commitment to the progressive cause. I have lost faith in you and the DNC.

Elizabeth – is there ANY reason on God’s green earth that you’re sitting quiet in the corner while Bernie is awaiting your endorsement? Am I missing something here???

Is she really part of the establishment? How can she, as a representative of the people, as a self proclaimed progressive, not publicly endorse Bernie Sanders? Do you think she owes Clinton some political favors? hmmmm.

With every day that passes without your endorsement of Sanders, Wall Street rejoices, and the corporate owned Hillary Clinton is validated. Shame on you.

Sen Warren let all of the progressives down and the country by not endorsing us before Super Tuesday. With her help, we could have and should have won Mass. Why and what does she have up her sleeve???

Karl Rove’s money? Are you smoking crack? I love Elizabeth and would have supported her over Bernie had she chose to run, but I am deeply disappointed in her for not supporting Bernie when it mattered. She will lose ALL credibility if she supports Hillary at any point as Shillary is tied to Wall Street.

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[djean111]

1. For me, tempest in a teapot.

I love Warren, and she has her own (valuable to all of us) political career to think about.

Full disclosure - endorsements do not matter to me, not for politicians, not for soda, or anything in between. I figure everybody has their own reasons or fears or objectives or price.

In other words, if Warren endorsed Hillary, I would still be a Bernie supporter, full steam ahead. And I would still vote for Warren, given the chance.

ISSUES, people. Not endorsements, ISSUES. Warren has made it clear, IMO, that she agrees with Bernie on ISSUES.

[NurseJackie]

2. If Bernie's campaign and supporters TRULY believed that he'd be the nominee ...

... then I think they wouldn't be so eager and willing to gleefully throw potential allies "under the bus". If they HONESTLY believed that Bernie was going to be the nominee, then they also understand that they'll NEED these groups and individuals to campaign-for and support Bernie during the general election.

So, they're making a very unwise decision in their campaign strategy (because they risk having less support later on from those groups and individuals that they've smeared and trashed) OR ... they already understand that Bernie isn't going to be the nominee, and figuratively throwing someone "under the bus" is just an expression of anger, revenge and sour-grapes.

In my opinion, it's not something that the campaign and supporters of a real contender would be doing.

Oh well. The mistake is theirs to make. The damage has been done, I guess there's no particular reason for them to stop now.

Go, Hillary! We love you!

[Avalux]

3. The attacks on Bernie supporters - what are they intended to accomplish?

If Bernie can't win the nomination, why bother? I will say this again - this sort of fabricated bullshit will only keep people from voting for Hillary in the GE if she's the nom. Brock is cutting off her nose to spite her face.

[Autumn]

7. It's all Brockshit. No proof at all that those are Bernie supporters.

None.

[azurnoir]

15. Isn't this like the third or fourth time this stories been run?

must br a slow week or somethin'

[Autumn]

17. There's nothing else they can use. They can't attack Bernie so they play with what they have.

[fun n serious]

20. Here is a thread full.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1286752

[Autumn]

22. Any proof those posters on DU voicing their opinion are the ones going after her on other

social media like the ones linked in this OP? Produce it if you have it otherwise that link don't prove shit, Brockshit

[fun n serious]

23. Some admit and condone it here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511369647

[Autumn]

24. Any links to them doing it on her face book page? I don't see that thread so I need

a specific link. Otherwise I call brockshit.

[HooptieWagon]

32. Nope, not seeing it there.

[restorefreedom]

26. brock interns keeping busy......nt

[HooptieWagon]

30. Bingo.

[haikugal]

31. I totally agree!

[LonePirate]

4. This litmus test BS will only hurt Bernie and the party. Warren does not deserve this crap.

Bernie needs to tell his supporters to stop acting like Trump's supporters. We're better than that.

[Kip Humphrey]

6. You assume the veracity of this story having originated with Bernie supporters. Ever hear of

dirty tricks?

This shit is neither representative of Bernie nor of any Bernie supporter that I know. When shit happens that goes against those realities, I always defer to suspicion of skulduggery during campaign season and I recommend that you do too.

[LonePirate]

9. I don't share your conspiracy explanation. DU is rife with litmus tests and DU is tame usually.

It's certainly not much of a leap for some Bernie supporters beyond the restrained confines of DU to pull crap like this, especially for some of the more vocal Bernie supporters I know outside of DU.

[Kip Humphrey]

11. not conspiracy or theory. Dirty Tricks occur EVERY presidential campaign cycle without exception.

Including this cycle. Remember the brew-ha-ha over so-called Bernie supporters infiltrating casino employee break rooms in Nurse's Union tees? It turned out to be Hillary supporters pretending to be Bernie supporters. The list goes on and on. Are all dirty tricks initiated by orders from the campaign? No. Some are indeed over-zealous supporters. So, no conspiracy and no theory. I just recommend you take reports of uncharacteristic behaviors with patience (truth usually will prevail eventually) and a large grain of salt.

[LonePirate]

14. You're turning a blind eye here. Dirty tricks from HRC supporters don't include them trashing her.

Did you read some of those examples? Hardcore HRC supporters are not going to drag her to filth while criticizing Warren. That sort of HRC hate comes only from Republicans or Bernie supporters. You surely have seen the HRC hate here on DU - and it's worse away from here. Yet somehow you find it easier to believe that hate would not incite this sort of behavior; but dirty tricks disguised as HRC hate from her own supporters is the more reasonable explanation for you. Occam's Razor must not exist in your version of the world.

[Kip Humphrey]

18. Funny thing is, there is a whole other (and much nastier) party playing in this space.

Just because I used the Nevada example does not mean I attribute all dirty tricks to the Hillary campaign. Quite the contrary, Karl Rove is still roaming free (should be in jail but that's another conversation!).

[randome]

5. It's what I've said for a long time now: no politician wants to be on the losing end of a vote.

In this case, an endorsement to a losing candidate would be seen as the same thing.

Warren is a politician, same as Sanders, same as Clinton, same as the rest of them. Yes, Sanders and Warren have a more populous streak in them, and that's all good, but they still share the same basic attributes as Clinton: they are politicians.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]

[UglyGreed]

8. Reporting on internet comments

LMAO

[Nanjeanne]

10. It's so odd when you click on any of the nasty FB posts all you get

Is a newly formed FB page with no likes or friends or anything visible. Sure some people keep some things hidden but everything? Every one? Yeah. This is the work of trolls. Maybe just trolls. Maybe Clinton people. But Bernie people are pretty proud of supporting Sanders and I'm not seeing those people being anything but respectful to Warren.

David Brock -- sounds like you there!

[Bettie]

12. I noticed that too

trolls will be trolls.

Are there probably a few Sanders supporters who are also douches? Yeah.

Every candidate out there has a few wingnuts in the bucket.

And there is plenty of trolling as well.

I have not seen anything negative here about Warren, but, to be fair, I do not read each and every post.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Newly formed Facebook page

Not unlike many of the newly formed DU accounts supporting Bernie Sanders. I don't doubt that many of them are GOP sock puppets it's just that I see so many long time DUers agreeing with the crap they post.

[Nanjeanne]

33. I doubt that. DU doesn't really do much on social media. FB and Twitter yes.

[MoonRiver]

13. Elizabeth Warren is officially all grown up.

She doesn't need a nanny telling her what to do anymore.

[BlueMTexpat]

28. +1! eom

[Betty Karlson]

16. Strange how these Sanders' supporters blaming Warren only exist on Facebook,

and none have voiced their anger at DU and other forums.

It's almost as if such voices only exist when Brock pays them to exist.

[fun n serious]

21. It exist here....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1286752

[Betty Karlson]

25. No, that was someone hoping she would endorse him, not someone blaming here for refusing to do so.

And that was before Super Tuesday, not after.

But as usual, camp Weathervane doesn't really care about accurate presentation of the opposing side's positions.

[Gwhittey]

19. These post are

getting stupi. Post after post are articles telling me how people on twitter/facebook said xyz and they are xyz? How is this even a thing? I saw a few weeks ago 1000s of tweets from Latinos(if you go by the name and photo of twitter account) saying Donald Trump was the 2nd coming of Christ and would save America. So Why is a bunch of DUers here posting this crap if it supports there candidate. Should I now read Twitter and decide my canidate based on what a supposed person on twitter said? If that is case Trump would have my vote because Latinos think he is great...

This is mostly HRC supporters I see, so I might be biased so if you have Sanders things where they are saying Hillary supporters did xyz on twitter so it must be true post the links so I may see.

PLEASE TWITTER/FACEBOOK as a SOURCE is not responsible Journalism. But maybe I am crazy because I use to work as programmer for a print Newspaper's website and it influenced me to be a bit picky in my sources.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. It's getting mighty crowded under the Berinie bus

[EndElectoral]

34. When did this happen?