Trump thugs and Bernie Bros
If Donald Trump supporters had booed a Republican senator at a state convention over the weekend, if they reportedly threw chairs because they did not like a delegate count, if Trump’s goons published a state party vice chairwoman’s private phone number — which unleashed a torrent of abusive, obscenity-drenched voice mails that described the acts of violence she deserved, then it would be a big story.
[...] if Trump spoke Wednesday afternoon in San Jose, you would expect all the cable news networks to air his speech live to see if Trump would use the occasion to call off the dogs.
Except the story I relate does not involve boorish Trump supporters.
At Saturday’s Nevada Democratic Convention, some Sanders boosters, angry over state party maneuvers that they believe robbed their candidate of his due delegates, booed Sen. Barbara Boxer.
The Las Vegas Sun reported on hate voice mails and texts that described the violence that she deserved: (Such as: “Praying to god someone shoots you in the FACE and blows your democracy-stealing head off!”)
When he introduced Sanders, supporter Cenk Uygur quipped, The other day (the news media) were upset because you guys were a little too loud in Nevada.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called the episode a “test of leadership” for Sanders.
[...] what will the scolds, who blamed a cancer in the GOP for violence at Trump rallies, say when elbows are flying on their turf?