Campaign Of Violence And Intimidation Against Sanders Uncovered

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Bernie Sanders revealed that shots were fired into his Nevada campaign office and that an "apartment housing complex my campaign staff lived in was broken into and ransacked."

Bernie Sanders revealed that shots were fired into his Nevada campaign office and that an “apartment housing complex my campaign staff lived in was broken into and ransacked.

The Vermont senator, who lost his Secret Services protection earlier this month, was also pictured with a bruise on his face at the Democratic National Convention, prompting many to believe there has been a long running campaign of violence and intimidation against the Sanders campaign.

Sanders made the statement about the shooting and burglary in response to “criticisms made against my campaign organization.”

Here’s Sanders’s full statement:

It is imperative that the Democratic leadership, both nationally and in the states, understand that the political world is changing and that millions of Americans are outraged at establishment politics and establishment economics. The people of this country want a government which represents all of us, not just the 1 percent, super PACs and wealthy campaign contributors.

The Democratic Party has a choice. It can open its doors and welcome into the party people who are prepared to fight for real economic and social change – people who are willing to take on Wall Street, corporate greed and a fossil fuel industry which is destroying this planet. Or the party can choose to maintain its status quo structure, remain dependent on big-money campaign contributions and be a party with limited participation and limited energy.

Within the last few days there have been a number of criticisms made against my campaign organization. Party leaders in Nevada, for example, claim that the Sanders campaign has a ‘penchant for violence.’ That is nonsense. Our campaign has held giant rallies all across this country, including in high-crime areas, and there have been zero reports of violence. Our campaign of course believes in non-violent change and it goes without saying that I condemn any and all forms of violence, including the personal harassment of individuals. But, when we speak of violence, I should add here that months ago, during the Nevada campaign, shots were fired into my campaign office in Nevada and apartment housing complex my campaign staff lived in was broken into and ransacked.

If the Democratic Party is to be successful in November, it is imperative that all state parties treat our campaign supporters with fairness and the respect that they have earned. I am happy to say that has been the case at state conventions in Maine, Alaska, Colorado and Hawaii where good discussions were held and democratic decisions were reached. Unfortunately, that was not the case at the Nevada convention. At that convention the Democratic leadership used its power to prevent a fair and transparent process from taking place. Among other things:

The chair of the convention announced that the convention rules passed on voice vote, when the vote was a clear no-vote. At the very least, the Chair should have allowed for a headcount.

“The chair allowed its Credentials Committee to en mass rule that 64 delegates were ineligible without offering an opportunity for 58 of them to be heard. That decision enabled the Clinton campaign to end up with a 30-vote majority.

“The chair refused to acknowledge any motions made from the floor or allow votes on them.

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry

Baxter Dmitry is a writer at The People's Voice. He covers politics, business and entertainment. Speaking truth to power since he learned to talk, Baxter has travelled in over 80 countries and won arguments in every single one. Live without fear.
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15 Comments

  1. The DNC, the Media, Election Fraud, and the Democratic Party Platform https://theglobalinsight.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/the-dnc-the-media-election-fraud-and-the-democratic-party-platform/

  2. it’s never the good guys who win the elections, it’s the ones with financial backing by people like Soros and there is always the agenda and the NWO at stake. Hillary is a crook and should NOT win as she will bring on WWIII.

  3. The dem nor the rep party are no longer what they were once. They are corrupt and crooked and not for the people. There ARE other choices. WE have the power to make those other choices viable. All we have to do is vote for them!

    Change is NOT going to happen from within the main parties. That song has been sung for over twenty years now. It’s not happening. It never will. It’s a fact they are owned by the 1%. Stop beating your head on a wall! Vote third party.

    There are choices there for ALL of us, dems, reps, indys etc. If we ALL stood united and stopped voting the 1%ers game (ie voting dem or rep) then we would take our country back. We’d improve our economy by breaking their stranglehold on congress and the wh, laws would get enforced, changes would actually happen. No more war. No more constant posturing for the next elections. Ppl would no longer be just wage slaves to the rich.

    WE DO HAVE THE POWER! All it takes is us standing together as our forefathers did and NOT playing their damn two party game and stop letting them drive us like cattle to slaughter! Stop running scared. VOTE THIRD PARTY!!

    • Sorry, but just -what- evidence can you provide to support the claim that “All we have to do is vote for them”?  The evidence of the last decade or two suggests otherwise.

  4. there was no bruise on bernies face you fucking tools. he has a skin condition, you can see that same mark on the right upper cheek at nearly every rally camera angle. in fact this is july 31st, he just posted a vid on his fb page w clips from some rallys and one shows that very spot w the same mark, at a rally. go watch it, youll see exactly what im talking about.

    things like this that you dont look into, you just take a stupid meme for the truth, gave you a completely misleading title for a false story. we all knew his nevada office was shot up and the apt was ransacked, thats old news.

    i swear every one of you who try to be internet news outlets suck really bad at your jobs, thats why no one takes any of you seriously.

    • You’re a special kind of stupid, ain’t ya buddy?

      Prior to tuesday July 26th, Bernie Sanders did indeed have a mark on his skin, on his cheek. On tuesday, however, he had an open wound, a gash 1/2″ long, wide enough that it should have had stitches, and deep enough to cut into the muscle beneath the skin. This wound was fresh enough that, during the video of his brother voting for him, when the cameras zoomed on his face to catch his emotional reaction, the raw flesh could be seen, shining still wetly through the cut as he moved his head around. There was also obvious bruising all around the gash on his cheekbone, and possible bruising around his chin and lips. The wound itself is most consistent with a left hook, delivered by someone wearing a wedding band. There was an eyewitness report posted online at around 3 AM tuesday morning, well before any videos or pictures had been seen that day, by someone claiming to have heard a fight where Sanders was staying, and then 2 “goons”, one with blood on him, leaving the area. The fact that this was posted well before anyone saw pictures of the wound on Bernies’ face, lends credibility to this account and makes it the most likely scenario.

    • Well, given that indie news outlets have no money, no financial backing and are all volunteer, I think we are doing a better job than the main stream media.  How do you think Bernie went from 3% to actually being the winner of the primary? Social media news sources.  Instead of being hostile, why don’t you take that anger and steer it toward making these indie pages more helpful and not critique.  Or go back and watch MSNBC and get the “real” news.  What a joke. 

  5. Thank you for mentioning the shooting and his bruise on his face. This is actual journalism thank you for telling the truth. #STILLSANDERS

  6. He should have known better than to mess with Notorious HRC. Except I don’t think she did this – she’s too professional. She would use a pillow and make it look like an accident.

  7. I was a sanders supporter but i don’t believe this ever happened. If it had Bernie would have said something. It’s just that simple.

  8. I do not understand a lot of these comments. This report doesn’t suggest at any point that HRC’s people are responsible for the shooting or violence. As far as repeating totally false allegations against her, the Democrats should now be pulling together if they wish to defeat Trump. He is depending on divide and rule because that’s the only way he can win. Some mature campaigning would be a good idea. Listen to Obama, please. Rise above the dirty tricks of the main opposition.

  9. The Democrats and Republicans believe that the citizens of our country are fools. Sheep. I am not a sheep. Bernie’s revolution continues through Dr. Jill Stein. 
    I will vote my conscience along with millions of other Americans. 

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