Sanders To Backers: Please, No More Violence [VIDEO]

From the Washington Post:

Bernie Sanders made a direct appeal to supporters in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” imploring them not to engage in violence after a week in which protesters — some apparently loyal to the Democratic underdog — attacked Donald Trump backers in California.

“Any person who is a Bernie Sanders supporter, please, do not in any way, shape or form engage in violence,” the senator from Vermont said.

Sanders emphasized that the bad actors represent a tiny fraction of the “millions and millions of people who are supporting us.” But the candidate’s plea appeared to be an assertion of influence over his supporters’ behavior — a contrast to his response last month to an outburst at the Nevada Democratic convention.

Unhappy with the disqualification of pro-Sanders delegates who had failed to meet a registration deadline, some Sanders supporters defaced the party’s state headquarters and sent threatening messages to chairwoman Roberta Lange.

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