{"id":4572,"date":"2020-03-07T09:58:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T14:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/?p=4572"},"modified":"2020-03-07T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T14:59:08","slug":"bernie-supporter-looks-to-expand-base-by-harassing-elizabeth-warren-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/bernie-supporter-looks-to-expand-base-by-harassing-elizabeth-warren-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Supporter Looks to Expand Base By Harassing Elizabeth Warren Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WILLISTON – Supporters of Bernie Sanders are working tirelessly to expand the senator’s base of support by harassing people online and in person. The Winooski<\/em> caught up with one Bernie supporter, Kevin Shanty, a twenty-four year old, who goes by the online handle @BernieorBustanut. Kevin allowed us to follow him around for the day as he worked shore up support for his candidate of choice. We met Kevin at a Petco in Williston, Vermont. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis Petco is where I do a lot of my political work,\u201d he told The Winooski<\/em> as he wheeled a shopping cart with a glass terrarium. \u201cUnfortunately Petco only sells mainstream pets, so it was a lot of work finding rats to send to Pete Buttigieg. Pete\u2019s already shown that he\u2019s a rat when he endorsed Biden. Look at his stupid face, he\u2019s a rat,\u201d he said as he began eyeing the snakes for sale. \u201cUnfortunately corporate pet stores don\u2019t sell any venomous snakes, but I\u2019m planning on sending these to Elizabeth Warren\u2019s campaign headquarters and her personal address.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picking up a dozen snakes, he told the paper he was inspired by the snake emoji. \u201cThe key is to cut a couple holes in the box so the pets can breath, but you also don\u2019t want the post office to know that you\u2019re shipping live reptiles. Ideally I would do overnight shipping, but it\u2019s way too expensive and I\u2019m already trying to pay down my Discover card after I maxed out $2,800 donating to Bernie. It\u2019s worth it, he said he will wipe out all credit card debt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We discussed concerns about the possible ceiling of Bernie\u2019s base of support, which seems to cap at about 25% in each state. \u201cThe only way we win this election is to sexually harass Bernie\u2019s opponents, their supporters and to find a balance between not quite threatening physical violence and implying there will be consequences,\u201d he told us, using air quotes frequently. \u201cElizabeth Warren should have dropped out of the race when Bernie had his heart attack and shown solidarity. I wish she would we realize that if this was the 1600\u2019s she would be subjected to the Salem Witch Trials. At this point, I don\u2019t even want her support, she\u2019s basically a far right republican. I\u2019m a total feminist, but I don\u2019t think the country is ready for a stupid elitist bitch in office that taught at Harvard.\u201d When the Winooski reminded Kevin that Bernie lectured at Harvard, he pulled out a snake from his terrarium and started hissing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We asked Kevin what his plans were if Bernie is not the nominee, \u201cFirst off, you can you f*** yourself, you\u2019re clearly a corporate democratic insider for even implying that\u2019s an option, Bernie is going to be nominee.\u201d We asked Kevin who he voted for in the 2016, \u201cI obviously voted for Bernie in the primary, but I voted for Jill Stein. If Bernie isn\u2019t the nominee, maybe I\u2019ll write in Tulsi Gabbard.\u201d We asked Kevin if he was concerned about low turnout of young voters that Bernie Sanders has been relying on. \u201cThe primary is rigged, okay? Look at Bernie on Twitter or Reddit, all I see is Bernie Sanders. If turnout was low, then why does Bernie have 34 million followers online? I wish I had had the time to vote on Tuesday, but I was too busy volunteering at Petco.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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