Inside Bernie-world's war on Beto O'Rourke (2018)

[TomCADem]

8. The Key Thing Is That BS's Attacks Are Not Unique to An Opponent

Perhaps in 2016, you could attribute it to something unique about Hillary Clinton, but this time around, it is clear that BS has a clear playbook of launching character attacks on his opponents and Democrats in general.

As noted by the Foreign Policy Research Initiative, Bernie's campaign is tailor (on purpose?) to be used at platform for Russia to influence the U.S. election and undermine faith in a Democratic system, particularly since BS's campaign is focused on attacking Democrats even though he is running for the Democratic nomination.

https://www.fpri.org/fie/russias-mentions-2020-candidates-update-2/

Though Russia pushed similar narratives about Sanders during the 2016 election, there are new Sanders narratives in 2020:
* New establishment figures opposing Sanders – Mayors Pete Buttigieg and Michael Bloomberg are often portrayed as part of alleged Democratic corruption
* Need for transparency – Despite Sanders’s campaign pushing for more transparency in the caucuses for 2020, he remains a victim of DNC bias
* 2020 is more corrupt than 2016 – The notion that alleged corruption is far worse in 2020 than it was in 2016.