{"id":855593,"date":"2021-10-07T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T11:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=855593"},"modified":"2021-10-07T07:14:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T11:14:06","slug":"bernie-sanders-refused-to-sign-on-to-statement-condemning-activists-harassing-sinema-in-bathroom-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-refused-to-sign-on-to-statement-condemning-activists-harassing-sinema-in-bathroom-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Refused To Sign On To Statement Condemning Activists Harassing Sinema In Bathroom: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbernie-sanders-refused-to-sign-on-to-statement-condemning-activists-harassing-sinema-in-bathroom-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=855593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Bernie-Sanders-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-ip02xz\" readability=\"40.730725299829\">\n<p>Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) refused to sign onto a statement condemning far-left activists who chased Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) into a bathroom where they proceeded to record and berate her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanders wanted the statement to urge Sinema to drop her opposition to prescription drug reform, as well as Biden\u2019s $3.5 trillion\u201d social spending bill, Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/newsletters\/axios-sneak-peek-fba4f108-8728-4551-abed-ef2298df34c1.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAn email exchange between Senate Democratic leadership aides, obtained by Axios, reveals Sanders withheld his name from a joint statement declaring protesters who followed Sinema into a bathroom \u2014 and filmed her while using the restroom \u2014 as \u2018plainly inappropriate and unacceptable.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders\u2019 communications director Mike Casca indicated that the senator did not approve of the statement and responded to an aide for another senator who organized the statement, writing: \u201cSanders will not be signing, so please cut \u2018Senate Democratic Leadership Team\u2019 from headline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report said that \u201cSinema\u2019s orbit\u201d has expressed frustration that her colleagues have not stood up for her. Democrat President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-on-kyrsten-sinema-being-harassed-in-bathroom-it-happens-to-everybody-part-of-the-process\">responded<\/a> to the incident by saying in part that it \u201chappens to everybody\u201d and that it\u2019s \u201cpart of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Numerous Republicans have come out and defended Sinema against the attack, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), who called the incident \u201cUnacceptable, regardless of your politics.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Mike Lee (UT): \u201cHarassment is NOT part of the process.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Rand Paul (KY): \u201cNone of us will always agree with our elected officials. Following @SenatorSinema into a bathroom, harassing her on a plane, these things are wrong and they need to stop.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Tom Cotton (AR): \u201cHarassing senators in restrooms is not \u2018part of the process.\u2019 It\u2019s criminal thuggery that should be condemned, not excused.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Mitt Romney (UT): \u201cI\u2019ve spent countless hours working alongside Kyrsten Sinema. She is smart, hard working and principled. We don\u2019t always see eye to eye, but I respect her. The harassment she has endured is inexcusable and disheartening. It reflects so poorly on the bullies and abusers.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Axios\u2019 report about Sanders\u2019 refusal to sign a statement condemning the attack on Sinema also elicited a significant amount of backlash online, including from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brian Riedl<\/strong>, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute: \u201cWhen one of your crazy supporters opens fire on other Members of Congress and leaves a House colleague near death, perhaps its best to condemn the intimidation &amp; harassment of other lawmakers without a \u2018yes, but\u2026&#8217;\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeff Jacoby<\/strong>, Boston Globe columnist: \u201cIn 2017 a crazed @BernieSanders supporter fired more than 50 rounds at Republican congressmen playing baseball. Six people ended up in the hospital. Yet Sanders still can\u2019t bring himself to condemn unhinged left-wing aggression against a fellow lawmaker.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Casey Mattox<\/strong>, attorney: \u201cReminder that Sinema (and Manchin) continuing to caucus with Democrats is why Bernie Sanders is the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee instead of the ranking member.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Whitlock<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cWhen you can\u2019t even condemn activists putting one of your colleagues in danger unless your colleague first agrees with your spending plans, you\u2019ve lost the plot. Shame on @BernieSanders.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) refused to sign onto a statement condemning far-left activists who chased Sen. 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