{"id":142038,"date":"2020-02-22T06:50:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T06:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/bernie-sanders-responds-after-reportedly-being-told-russia-is-helping-him-in-election\/"},"modified":"2020-02-22T06:50:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T06:50:37","slug":"bernie-sanders-responds-after-reportedly-being-told-russia-is-helping-him-in-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/bernie-sanders-responds-after-reportedly-being-told-russia-is-helping-him-in-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders Responds After Reportedly Being Told Russia Is Helping Him in Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday warned Russia to stay out of U.S. elections after The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/bernie-sanders-briefed-by-us-officials-that-russia-is-trying-to-help-his-presidential-campaign\/2020\/02\/21\/5ad396a6-54bd-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, citing anonymous sources, that U.S. officials had told Sanders that Russia is trying to aid his presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intelligence community is telling us they are interfering in this campaign, right now, in 2020. And what I say to Mr. Putin, if elected president, trust me you are not going to be interfering in American elections,\u201d Sanders told reporters in Bakersfield, California.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear what form the Russian assistance took, the paper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not consider Vladimir Putin a good friend,\u201d Sanders said in a statement released following the Washington Post report. \u201cHe [Putin] is an autocratic thug who is attempting to destroy democracy and crush dissent in Russia. Lets be clear; the Russians want to undermine American democracy by dividing us up \u2026 I stand firmly against their efforts and any other foreign power that wants to interfere in our election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the ugly stuff on the internet attributed to our campaign may well not be coming from real supporters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, in his statement, attributed the \u201cextraordinary grassroots organization,\u201d \u201cgrassroots fundraising\u201d and \u201cagenda that speaks to the needs of working-class people\u201d as contributing to \u201cthe strongest campaign to defeat Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old democratic socialist from Vermont is considered the front-runner for the Democratic nomination and is favored to win the Nevada caucuses on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders said he was briefed about possible interference about a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were told that Russia, maybe other countries, are going to get involved in this campaign,\u201d he told reporters, according to Reuters. \u201cLook, here is the message: To Russia, stay out of American elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they are doing, by the way, the ugly thing that they are doing\u2014and Ive seen some of their tweets and stuff\u2014is they try to divide us up,\u201d he added. \u201cThey are trying to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bernie-sanders-responds-after-reportedly-being-told-russia-is-helping-him-in-election_3246599.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ninebyninedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/download.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Epoch Times<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday warned Russia to stay out of U.S. electio..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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