Bloomberg’s Camp Says Vandalism at Office ‘Echoes Language’ of Sanders’ Campaign
2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg’s campaign office in Knoxville, Tenn., was vandalized with a campaign volunteer finding the damage early Friday morning. Glass doors and windows at the Democratic…
2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg’s campaign office in Knoxville, Tenn., was vandalized with a campaign volunteer finding the damage early Friday morning.
Glass doors and windows at the Democratic presidential candidate’s office were spray-painted with offensive language and paper signs reading “Authoritarian,” “Classist” and “Oligarch.”
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Bloomberg’s Tennesee communications director, Holly McCall, called out supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), suggesting they did it.
“I’m sure it’s some sort of organized effort,” she said about multiple incidents of vandalism on Bloomberg’s campaign offices, across three states, in the past month.
Bloomberg’s Campaign Manager Kevin Sheekey responded to the attack in a statement posted online, “This latest incident at our Knoxville campaign office is exactly what we’ve been warning about. We don’t know who is responsible for this vandalism, but we do know it echoes languages from the Sanders campaign and its supporters.”
In the statement, Sheekey listed the cities and dates offices were vandalized along with examples to show how the language in the defaced property corresponds with the language used by Sanders and his campaign staff.
Sheekey continued:
