Rep. Tlaib issues statement Saturday following incident at a panel on Friday where she encouraged attendees to boo after a mention of Hillary Clinton's name.
did not attend the Iowa event on Friday night held by his surrogates, a"caucus concert" featuring Bon Iver, because he was in Washington, D.C., for the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
During a panel discussion with Tlaib, and Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar, the moderator, Sanders supporter and Des Moines school board member Dionna Langford, invoked Clinton's name and immediately some in the crowd of thousands began to boo.She added,"A hater said, by the name of Hillary Clinton, we calling names out here, taking shots. That nobody likes Bernie Sanders...We have three days to show the entire country how much we like Bernie Sanders and it starts here in Iowa.
Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir has called for"focus" and"positivity" from Sanders' surrogates and supporters ahead of the caucuses on Monday after the candidate's backers began calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren a"snake" and tweeting snake emojis. This is not the first time the Sanders campaign and Sanders surrogates were not on the same page with their message. Last month, activist Zephyr Teachout wrote an opinion piece in The Guardian, calling former Vice President Joe Biden"corrupt." Sanders later disavowed the comments, telling CBS News he does not believe Biden has a"big corruption problem."
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