MANCHESTER, N.H. — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday addressed the phenomenon of the Bernie Bros, denouncing the sexist behavior the group employs on social media.
"We don't want that crap, and we will do everything we can and I think we have tried," Sanders said Sunday morning on CNN. "Look, anybody who is supporting me doing sexist things, we don't want them. I don't want them, that is not what this campaign is about."
.@BernieSanders on "Bernie bros:" We don't want that crap https://t.co/qPd06vBMlf #CNNSOTU https://t.co/9TKngqd1R2— CNN (@CNN) February 7, 2016
Talk about the so-called Bernie Bros has exploded in recent weeks, as the race between Sanders and Hillary Clinton has tightened.
The name was coined in an Atlantic article to describe a group of Sanders supporters who pounce on anyone expressing support for Clinton or who criticize any of Sanders' positions with rude and often sexist comments.
Clinton herself hasn't explicitly discussed the Bernie Bro phenomenon.
But she did address the challenges women face in running for political office on Friday, and said they are held to a different standard then men because of their gender.