Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders
Bernie SandersTop Democratic super PACs team up to boost Biden Poll: Biden leads Sanders by 22 points GE employees urge company to use laid-off workers to make ventilators MORE (I-Vt.) on Tuesday caused "#ILikeBernie" to lead the list of trending terms in the U.S. on Twitter after former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJuan Williams: Mueller, one year on Biden tops Trump by 9 points in Fox News poll With VP pick, Biden can't play small ball in a long ball world MORE sharply criticized him.
The hashtag appeared to be a response to Clinton's assertion in an upcoming Hulu documentary that "no one" on Capitol Hill "likes" Sanders, calling him a career politician who has failed to achieve legislative gains.
"Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician," Clinton says in the documentary. "It's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it."
Sanders supporters responded by pointing out that any animosity that other lawmakers feel towards Sanders would only help him among Democrats tired of moderates on Capitol Hill.
Hillary Clinton: “Nobody likes him...”
— Clark Feels The Bern (@Clarknt67) January 21, 2020
Me: “You mean except for teachers, nurses, farmers, truck drivers, food service workers, construction workers…”
HillaryClinton: “Yeah. Like I said, nobodies.” #ILikeBernie pic.twitter.com/vYWCKKdwVQ
Imagine being so disliked by millions to the point of losing to Donald Trump
— Tim Black ™ (@RealTimBlack) January 21, 2020Donald John TrumpCuomo grilled by brother about running for president: 'No. no' Maxine Waters unleashes over Trump COVID-19 response: 'Stop congratulating yourself! You're a failure' Meadows resigns from Congress, heads to White House MORE yet still having the hubris to say someone else is "unlikable". Hillary Clinton is shockingly tone deaf and still playing victim 4 years later. She will never go away. #ILikeBernie
One endorser of Sanders's campaign, Akron, Ohio, city councilwoman Tara Samples, pointed out a letter Clinton sent to Sanders in the waning days of the 2016 election thanking him for his support in the general election following his primary defeat.
Sometimes we need a reminder as to who doesn't like us. #ILikeBernie pic.twitter.com/cxlQHlzN9J
— Tara L. Samples (@TaraLSamples) January 21, 2020
Other 2020 candidates joined in the hashtag Tuesday afternoon, with frequent Sanders ally Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard20 House Dems call on Trump to issue two-week, nationwide shelter-in-place order The Hill's Morning Report — ,000,000,000,000: GOP unveils historic US rescue effort Gillibrand endorses Biden for president MORE (D-Hawaii) tweeting simply: "I like Bernie. #ILikeBernie."
I like Bernie. #ILikeBernie
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) January 21, 2020
Billionaire Tom Steyer
Tom SteyerProgressive advocates propose T 'green stimulus' plan Candidates want data privacy rules, except for their own campaigns Budowsky: Biden should pull together a 'dream team of rivals' MORE, who shared a much-tweeted-about moment with Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth WarrenDemocratic senators ask Pompeo to provide coronavirus aid to Palestinian territories Seth Meyers returning to late-night TV with 'hybrid episodes' Biden tops Trump by 9 points in Fox News poll MORE (D-Mass.) onstage at the last Democratic primary debate, added: "At the risk of getting in the middle of it — I like @BernieSanders."
"Now let's move on, America," he added.
At the risk of getting in the middle of it — I like @BernieSanders.
— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) January 21, 2020
Now let's move on, America.
Sanders himself responded to Clinton's comments, as well, telling The Hill in an emailed statement, “My focus today is on a monumental moment in American history: the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Together, we are going to go forward and defeat the most dangerous president in American history.”
