A man was kicked out of a meeting of the Democratic primary candidate for the Jewish faith, Bernie Sanders, after waving a Nazi flag on Thursday evening. Shortly after the independent senator went on stage to begin his speech, the cries of support from his supporters turned into a hoot when a man displayed in the crowd a flag showing a swastika. Videos of the incident quickly spread to social networks.
"That someone in the United States exhibits the worst symbol in modern history, after 400,000 brave Americans died to defeat him, is unspeakable," said the candidate at a press conference, explaining that he had only been informed of the presence of the Nazi symbol after leaving the stage.
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Members of the meeting security team kicked the man out a few seconds after he waved his flag, and supporters of Bernie Sanders tweeted that they had ripped him away, photo of the standard being trampled on. support.
"No matter who you support, attacks like this against a man who could be the first Jewish president are repulsive and aberrant," candidate Joe Biden posted on Twitter in support of his political rival.
The Anti-Defamation League, an organization fighting discrimination and anti-Semitism, announced on its blog that it had identified the man, who had already "harassed a range of Jewish and Muslim organizations and events, and used these incidents to create content that he published online . "
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