Thread by @HootHootBerns

So I tormented myself by listening to WeakKnees' nearly two-hour inaugural "podcast" stream so you wouldn't have to and OH BOY. (Thread)

During which, he plays some music he made with his cousin, including a lovely "f*ck Bernie" tune featuring fun, awful, violent lyrics like...

I won't give this clown the benefit of more footage nor a direct link to his contemptible bile. I'm risking my account as it is to expose this trash that needs to be called out and condemned, let alone want to Streisand him more attention.

But there's more in the same song...

"Tell your wife watch her mouth before she gets Bernie smacked"

"My b*tches creep your house/Smack your kids in the mouth"

Near the end, "f*ck that n**** Bernie/f*ck that n**** up."

If it were only this and billboards, I might have brushed it off as "trash talk."

But context:

Firstly, this guy has long harbored an unhealthy obsession with dunking Bernie. After all, his continued harassment was what got him pushed off this site several times.

Here's some of his totally sane and healthy tweets:

https://twitter.com/Thesaltwithin1/status/1101128031534428163

I'm sure some others have more of his greatest hits and harassment on Bernie supporters. But he is/was one of the accounts in and boosted by this lovely little domestic troll farm: huffpost.com/entry/democrat…

Word cloud of unverified account retweet frequency by the sock network tracked (larger the name, the more retweets received). Original source from the article: shareblueastroturf.netlify.com/#sockpuppet_ac…

As you can see, his account features rather prominently.

Another fun note: just Neera Tanden referring to him as "friend" and wishing him happy birthday...

Probably worth noting at this point: he also mentions during the podcast that he used to work for the campaign and expressed regret at leaving too early. His critique included *checks notes* thinking she didn't hit Bernie hard enough.

Right... thedailybeast.com/hillary-pac-sp…

But here's the real kicker, on top of Neera Tanden palling with him:

Hillary sending him a rather personal sounding (as though she may know him) letter, including thanks for his "very vocal and enthusiastic support...on social media."

I cannot...

https://twitter.com/wideofthepost/status/1165403030252118017

WeakKnees also mentions in the podcast that NY is only one place he's running with these billboards, but also to Iowa, SC, etc.

Yet his YT channel looks like it only started up the past few days, his GoFundMe was only started last month, and isn't even at $1,000 yet.

Which leads me to the question: where, exactly, is he getting the money or time to wage this totally sane "vet bad man Bernie" campaign?

It's also rather interesting that all this spins up as Joe continually falls over his own words in public AND events/emails like this emerge:

So what was the possible plan here--promote this guy on MSNBC or elsewhere as some kind of evidence for "grassroots support" that Hillary should run again?

Whatever any of this is about, Weaks' actions have now gotten out of hand, especially for this tense political climate.

This is more than a simple "jerk supporter is being a jerk"--whether they knew it or not, Neera and Hillary have directly encouraged and praised Weaks' behaviors, encouraging him to escalate.

Deplatforming won't fix this anymore. They need to condemn his actions here AT ONCE.

Unfortunately, such support for violent rhetoric has gone on in anti-Bernie world unchecked in any way for entirely too long.

And it needs to be condemned and discouraged by those whose friends fuel and support it.

Now. /END