Alyssa Milano has recently come under fire of Bernie supporters! She was always outspoken about politics and recently announced her support for Joe Biden. However, she recently wrote a thread on Twitter, criticizing the divisive politics of Bernie Sanders and his supporters. In response, she received a lot of backlash! Let’s take a look.
Alyssa Milano goes to Twitter!
As we all know, Twitter is currently the hub of US politics. And Alyssa Milano is no stranger to it as well. This time, however, she decided to write a series of tweets, with Bernie supporters in her mind.
She wrote about how she used to support Bernie Sanders back in 2016. But, now she believes that Joe Biden is the person who can steady the boat. This is because of the number of deaths resulted from COVID-19. However, she attacked Bernie supporters by calling the base “toxic” and comparing them to MAGA (Trump supporters). Here’s Alyssa Milano’s thread in order:
In 2016, I felt Bernie was the right person for that moment in history. I still support and believe in many of the policies & ideals of the Sanders Campaign.
He has always fought for what is right and just. I know this. I love this about him.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 2, 2020
Biden is right for this heartbreaking moment in time. That’s my opinion. My right. You’re entitled to unfollow and wish me away. But, alas, I’m not going anywhere…and I hope you don’t either. We need your fight. We need your anger. We need your passion. We need love.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 2, 2020
Having said that, people are dying. I don’t care if they are Trump supporters, Bernie supporters, Biden supporters or a-political. My heart aches for ALL who are struggling right now. Loss of life of this magnitude is unprecedented. Globally, millions of people are going to die.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 2, 2020
And to everyone who supports my tweets and my being, thank you. I have so much love in my heart right now. The world has changed. I’m sorry people are toxic in my replies. Thank you for hanging in there with me. I appreciate you.
Believe in believing. The impossible is possible.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) April 2, 2020
These were very strong words from Alyssa Milano for an entire voter base. And as a result, Bernie supporters criticized her aggressively in return.
Bernie Supporters call her out for being a ‘hypocrite’
When the thread was tweeted, Alyssa received a lot of criticism. She was immediately called out for her tweets attacking Bernie. One of them, however, was an article by a right-wing website the Daily Caller. And his supporters were quick to point that out in the replies:
Your thread takes no accountability of the fact that you attacked Bernie multiple times today including sharing an article from a right-wing propaganda site. If you want to be helpful then push Biden on policy like Medicare-For-All. That is how he will win the left & beat Trump.
— Ryan Knight 🌹 (@ProudSocialist) April 2, 2020
Other than this, Joe Biden’s lack of faith in a proper health care plan was also brought up against Alyssa Milano. This is because recently, Biden told ABC News how he believes Medicare-for-all would not have stopped Coronavirus. And this is coming at a time when most Americans firmly believe in Bernie’s vision for health care.
But these were just one of the many political replies to Milano. However, there were a bunch of serious responses too. And most of them were about her silence on allegations of sexual assault on Joe Biden.
Milano’s silence over allegations on Joe Biden
A few days ago, a staffer from Biden’s campaign named Tara Reid came forward against Joe Biden. She told in an interview how Biden sexually assaulted her back in 1993. Therefore, this sparked a #MeToo campaign on Twitter against the Dem candidate. These are some serious allegations, that can damage Biden’s campaign severely. This is especially true because Biden’s main targetted voter base is liberal. But, what was more concerning for many Bernie supporters was Alyssa Milano’s silence over the matter.
She has always been an advocate of the #MeToo movement, and her silence on this issue speaks volumes. But, this isn’t the first time she’s been called out for her hypocrisy in this matter. Rose McGowan, a rape victim of Harvey Weinstein spoke about Alyssa Milano in very bad terms. In fact, the two still have a feud, where Rose has blocked Alyssa on Twitter. She also blamed Alyssa for being a hypocrite in this interview that again went viral on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Abelbc85/status/1245796987351547909?s=20
This feud between Alyssa Milano and Bernie supporters has opened a lot of old wounds. Sadly, Twitter can become very toxic sometimes. Especially when swathes of people are constantly in your mentions over politics. However, it is important for celebrities to maintain consistency in their stances, and not call entire voter bases toxic. It’s never a good idea to generalize in politics.
