Bernie: As someone Who Lost Family in the Holocaust, Nazi Flag Waving at Rally Was "Unspeakable."

Some people describe Bernie as an old white guy, thereby erasing his Jewishness. Well, yesterday, a white supremacist waved a Nazi flag at the rally of man whose uncles and aunts were killed in the Holocaust. You cannot erase who he is. 

Nazis are white supremacists. And to white supremacists, Bernie is not white — he is Jewish.  

Moments after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took the stage at his campaign rally in Phoenix on Thursday night, the crowd was on its feet cheering madly for the Democratic presidential candidate.

But those cheers were swiftly replaced by deafening boos when Sanders’s supporters noticed that one man standing behind the senator in an upper section of the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum wasn’t waving a “Bernie” sign like many of those around him.

Instead, the man was holding a red flag above his head — and it was emblazoned with a swastika.

“It was absolutely wild,” Brianna Westbrook, a national surrogate for the Sanders campaign, told The Washington Post. “I never thought I would have seen a swastika at a political event. It’s gross.”

WaPo: ‘This is absolutely abhorrent’: Nazi flag at Sanders rally sparks outcry, concerns about safety

Dropping a Nazi flag in front of a Jewish candidate isn't rude or mean. And it's not just a message for Bernie Sanders.

It's a signal of intent. pic.twitter.com/46nVJrB4SG

— Alex (@JewishWonk) March 6, 2020

People reacted quickly. 

The only before and after that matters. pic.twitter.com/Ndfv2hadg4

— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) March 6, 2020

Bernie spoke out today about the Nazi flag waving. 

As someone whose family was wiped out by Hitler and as an American, to have in this country somebody bringing forth the most detestable symbol in modern history is unspeakable. pic.twitter.com/0TySmmxhgh

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 6, 2020

Bernie will be the first Jewish nominee and president. Don’t reduce him to something he is not.