Biden says he'd 'disown' anyone who made online attacks like Bernie Sanders' supporters

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• Former Vice President Joe Biden told NBC's "Meet The Press" he'd "disown" anyone who behaved online like Bernie Sanders' supporters.
• Sanders recently came under fire after some of his purported supporters bombarded leaders of the Culinary Workers Union with abusive and sexist messages after the union criticized "Medicare for All."
• Sanders himself has denounced the attacks and suggested they were not truly coming from his own supporters.
• But Biden said it wasn't enough for Sanders to distance himself from the behavior, saying he must "find out who the hell they are, if any of them work for [him]. Fire them."
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Former Vice President Joe Biden urged his 2020 rival Bernie Sanders to take greater responsibility for the rhetoric of his supporters, telling NBC's "Meet The Press" he'd never stand for similar behavior.

"If any of my supporters did that, I'd disown them. Flat disown them," Biden said. "The stuff that was said online. The way they threatened these two women who are leaders in that Culinary union. It is outrageous."

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