==2020 presidential campaign==
:{{See also|United States presidential election, 2020|Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign|116th United States Congress|Bernie Bros|Antifa|NeverTrump|Leftwing violence in the Trump era}}
Sanders has inspired leftist acts of violence, including kind words for [[Antifa]] and mass shootings of [[Republican]]s and Trump supporters, in the name of socialist [[revolution]]. Ironically, Sanders began his win streak of government run healthcare and [[liberal censorship]] at the same time the [[Communist Party of China]] was wrestling with the outbreak of the [[Coronavirus]].Sanders oft repeated slogan is, "There Is No Middle Ground."<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/bernie-sanders-says-there-is-no-middle-ground-then-blames-trump-for-division/</ref> NBC News Director [[Chuck Todd]] compared Sanders supporters to [[Nazi]] [[Brownshirts]].<ref>https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/chuck-todd-should-apologize-and-resign-msnbc-anchor-blasted-for-nazi-smear-on-leading-democrat/</ref> Democrat hardliner [[Chris Matthews]] of MSNBC speculated that if socialism wins, there will be "executions in [[Central Park]]." <ref>https://nypost.com/2020/02/08/chris-matthews-warns-of-executions-in-central-park-if-socialism-wins/</ref> Ironically, Sanders began his win streak of government run healthcare and [[liberal censorship]] at the same time the [[Communist Party of China]] was wrestling with the outbreak of the [[Coronavirus]].
True to his Marxist convictions, Sanders claims that his own words "mischaracterize" his thinking.<ref>https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1144436123122524161</ref> The Sanders campaign has defended Sanders' use of the N-word.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/news/bernie-sanders-campaign-defends-use-of-uncensored-n-word-in-1997-book-critiquing-racism-is-not-racism/</ref>