The phrase #EatTheRich was one of the top trending topics on Twitter early Tuesday morning after a sign with the slogan was placed in the window of the billionaire’s campaign office in Flint, Michigan on February 16.
The incident was one of a number of acts of vandalism which have hit Bloomberg’s campaign offices in the past few weeks.
Most recently, the words “racist,” “sexist,” “GOP” and “oligarch” were spray painted on the windows of his office in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, February 24.
Similar acts of vandalism have also taken place in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 22, where several office windows were smashed.
The words “racist oligarch f**k Bloomberg” were spray painted at a campaign office in Knoxville, Tennessee, and “Corporate Pig” was also written on office windows in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
As well as in Chicago, the word “oligarch” was also spray painted on Bloomberg’s campaign offices in Toledo and Youngstown, Ohio.
“America deserves better,” Team Bloomberg tweeted while listing the acts of vandalism to have occurred.
On Twitter, tens of thousand of people seem to support the acts, using #EatTheRich to show their disdain for inequality which exists in the world, but also to attack Bloomberg for his wealth and his campaign for president.
In a statement, Bloomberg’s campaign manager Kevin Sheekey described the repeated acts of vandalism as “an act of hate” while again suggesting that the supporters of 2020 rival and socialist democrat Bernie Sanders may be responsible.
“While we do not know who is directly responsible, we do know Senator Bernie Sanders and his campaign have repeatedly invoked this language, and the word ‘oligarch’ specifically when discussing Mike Bloomberg and his campaign.
“Sen. Sanders’ refusal to denounce these illegal acts is a sign of his inability to lead, and his willingness to condone and promote Trump-like rhetoric has no place in our politics. Fortunately, no one has been injured. But this needs to end before someone gets hurt.
“No one should have to live in fear of coming to work, and Sen. Sanders must call on his supporters—including his campaign staff—to elevate the discourse in this campaign and end their spread of hateful rhetoric.”
Sanders, currently the frontrunner the win for Democratic nomination, previously spoke out against online harassment following allegations his supporters were attacking members of the Nevada Culinary Workers Union (NCWU) over a dispute about his flagship Medicare for All health insurance policy.
“Harassment of all forms is unacceptable to me, and we urge supporters of all campaigns not to engage in bullying or ugly personal attacks,” Sanders said in a statement.
“Our campaign is building a multi-generational, multi-racial movement of love, compassion, and justice. We can certainly disagree on issues, but we must do it in a respectful manner.”
Sanders has promised to cut the wealth of billionaires in half over the next 15 years by bringing in a tax on extreme wealth if elected president, targeting the top 0.1 percent of households which Bloomberg would fall under.
Sanders’ campaign team have been contacted for comment about the claims from Bloomberg’s office.
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