Biden Campaign Urges Supporters to Defend Him on Social Media

  • Rallying cry comes as Sanders steps up attacks on Biden
  • Iowa caucuses nearing as Biden, Sanders dominate campaign
Joe Biden greets attendees during a campaign event in Burlington, Iowa on Jan. 28.Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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Joe Biden’s campaign is urging its active social-media supporters to get online and defend the Democratic presidential candidate against what it sees as increasingly aggressive attacks from the surging Bernie Sanders camp.

With less than a week before the Iowa caucuses, the Biden campaign expressed concern on a call to its supporters that Sanders people were “getting ugly” and it had to “step up its game” defending the vice president. The message was confirmed by campaign national press secretary TJ Ducklo.