Hillary Clinton staffer says Bernie Sanders will campaign like a ‘Brooklynite’ for New York primary

Apparently even one of Hillary Clinton's top staffers thinks that hipster favorite Bernie Sanders is cooler than the former Secretary of State.

In an eyebrow-raising conference call with reporters Monday, Clinton's chief strategist Joel Benenson said he expects the Vermont senator to "campaign like a Brooklynite" in the upcoming New York Democratic presidential primary, while Clinton will compete like a "senator."



"I think he's going to compete very hard in New York State," Benenson said of Sanders, when asked for his thoughts on the primary.


"I think he's going to campaign like a Brooklynite, and she's going to campaign like a senator who represented this state for eight years and has lived here for 16. And I think when voters hear the argument, it may make it competitive, but he's not going to get to a number in New York that's going to change the delegate count materially," Benenson said.

It's unclear what he meant by the bizarre comments, since Brooklyn is the undisputed global capital of cool, while nearly all Americans hate the do-nothing Congress.

His line was instantly ridiculed.

"What he doesn't get is that Sanders is campaigning like a [sic] brooklynite because this is a grassroots campaign," tweeted Sanders supporters Nicholas DiMoro.

Ryan Wiley, a self-described "liberal politico," took a dig at Clinton for being a carpetbagger.

"Bernie Sanders will campaign like a 'Brooklynite' unlike Clinton because she literally moved to New York to become a senator," he tweeted of the Brooklyn-born Sanders.

Others saw the lighter side.

"What does that even mean? double parking your campaign bus and passing out bagels at rallies??" tweeted a woman with the handle Joy.


Even Mayor de Blasio, a staunch Clinton supporter, couldn't defend the comments.

When asked about them at an unrelated press conference, he concluded the Clinton staffer had complimented the frontrunner's Democratic rival.

"I don't know what he meant. But I think Brooklyn being one of the most admired places in the country right now , the culture of Brooklyn being associated with spirit, and spunk, and energy and resolve, I think that's a compliment," Hizzoner said.