Tag Archives: Bernie Sanders

The Trump Campaign Has The Bernie Sadz

The Hill reports: Donald Trump’s campaign is accusing Bernie Sanders of betraying his supporters by endorsing Hillary Clinton. “Bernie’s endorsement becomes exhibit A in our rigged system,” senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said in a statement Tuesday. “The Democrat Party is disenfranchising its voters to benefit the select and privileged few.” Miller said Sanders’s core principles have often contradicted Clinton’s …

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LIVE VIDEO: Bernie Sanders Campaigns With Hillary UPDATE: Happy Endorsement Day, Everybody

Bernie Sanders has joined Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail for the first time. His endorsement is expected shortly. Watch below, live from New Hampshire.

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TOMORROW: Bernie To Campaign With Hillary

Mic reports: Bernie Sanders will join Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail on Tuesday, the Clinton campaign announced early Monday morning, news that comes after the erstwhile primary rivals have moved closer together on issues like health care and higher education. Sanders, who has yet to formally concede defeat in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination but has indicated …

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NADER REDUX: Presumptive Green Party Nominee Jill Stein Invites Bernie Sanders To Take Over Ticket

The Guardian reports: Bernie Sanders has been invited to continue his underdog bid for the White House by the Green party’s probable presidential candidate, who has offered to step aside to let him run. Jill Stein, who is expected to be endorsed at the party’s August convention in Houston, told Guardian US that “overwhelming” numbers of Sanders supporters are flocking …

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BREAKING: Bernie To Endorse Hillary On Tuesday

CBS News New York reports: Bernie Sanders will finally give his stamp of approval to Hillary Clinton. CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reported the Vermont senator will endorse Clinton next Tuesday in New Hampshire and bring the Democratic Party together before Donald Trump and Republicans meet for their convention. Garrett told WCBS 880 the presumptive Democratic presidential …

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Bernie Sanders: House Democrats Booed Me Today Because We Look At The World Differently [VIDEO]

The Week reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the reason that House Democrats booed him at a closed-door meeting Wednesday morning boils down to the fact that they simply “look at the world a little bit differently.” Though Sanders said that reports of the incident were somewhat exaggerated, he did acknowledge “differences of opinion.” “What I’m trying to do and …

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House Dems Boo Bernie For Not Endorsing Hillary

Politico reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders is still talking like a guy who’s running for president. But frustrated House Democrats — who booed him at one point during a morning meeting — say it’s time to stop. With the Democratic convention just weeks away, Sanders still hasn’t endorsed one-time rival Hillary Clinton and dodged questions about when he would during a …

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Bernie Wins Concessions In Democratic Platform: Minimum Wage, Death Penalty, Social Security

A draft version of the 2016 Democratic National Committee platform has been released with several new items pushed strongly by Bernie Sanders. The Hill reports: The platform explicitly calls for a $15 minimum wage, a position long espoused by Sanders. “Democrats believe that the current minimum wage is a starvation wage and must be increased to a living wage,” the …

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Bernie “Isn’t There Yet” On Endorsing Hillary [VIDEO]

Via Politico: While Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday recounted a conversation with Bernie Sanders in which he said the Vermont senator would endorse Hillary Clinton, Sanders himself declared later in the evening that he is “not there at this moment.” “Oh, I’ve talked to Bernie, Bernie’s going to endorse her, this is going to work out,” the vice president …

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Jessica Williams Interviews Sanders Supporters Who Say They’re Voting For Donald Trump [VIDEO]

Jessica Williams said goodbye to the Daily Show last night, then presented an interview with diehard Sanders supporters. The Daily Beast recaps: The field piece that followed was classic Jessica Williams. “After an impassioned Democratic primary between the Curb Your Enthusiasm guy and the Mother of Dragons, the voting is finally over,” she said. “With Hillary Clinton as their nominee, …

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FLORIDA: Over 100 Sanders Supporters Sue DNC And Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz For Election Fraud

From South Florida’s New Times: Amid allegations that Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz “rigged” the Democratic presidential primary in favor of Hillary Clinton, 120 people, including 104 Bernie Sanders donors, sued both Wasserman Schultz and the DNC in the Southern District Court of Florida yesterday for fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, and other claims. They alleged she misled the DNC …

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CBS News: Sanders Campaign Plotted To Rig Nevada Caucus Tie-Breakers With Double-Sided Coins

In their dissection of the early days of the Sanders campaign, CBS News today delivered a fascinating revelation. They write: The landslide New Hampshire victory finally put the campaign in a different frame of mind. “It gave us confidence that we could fight,” says Jane Sanders. She calls the New Hampshire blowout “humbling, moving and surprising.” But then came Nevada, …

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Bernie Sanders: I’m Voting For Hillary [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports: Bernie Sanders says he will vote for Hillary Clinton for president. While stopping short of a full endorsement of his Democratic rival, Sanders says he’s “pretty good at arithmetic” and understands that Clinton has more pledged delegates than he does. “I will do everything I can to defeat Donald Trump,” because his campaign is built on …

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Bernie Sanders: It Appears I Won’t Be The Nominee

Via Politico: Sen. Bernie Sanders acknowledged Wednesday that his chances of becoming the Democratic nominee for president aren’t ideal. “It doesn’t appear that I’m going to be the nominee, so I’m not going to be determining the scope of the convention,” Sanders said during an interview with C-SPAN. The comment came in response to a question about his preparations for …

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Supporters Of Bernie Sanders Are Practicing Getting Arrested Ahead Of The Democratic Convention

Buzzfeed reports: The big question this weekend in Chicago is how to turn the Bernie Sanders movement into a lasting element of Democratic politics. For some of the Sanders faithful on Saturday afternoon, the answer was locking arms on a civic center floor and struggling as “police officers” pulled them apart and “arrested” them. The People’s Summit conference, sponsored by …

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Hillary Wins DC Primary, Meets With Bernie Sanders

And that’s that. Via the Associated Press: Hillary Clinton is finishing the Democratic presidential primary season with a lead of more than 380 pledged delegates over Bernie Sanders. Clinton won the District of Columbia, which was the last to hold its primary, on Tuesday. With 20 delegates at stake, Clinton won at least 14. Sanders picked up at least two. …

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Rabbi Earns Standing Ovation With Blazing Progressive Speech At Muhammad Ali’s Funeral [VIDEO]

I watched every minute of this live on CNN. You should watch it below. Business Insider recaps: Rabbi Michael Lerner delivered a powerful eulogy for boxing legend Muhammad Ali at his funeral on Friday, praising Ali for daring “to love black people at a time when black people had a hard time loving themselves” and calling for an end to …

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Nutjob Trump Spox Katrina Pierson Predicts: Half Of Bernie Sanders’ Supporters Will Join Our Side [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: A Donald Trump spokesperson today suggested that up to half of all Bernie Sanders supporters may jump aboard the Trump train rather than go for Hillary Clinton. Recent polls have shown that only about 20 percent of Sanders voters would go for Trump, and a higher percentage of Sanders voters are with Clinton than Clinton voters were with …

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BREAKING: Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton [VIDEO]

Watch below. Via Politico: President Barack Obama has endorsed Hillary Clinton, saying, “I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office.” The development comes after Obama and Vice President Joe Biden largely stuck to their promise to stay on the sidelines during the Democratic primary. While Bernie Sanders is vowing to stay in the presidential race …

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Sanders Meets With Obama, Says He Looks Forward To Working With Hillary To Stop Trump [VIDEO]

Bernie Sanders spoke briefly to press this afternoon after exiting his hour-long meeting with President Obama at the White House. Sanders gave no mention of dropping out of the race, but said that he looks forward to working with Hillary Clinton to stop Donald Trump. He added that he also looks forward to next week’s Washington DC primary. Watch below. …

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