Tag Archives: Bernie Sanders

NBC News Miami reports: The Florida Democratic Party on Monday said it condemns dictatorships and “stands in solidarity” with those fleeing dictatorships, after 2020 Democratic White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) comments saying that not everything about Cuba was was bad under Fidel Castro. The state’s Democratic Party chairwoman Terrie Rizzo released a statement criticizing dictatorships and echoed its …

Michigan Live reports: Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg is blaming primary opponent Bernie Sanders for inspiring a string of vandalism at Bloomberg’s campaign offices in Michigan and other states. The Bloomberg campaign shared images showing graffiti spray-painted on the window of its Ann Arbor field office and a sign placed on another office in Flint this month. Bloomberg Campaign Manager …

The Hill reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are in a statistical tie among primary voters in Texas, followed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren(D-Mass.), according to a poll released Monday from the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs. The survey found Biden with 22.5 percent support in the Lone Star State and Sanders with …

Politico reports: Bernie Sanders announced to the Democratic establishment earlier this week that it can’t stop his campaign. Many rivals and party insiders now admit he might be right. Sanders is zooming toward Super Tuesday with victories in Nevada and New Hampshire, a foothold in the delegate-rich states of California and Texas, and a divided, jam-packed field of moderate opponents. …

The Washington Post reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has never attended an American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, according to the lobbying group. In fact, his public refusal to attend last year’s conference early in his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination spurred a petition that urged other presidential candidates to steer clear of the pro-Israel lobbying group’s event. Things …

From the conservative Washington Examiner: Actress and activist Susan Sarandon hit back at 2020 Democrat Pete Buttigieg for claiming that front-runner Bernie Sanders could undermine down-ballot Democrats if he is the party’s nominee in November. “Senator Sanders is ignoring, dismissing, or even attacking the very Democrats we absolutely must send to Capitol Hill in order to keep Nancy Pelosi as …

CBS News reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden’s lead in South Carolina continues to narrow as the state’s primary inches closer, according to a new CBS News-YouGov survey. The poll, which was finished before Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won the Nevada caucuses, revealed that Biden’s support has fallen by double-digits and that he leads the progressive senator by just 5 …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump congratulated Bernie Sanders on his apparent victory in the Nevada caucus, but still couldn’t help but insult him while mocking the other 2020 Democratic candidates and implying that there exists a conspiracy to keep Sanders from winning. In a Saturday evening tweet, not long after Fox News called the Nevada caucus for Sanders, Trump noted …

“I congratulate my competitors on a vigorous campaign here in Nevada, and I congratulate Senator Sanders on a strong showing today, knowing that we celebrate many of the same ideals. But before we rush to nominate Senator Sanders in our one shot to take on this president, let us take a sober look at what is at stake for our …

Newsweek reports: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is facing calls to resign after he compared Bernie Sanders’ victory in the Nevada caucus to the Nazi invasion of France. As the results came in and Sanders took an early lead on Saturday night, Hardball host Matthews claimed Republicans would release opposition research on Sanders that would “kill him” if he became the Democratic …

Mother Jones reports: Bernie Sanders has won Nevada’s Saturday caucuses, notching another victory on his quest to secure the Democratic nomination. His campaign counted on a massive field organization to turn out early voters, especially among Latinos, but it appears he also won most of the key day-of caucus sites. While the complete outcome is not yet available, Nevada’s caucuses …

“Why wouldn’t an older citizen vote for somebody with that kind of a record and with that kind of experience and honesty and trust? It just doesn’t make sense to me that he’s not getting my generation. And I want to urge my generation to get out and vote for him, please. “Bernie has been consistent with his policies ever …

The Washington Post reports: U.S. officials have told Sen. Bernie Sanders that Russia is attempting to help his presidential campaign as part of an effort to interfere with the Democratic contest, according to people familiar with the matter. President Trump and lawmakers on Capitol Hill have also been informed about the Russian assistance to the Vermont senator, according to people …

Just in via Morning Consult: A series of sustained attacks on former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg during Wednesday’s presidential debate in Las Vegas has dented his standing with Democratic primary voters, blunting the billionaire’s momentum and dropping him below former Vice President Joe Biden in nationwide polling. The downward movement included 4-point drops among liberals (to 13 percent) …

The Hill reports: Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign called out Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign after its Knoxville, Tenn., office was vandalized, saying the incident was reminiscent of language used by Sanders and his supporters. “This latest incident at our Knoxville campaign office is exactly what we’ve been warning about. We don’t know who is …

Politico reports: Bernie Sanders hasn’t won the Democratic primary — but down-ballot Republicans are having a field day acting like he has. Republicans up and down the ballot are already casting their Democratic rivals as socialist puppets who would remake the economy in Sanders’ collectivist vision. The play is straightforward: President Donald Trump has repelled college-educated suburban voters since he …

NBC News reports: As the Democratic primary battle turns to states with more racial diversity than the first two nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, newly released data from the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders now enjoys similar levels of support among black Democratic primary voters as former Vice President Joe Biden does, …

The New York Daily News reports: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders distanced himself from the so-called “Bernie Bros” who have been criticized for using online bullying tactics while on stage at Wednesday’s Democratic primary debate. “If there are a few people who make ugly remarks … I disown those people, they are not part of our movement,” Sanders said in Nevada. …

Just in from Emerson Polling: In potential head-to-head match-ups, Trump leads 4 of his 5 democratic rivals, trailing only against Sanders 51% to 49%. The President leads Biden 52% to 48% and leads Bloomberg, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar 51% to 49%. There is a significant gender divide in head to head matchups against the President; in all head to head matchups …

Politico reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders broke with one of his highest-profile surrogates Tuesday on his signature Medicare for All proposal, suggesting that his policy proposal is already a compromise. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told HuffPost last week that a worst-case scenario with Sanders in the White House is a compromise on health care that ends up adding a public …