Bernie Sanders Tag

Michael Bloomberg on Other Dem Candidates: ‘Donald Trump would eat them up’

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 07, 2019 24 Comments

Democrat presidential hopefuls Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), both lowly millionaires, have taken aim at late entrant former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg (D-NY) for being a billionaire. This is so ridiculous on its face that Bloomberg all but dismisses it by noting that any of the current crop of Democrats vying for their party's 2020 nomination will be "eat[en] up" by President Trump.

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Poll Finds Bernie Sanders Making Significant Gains With College Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 06, 2019 6 Comments

"Trump received the second highest support at 17.3 percent, but the poll noted that Democratic student votes are more divided because of the number of candidates."...

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Bernie Wants to Tax More Than Just ‘The Rich’ to Pay for Medicare for All

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 26, 2019 16 Comments

Bernie Sanders likes to talk about making billionaires pay their fair share. But he recently admitted that as far as taxes are concerned, he is coming after pretty much everyone.

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Finland’s healthcare system still flounders, Dems’ ‘Medicare for All’ hardest hit

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 25, 2019 20 Comments

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) again iterated his now well-worn "I wrote the damn plan" when Medicare for All was brought up in the most recent Democrat debate.  The fact that he wrote it has been a self-inflicted thorn in Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) side since she signed on to Bernie's Medicare for All plan early in her campaign.

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Iowa Poll: Elizabeth Warren drops after Medicare-for-All plan, Buttigieg jumps to big lead

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 17, 2019 29 Comments

If the latest polls are any indication, radical, disruptive socialist schemes like the Green New Deal and Medicare for All are not resonating with Democrat primary voters.

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Sanders Says Ocasio-Cortez ‘Will Play a Very, Very Important Role’ in His White House

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 13, 2019 44 Comments

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gushed over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in a joint interview in Iowa. He apparently adores her so much that he wants her in his White House.

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Have Elizabeth Warren and Bernie hit a ceiling among Dem. primary voters?

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 09, 2019 13 Comments

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) slow but steady ascent in state and national polls over the last several months has been well-documented.  There may be a ceiling on how much Democrat support she can amass, however.

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Elizabeth Warren: “I’m open to suspending deportations…as a way to push Congress for comprehensive immigration reform”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 08, 2019 26 Comments

Friday, at a town hall event in North Carolina geared towards Hispanic voter-issues, Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she was "open to suspending deportations."

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Pete Buttigieg v. Elizabeth Warren? Buttigieg Thinks So

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 02, 2019 40 Comments

As former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) start to fade in the 2020 Democrat primary, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has been enjoying a bit of a surge among Democrat primary voters.

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Metaphor Alert: Bernie Sanders Campaigns in Front of Empty Store Shelves

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 30, 2019 16 Comments

Bernie Sanders appeared in Detroit this week with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) who had just endorsed him. At one point they spoke to the press from inside a food pantry and the optics were rather ironic.

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Sanders Receives Endorsement From Anti-Israel Rep. Rashida Tlaib

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 29, 2019 25 Comments

2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is Jewish, received the endorsement of anti-Israel Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) over the weekend. Then on Monday Sanders announced his own "quid pro quo" to Israel. He even said he would use American aid to Israel as "leverage" to force the country to "change their behavior."

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Poll Finds College Students Now Favor Elizabeth Warren Over Bernie Sanders

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 21, 2019 2 Comments

"32 percent chose Warren and 27 percent selected Sanders"...

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Bernie Finally Snags the Coveted AOC Endorsement

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 19, 2019 21 Comments

Back in March, I blogged that Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) were competing for the coveted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) endorsement.

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Three “Squad” Members to Endorse Bernie Sanders

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 16, 2019 20 Comments

Rep. Tlaib, Rep. Omar, and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez are throwing their support behind fellow socialist, Bernie Sanders.

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Elizabeth Warren’s pregnancy discrimination fib uncovered by Bernie-supporting Socialist, not “right wing” as Warren claims

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2019 27 Comments

An important narrative in Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign is that she lost a teaching job early in her career because she was pregnant. Yet that narrative has been largely-debunked by Warren's own words in a 2007 interview, and through records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon and others.

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Polling Finds College Students Prefer Bernie Sanders Over Joe Biden

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 06, 2019 2 Comments

"Sanders stood atop the latest Chegg/College Pulse weekly poll of Democrat and Democrat-leaning U.S. college students with 30 percent of support."...

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Elizabeth Warren raised $24.6 million in 3Q – not the blow out predicted

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 04, 2019 12 Comments

With Elizabeth Warren surging in the polls and becoming the darling of the liberal media, she was expected to have a blow-out Third Quarter fundraising haul. But it didn't happen. Warren raised $24.6 million according to an email blast from her campaign. That's a good showing, but behind Bernie's $25.3 haul. Considering Bernie's campaign is stuck in neutral, or even reverse, Warren's number are disappointing regardless of her campaign's spin.

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Will Leftists Stick With Heart-Sick Bernie?

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 03, 2019 21 Comments

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is still recovering from surgery for blocked arteries. Doctors inserted two sents into his heart, which led him to cancel events and appearances. But the medical incident once again brought the ages of the top candidates to the forefront. Will leftists stick with Sanders or will this health scare force them into the arms of another?

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