Ocasio-Cortez to endorse Sanders for president | TheHill

posted onOctober 16, 2019
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Rep. MORE (I-Vt.) for president this week, a move that could provide a much-needed boost to his campaign. An aide to Sanders confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday night that the freshman lawmaker will throw her support behind the Vermont Independent. The news came on the same night Sanders secured an endorsement from Rep.
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Five takeaways from the Democratic debate in Ohio | TheHill

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It was Round Four of the Democratic debates on Tuesday, with 12 candidates squaring off in Westerville, Ohio. What were the key takeaways from the night?   Warren in the firing line Sen. MORE (D-Mass.) has jumped to the top of some national polls recently, and her status as the new front-runner was underlined when several of her rivals attacked her. They clearly see an urgent need to curb her momentum. South Bend, Ind., Mayor MORE (D-Calif.) and former Rep.
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Fact Check: Beto O'Rourke Wrong, Russia Not ‘Invading’ America

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However, O’Rourke’s characterization of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election does not amount to what most Americans, or a dictionary, might describe as an invasion. During special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian collusion with the 2016 Donald Trump campaign, a dozen Russians were charged with hacking and leaking the emails of senior Democrats. Then-Deputy Department of Justice Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said that the indicted Russians committed “election interference,” not an invasion. “The bl
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Gaffe Check: Seven Joe Biden Gaffes During the Fourth Democrat Debate | Breitbart

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1: “Expodentially” At one point, Biden mistakenly pronounced exponentially as “expodentially.” At another point, Biden appeared confused when he talked about people “clipping coupons in the stock market” when talking about the capital gains tax. 2. Bernie Sanders as Putin? Biden also unexpectedly gestured at Bernie Sanders when referring to Vladimir Putin. 3.
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Beto O'Rourke: If You Don't Hand over Your AR-15 We'll Take It

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O’Rourke reiterated his plan to use a government-mandated buyback to confiscate privately-owned AR-15s and AK-47s. In so doing, he claimed that each AR-15 and AK-47 in private hands is a “potential instrument of terror.” CNN’s Anderson Cooper then asked O’Rourke how he plans to get people to hand over their rifles. O’Rourke responded by explaining that he expects complains with the mandatory buybacks. He said, “I expect my fellow Americans to follow the law. The same way we enforce any provision, any law that we have right now, we don’t go door to door to do anything to enforce the law.
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CNN, NYT Fail to Ask a Single Immigration Question to 2020 Democrats

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Despite being the leading issue among all American voters, according to Harvard/Harris polling, CNN anchors and a New York Times reporter ignored the immigration issue that motivated millions of voters in the 2016 presidential election. Instead, debate moderators focused largely on impeachment, gun control, health care, and abortion. Various 2020 Democrats have vowed to implement the most open borders agenda in the history of the country with candidates like Sen.
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They helped Trump win Michigan, then his immigration crackdown split their community - The Boston Globe

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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. — The kettle steamed in the background as a familiar yet painful argument began to boil over between father and daughter in the Slewo home last Inauguration Day. “My president is going to be good for the Christians and the economy,” Warda Slewo, an ardent Donald Trump fan, told his daughter, Ashourina Slewo, in her small kitchen in the northeastern suburbs of Detroit on Jan. 20, 2017. “Your president is a racist,” Ashourina shot back.
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Fact checking claims from the Democratic debate - The Boston Globe

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WASHINGTON — Twelve Democrats seeking the presidency tussled Tuesday night in a wide-ranging debate featuring the largest number of qualifying candidates on the same stage. Here’s a look at how some of their claims from Westerville, Ohio, stack up with the facts: Former vice president Joe Biden: ‘‘I would not have withdrawn the troops, and I would not have withdrawn the additional 1,000 troops that are in Iraq, which are in retreat now, being fired on by Assad’s people.’’ THE FACTS: The former vice president is wrong.
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