Thursday, January 2, 2020
BERN NOTICE: Bernie vs Biden On Having a GOP Runningmate
Biden says if he wins the primary, he is open to putting a Republican on the ticket
David Sirota Jan 1
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During the holiday week Joe Biden told an audience that if he wins the Democratic primary, he is open to putting a Republican on the ticket. At an Iowa press conference yesterday, Bernie drew a contrast, declaring that if he wins the Democratic nomination, he will not have a Republican as vice president.
Biden’s comments are only the latest in a series of declarations in which Biden has touted and boosted Republicans:
Those comments underscore how Biden has repeatedly broken with Democrats and helped Republicans in the Senate. Biden undermined congressional Democratic opposition and voted with Republicans for the Iraq War, welfare cuts, mass incarceration, financial deregulation, the bankruptcy bill and corporate-written trade deals. By contrast, Bernie led the fight against those policies.
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