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SouthernProgressive

(1,810 posts)
Mon Aug 5, 2019, 11:35 PM Aug 2019

Bernie Sanders' First 2016 Congressional Endorser Explains Why He's Backing Warren Now

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), who became the first member of Congress to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2016 presidential campaign, announced this week that he will back Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) this time around.

“I think it's a very powerful combination that Elizabeth has,” Grijalva told The Daily Beast ahead of a Thursday event in Arizona where he will introduce the Massachusetts Democrat. “And that's that she's got the intellect and more importantly the heart for this job. And that I think she brings in a level of smarts and energy. I think that's what it's going to take to take Trump out. And philosophically, I agree with her.”


The Daily Beast
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Bernie Sanders' First 2016 Congressional Endorser Explains Why He's Backing Warren Now (Original Post) SouthernProgressive Aug 2019 OP
This is interesting Gothmog Aug 2019 #1
K&R for visibility lunamagica Aug 2019 #2
Bravo, Rep. Grijalva! BlueMTexpat Aug 2019 #3
Many 2016 Sanders supporters were interested in Warren in 2016 too... thesquanderer Aug 2019 #4
 

Gothmog

(182,015 posts)
1. This is interesting
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 12:44 AM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

BlueMTexpat

(15,700 posts)
3. Bravo, Rep. Grijalva!
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 05:15 AM
Aug 2019

Thanks for posting!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

thesquanderer

(13,105 posts)
4. Many 2016 Sanders supporters were interested in Warren in 2016 too...
Tue Aug 6, 2019, 08:19 AM
Aug 2019

...but Warren didn't run. So if you wanted someone with Warren-like policies to the left of Hillary, Bernie was your only choice. We have more choices this time.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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