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In reply to the discussion: To use a more pungent metaphor [View all]Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)23. Sure.
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/295662484-sanders-and-ellison-get-grilled-by-left-leaning-groups-for-supporting-pro-life-democrat/
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.) faced criticism on Thursday from the liberal-leaning blog Daily Kos and the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League for their scheduled event embracing Heath Mello, a pro-life Democrat running for mayor in Omaha, Nebraska.
https://rewire.news/article/2017/04/20/why-is-dnc-embracing-aggressively-anti-choice-democrat/
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who campaigned on a progressive platform during his 2016 quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, will speak at a rally Thursday that will include anti-choice Democrat Heath Mello.
Sanders and Mello, along with Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), are scheduled speakers at the Come Together, Fight Back, Vote Democrats Rally in Omaha, Nebraska, where Mello is running for mayor. The event is a part of a party-sponsored national tour.
Sanders voiced his support for Mello in a statement published Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal. If this fellow wins in Nebraska, that would be a shot across the board, that in a state like Nebraska a progressive Democrat can win, that will give hope to folks in other conservative states that perhaps they can win as well, he said.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a9203970/democrats-abortion-economic-justice/
On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders went on to talk about working with Donald Trump and the future of the Democratic Party. Host Joe Scarborough brought up the question of abortion and other "social issues" that he said kept white working-class voters voting Republican in states like West Virginia, where they would gain more economic benefits if Democrats were in charge. He suggested that if Democrats want to win white working-class voters in states like Kentucky, they might need to run candidates who reflect the social values of those same white working-class voters that is, opposing a woman's legal right to decide for herself whether to carry a pregnancy to term. Could Democrats, Scarborough asked Sanders, "be open to candidates that may not be rigidly pro-choice, may not be rigidly pro-gun control?" Sanders said yes.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D., Minn.) faced criticism on Thursday from the liberal-leaning blog Daily Kos and the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League for their scheduled event embracing Heath Mello, a pro-life Democrat running for mayor in Omaha, Nebraska.
https://rewire.news/article/2017/04/20/why-is-dnc-embracing-aggressively-anti-choice-democrat/
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who campaigned on a progressive platform during his 2016 quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, will speak at a rally Thursday that will include anti-choice Democrat Heath Mello.
Sanders and Mello, along with Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), are scheduled speakers at the Come Together, Fight Back, Vote Democrats Rally in Omaha, Nebraska, where Mello is running for mayor. The event is a part of a party-sponsored national tour.
Sanders voiced his support for Mello in a statement published Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal. If this fellow wins in Nebraska, that would be a shot across the board, that in a state like Nebraska a progressive Democrat can win, that will give hope to folks in other conservative states that perhaps they can win as well, he said.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a9203970/democrats-abortion-economic-justice/
On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders went on to talk about working with Donald Trump and the future of the Democratic Party. Host Joe Scarborough brought up the question of abortion and other "social issues" that he said kept white working-class voters voting Republican in states like West Virginia, where they would gain more economic benefits if Democrats were in charge. He suggested that if Democrats want to win white working-class voters in states like Kentucky, they might need to run candidates who reflect the social values of those same white working-class voters that is, opposing a woman's legal right to decide for herself whether to carry a pregnancy to term. Could Democrats, Scarborough asked Sanders, "be open to candidates that may not be rigidly pro-choice, may not be rigidly pro-gun control?" Sanders said yes.
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Better album title than band name (imho) Too long for a band name. They are almost always
anneboleyn
Apr 2017
#58
The point is he should not be criticizing him or say anything that could hurt the candidate.
hrmjustin
Apr 2017
#4
Is there another member questioning Ossoff's progressive credentials to the press?
hrmjustin
Apr 2017
#22
It's interesting Obama called the French candidate Macron but no US candidates
riderinthestorm
Apr 2017
#25
I'd rather NOT have someone supporting an abortion restriction advocate, though.
randome
Apr 2017
#7
So he's just pissing in one corner of the tent, then. I guess that's what they call a compromise.
randome
Apr 2017
#12
So Sanders gets to throw abortion rights under the bus without any criticism from his fan club?
Starry Messenger
Apr 2017
#9
"A Senator with a stated track-record of talking down any candidate that doesn't fit his rigid list"
ProfessorPlum
Apr 2017
#34
You could also listen to the past decades of radio interviews he has done on the Thom
ProfessorPlum
Apr 2017
#36
Several members of the Progressive Caucus are just as good, and better, on issues.
Starry Messenger
Apr 2017
#38
He made it on a Morning Joe segment and is currently endorsing a guy who is a avowed
Vesper
Apr 2017
#27
But if he didn't support him you'd ding Sanders for not supporting a Democrat
ProfessorPlum
Apr 2017
#37
" you just stated you would prefer straw men if your own nakedness no and provided them. "
ProfessorPlum
Apr 2017
#65