Biden Slams Trump's Response to Coronavirus in Shadow Briefing Broadcast

Biden Slams Trump's Response to Coronavirus in Shadow Briefing Broadcast

Mona Salama
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March 23, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden emerged from the political shadows to address his supporters virtually for the first time in nearly a week, accusing President Trump for a slow and ineffective response to the coronavirus crisis. "For too long, the warning signs were ignored," Biden said from his basement makeshift broadcast studio in his Wilmington, […]
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Bloomberg Campaign Transfers $18 Million to DNC

Bloomberg Campaign Transfers $18 Million to DNC

Mona Salama
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March 20, 2020
Billionaire Mike Bloomberg will transfer $18 million to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) instead of creating his own independent entity as an effort to defeat President Trump in November. “While we considered creating our own independent entity to support the nominee and hold the President accountable, this race is too important to have many competing […]
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Kirsten Gillibrand endorses Joe Biden For President

Kirsten Gillibrand endorses Joe Biden For President

Mona Salama
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March 19, 2020
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, joining a dozen other former 2020 rivals to to throw their support behind the Democratic frontrunner. “It is clear that our country desperately needs a president with experience, honesty and integrity -- that person is Vice President Joe Biden,” Gillibrand said in a […]
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Tulsi Gabbard Suspends Campaign, Endorsing Joe Biden

Tulsi Gabbard Suspends Campaign, Endorsing Joe Biden

Mona Salama
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March 19, 2020
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) dropped out of the 2020 presidential contest on Thursday and will be endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. “So today, I’m suspending my presidential campaign, and offering my full support to Vice President Joe Biden in his quest to bring our country together,” Gabbard said in a video statement posted on […]
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Sanders to CNN: 'I'm dealing with a f---ing global crisis'

Sanders to CNN: 'I'm dealing with a f---ing global crisis'

Mona Salama
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March 18, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) snapped at a CNN reporter Wednesday after being asked about the "timeline" of when he decide to suspend his presidential bid. “I’m dealing with a f---ing global crisis,” Sanders said, responding to a question on from CNN's Manu Raju on Capitol Hill about his campaign. "Right now I'm trying to do my […]
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Biden Wins Arizona Primary Capping a Three-State Sweep

Biden Wins Arizona Primary Capping a Three-State Sweep

Mona Salama
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March 17, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden wins the Arizona Democratic primary, capping a sweep of contests in three states on Tuesday. The race was quickly called for the former Vice President after Biden ran up a double-digit lead in Maricopa County, where over 60 percent of Arizonans reside. It also has the highest population of Hispanic […]
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Sanders Continues to Defend Comments Praising Fidel Castro

Sanders Continues to Defend Comments Praising Fidel Castro

Mona Salama
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March 16, 2020
Ahead of Florida voting on, where millions of Cuban immigrants currently reside, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was asked once again during Sunday’s Democratic debate about his previous remarks praising Cuban dictator Fidel Castro’s literacy programs. “I have opposed authoritarianism, whether it’s in Cuba, whether it’s in Saudi Arabia, whether it’s in China, whether it’s in […]
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Sanders on Coronavirus: ‘First thing We Have Got To Do… Shut This President Up'

Sanders on Coronavirus: ‘First thing We Have Got To Do… Shut This President Up'

Mona Salama
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March 15, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said during the Democratic debate Sunday night the most important he would do to tackle the spread of coronavirus and save Americans lives, whether he becomes president or not would be to “shut this President up right now.” “First thing we have got to do, whether or not I’m president, is to shut […]
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Joe Biden Says He Will Choose a Woman as His Vice President

Joe Biden Says He Will Choose a Woman as His Vice President

Mona Salama
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March 15, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden committed on Sunday during the Democratic Debate that he would choose a woman as his running mate if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination. "If I'm elected president, my cabinet, my administration, will look like the country, and I commit that I will, in fact, appoint and pick a woman […]
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Sanders Vows to Stay in Democratic Primary Race

Sanders Vows to Stay in Democratic Primary Race

Mona Salama
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March 11, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) vowed Wednesday to stay in the 2020 Democratic presidential race despite a dismal showing in key states Tuesday night, adding that he “looks forward” to debating former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday. “Last night, obviously, was not a good night for our campaign from a delegate point of view,” Sanders […]
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Super Tuesday 2 State-by-State Results

Super Tuesday 2 State-by-State Results

Mona Salama
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March 11, 2020
The one on one showdown between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) begins Tuesday night. Six states — Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Idaho and Washington state are up on March 10th, with 352 delegates up for grabs. Michigan has the most delegates up for grabs on Tuesday — 125 delegates […]
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Ocasio-Cortez: 'Tonight's a Tough Night' After Biden Victories

Ocasio-Cortez: 'Tonight's a Tough Night' After Biden Victories

Mona Salama
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March 11, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a top surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addressed former Vice President Joe Biden's big primary victories Tuesday night, calling it "a tough night." “There’s no sugar-coating it — tonight’s a tough night. Tonight’s a tough night for the movement overall," Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live broadcast Tuesday night. "Tonight is a tough night […]
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Cory Booker Endorses Joe Biden

Cory Booker Endorses Joe Biden

Mona Salama
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March 9, 2020
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) endorsed Joe Biden for president in a tweet Monday morning, saying the former vice president will “restore honor to the Oval Office and tackle our most pressing challenges.” "The answer to hatred & division is to reignite our spirit of common purpose. @JoeBiden won't only win - he'll show there's more […]
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Bloomberg Drops Out, Endorses Biden

Bloomberg Drops Out, Endorses Biden

Mona Salama
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March 4, 2020
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg who spent half a billion into his Democratic presidential campaign announced that he is dropping out after a disappointing showing on Super Tuesday and is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. "Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump. Today, I am leaving […]
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Biden Takes Texas — Sweeping Southern States on Super Tuesday

Biden Takes Texas — Sweeping Southern States on Super Tuesday

Mona Salama
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March 4, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden swept to victories across the Southern states on Super Tuesday, winning the second-largest prize — Texas after running neck-and-neck in the Lone Star state against his top rival Sen. Bernie Sanders. Shortly before 1 a.m., with 89% of the vote in, the Associated Press called Biden the winner in Texas, […]
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Bloomberg: 'I don't think that I can win' Without a Contested Convention

Bloomberg: 'I don't think that I can win' Without a Contested Convention

Mona Salama
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March 3, 2020
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said the only way he could secure the Democratic presidential nomination would be through a contested convention. “I don't think that I can win any other ways,” Bloomberg told reporters in his Miami field office on Tuesday. “You don’t have to win states, you have to win delegates.” "But […]
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Comey Endorses Biden; Campaign Asked to ‘Return it’

Comey Endorses Biden; Campaign Asked to ‘Return it’

Mona Salama
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March 3, 2020
Former FBI Director James Comey endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary on Twitter, but the Biden’s campaign says no thanks and asked to “return it, free of charge” the endorsement. “Yes, customer service? I just received a package that I very much did not order,” Andrew Bates, director of rapid response […]
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Amy Klobuchar Drops Out, Will Endorse Joe Biden for 2020 Race

Amy Klobuchar Drops Out, Will Endorse Joe Biden for 2020 Race

Mona Salama
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March 2, 2020
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is ending her presidential campaign on Monday, just one day before the Super Tuesday and plans to endorse Joe Biden at a rally in Dallas, Texas Monday evening.  Klobuchar told campaign staff on Monday that she is ending her campaign after a series of disappointing finishes in Nevada and South Carolina, […]
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Buttigieg Drops Out of Presidential Race

Buttigieg Drops Out of Presidential Race

Mona Salama
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March 1, 2020
Former South Bend Mayor, Pete Buttigieg abruptly ended his campaign for President Sunday night, saying he no longer saw a chance of winning, following a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary where his poor performance with black Democrats signaled an inability to build a broad coalition of voters. “Today is a moment of truth. […]
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Joe Biden Wins South Carolina Primary: ‘We are Very Much Alive'

Joe Biden Wins South Carolina Primary: ‘We are Very Much Alive'

Mona Salama
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February 29, 2020
Joe Biden decisively won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, giving the former vice president his first victory in the 2020 nominating battle and a burst of momentum ahead of the critical Super Tuesday in three days where a third of the Democratic presidential delegates are up for grabs. “We won big, and we are very […]
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Trump Campaign Calls Democratic Party 'A Hot Mess' After Chaotic South Carolina Debate

Trump Campaign Calls Democratic Party 'A Hot Mess' After Chaotic South Carolina Debate

Mona Salama
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February 26, 2020
Shortly after the chaotic Democratic debate in South Carolina, the Trump campaign campaign called the party a “hot mess” as the seven candidates bickered and shouted over one other in fiery exchanges Tuesday night. “The Democrat Party is a hot mess and tonight’s debate was further evidence that not one of these candidates is serious […]
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Democrat Rivals Desperate to Stop Sanders in Chaotic South Carolina Debate

Democrat Rivals Desperate to Stop Sanders in Chaotic South Carolina Debate

Mona Salama
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February 26, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) felt the burn during Tuesday’s night debate. Emerging as the Democratic presidential front-runner after victories in Nevada and New Hampshire, Sanders was the punching bag of the night as his rivals launched a barrage of attacks from all side ahead of Saturday’s South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday only 72 hours […]
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Biden: ‘DACA students are more American than most Americans are’

Biden: ‘DACA students are more American than most Americans are’

Mona Salama
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February 18, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada said that illegal immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program are “more American” than most U.S. citizens. "Once again, legalize all the DACA students. These DACA students are more American than most Americans are,” Biden said Monday evening. “No, I’m serious. […]
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Bloomberg Qualifies for Wednesday Las Vegas Debate

Bloomberg Qualifies for Wednesday Las Vegas Debate

Mona Salama
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February 18, 2020
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has qualified to join Wednesday Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas.  The former New York City mayor met the Democratic National Committee (DNC) threshold after the release of a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll early Wednesday morning. The new national survey shows Bloomberg  at 19 percent, trailing behind the frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders […]
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Stacey Abrams Says She Would “Be Honored” on Being the VP Pick

Stacey Abrams Says She Would “Be Honored” on Being the VP Pick

Mona Salama
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February 17, 2020
Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Monday said she would “be honored” to be the vice presidential candidate on the 2020 Democratic ticket. “The first time I was on here I got the question about running as VP during the primary, and I apparently famously said, ‘no, because you don't run for second in […]
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Clinton on Sanders: 'Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done'

Clinton on Sanders: 'Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done'

Mona Salama
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January 21, 2020
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized her former Democratic presidential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in an upcoming documentary, saying “nobody likes him” and he is a career politician who “got nothing done.” “He was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, […]
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Sanders Splits From 2020 Candidates in Opposing USMCA

Sanders Splits From 2020 Candidates in Opposing USMCA

Mona Salama
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January 14, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders(I-VT) stood alone at Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate in opposing the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, or USMCA, in part because it "it does not even have the phrase ‘climate change’ in it.” “We could do much better than a Trump-led trade deal,” Sanders said. “Every major environmental organization has said no to this […]
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Moderate 2020 Democrats turn on

Moderate 2020 Democrats turn on "Medicare for All"

Javier Manjarres
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July 31, 2019
During Wednesday night’s CNN Democratic presidential debate, a visibly annoyed Sen. Bernie Sanders was forced to defend his legacy piece of  legislation, “Medicare for All.”
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Castro claims debate night victory

Castro claims debate night victory

Javier Manjarres
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July 31, 2019
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders stood out during the CNN debate by pushing their individual and very progressive policies, but former HUD Secretary Julian Castro claiming victory, even though he was not on the debate stage.
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Trump winning over Democrat-leaning Hispanic voters

Trump winning over Democrat-leaning Hispanic voters

Javier Manjarres
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July 23, 2019
Democrats say it’s a stretch to think that President Donald Trump will win over Hispanics in 2020, but don’t doubt Trump’s assertion that he is anything but very popular with Latinos.
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Biden crushing other 2020 Democrats in Fox News poll

Biden crushing other 2020 Democrats in Fox News poll

Javier Manjarres
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July 11, 2019
If South Carolina is any indication of how the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race is going to turn out, then Vice President Joe Biden has got his party’s nomination all wrapped up.
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Allen West explores run for Texas GOP Chair

Allen West explores run for Texas GOP Chair

Javier Manjarres
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July 4, 2019
Allen West is running for office again, but it’s not for the congressional seat most Republicans hoped for.
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Trump raises massive $105 million in second quarter

Trump raises massive $105 million in second quarter

Javier Manjarres
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July 2, 2019
President Trump has announced that his campaign, combined with his other presidential fundraising committees, and the Republican National Committee (RNC), raised a “yuge” Q2 fundraising haul of $105 million.
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Cruz says extreme Democratic

Cruz says extreme Democratic "clown car" is broken

Javier Manjarres
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June 28, 2019
Appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity” show, Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R), after having to take water break to clear his throat, told host Sean Hannity that the first 2020 Democratic presidential debate was nothing more than a broken “clown car.”
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Democrat says Rio Grande drowning frames Trump's legacy

Democrat says Rio Grande drowning frames Trump's legacy

Javier Manjarres
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June 27, 2019
Shortly after Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 23-month old daughter, Valeria, drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande, a picture of their bodies began to circulate around the world.
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Julian Castro says he'll beat Trump, win Hispanic vote (Video)

Julian Castro says he'll beat Trump, win Hispanic vote (Video)

Javier Manjarres
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June 23, 2019
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary election is in full swing, as the political and media world will descend on Miami to watch the first two televised debates. President Trump strategically chose to hold is reelection campaign kickoff in Orlando, and Democrats have chosen to kick off their primary season in Hispanic-heavy Miami-Dade County. Once again, […]
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