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Sunset on Sanders — do older people reject socialism?
Bernie’s prospects now look bleak, mostly from Establishment sabotage — but also due to a puzzling lack of support among men his own age. LINDA PENTZ GUNTER asks why
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders departs Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, after the US Senate passed a second coronavirus response bill
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AS THE coronavirus pandemic begins to take serious hold here in the US we are also, it would appear, in the waning days of the Bernie Sanders 2020 run. Although on Wednesday his team shot down reports that the Vermonter was suspending his presidential campaign, it was undeniable that he had had another rough night of primary results.
After resuscitating its faltering anointed son, Joe Biden, the Establishment Democratic Party ran a successful scare campaign against the Sanders brand of socialism and is now suggesting he end his run, lest his candidacy further damage the party’s chances in the next presidential election.
Sanders is ever the villain, damned for entering the race and now damned for not quitting it soon enough.
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