Democratic Primaries
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George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TSIAS
(14,689 posts)He may have pulled off what we in politics like to call the Ro Khanna.
Sounds like he may have wanted one thing and the campaign wanted another.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
question everything
(47,644 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
wyldwolf
(43,874 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Funtatlaguy
(10,904 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Uncle Joe
(58,643 posts)Former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel threw his support behind U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Tuesday after ending his own presidential ambitions last week. He also announced a new candidate he will support in the race: U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii).
In an interview with Primo Nutmeg, Gravel said he will donate some of his campaign funds equally to Gabbard and Sanders, adding that he hopes to be a surrogate for both candidates on the campaign trail.
At the beginning we had agreed that at the end of the campaign wed be supporting Bernie. However, from the get-go, I was very impressed with Tulsi Gabbard, Gravel said. I see her as a real coming powerhouse because of her charisma, her level-headedness, her courage in opposing the military-industrial complex, so Im supportive of her and Bernie.
The rest of its funds not directed to Gabbard and Sanders, the campaign said, will go to charity and to setting up The Gravel Institute, a new left-wing think tank aimed at supporting bold leftist activism. The new institutes stated goals draw upon the former senators pacifist priorities that were the centerpiece of his presidential campaign and include ending the American empire and reforming our democracy.
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https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/07/gravel-endorses-tulsi-gabbard-throwing-support-behind-sanders-will-campaign/
Thanks for the thread brooklynite
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Otto Lidenbrock
(581 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatrickforO
(14,614 posts)Can't make up his mind so supporting both.
I can't help but have some mixed feelings here.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PatrickforO
(14,614 posts)Sanders or Gabbard?
Gabbard or Sanders?
Seems good to me that Gravel is out because he clearly isn't internally organized enough to pick one person to endorse and then stick with that person. That may be OK for a US Senator, though I have my doubts, but certainly would be problematic in the Oval Office.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)similar in ideology.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(12,008 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(12,008 posts)Tulsi actually resigned from her position on the DNC in 2016 in order to support Bernie. And I think some of the animus toward her may be based on her history of being in the Bernie camp.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/28/468457319/vice-chair-of-dnc-resigns-to-support-bernie-sanders
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SCantiGOP
(13,881 posts)completely senile candidate, except maybe for DJT.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Vegas Roller
(704 posts)Mike Gravel's millions of supporters will now be voting for and donating to Tulsi (and/or BS)
This is the most significant news of this entire primary season.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,235 posts)I guess.
And by "that", I mean this "Mike Gravel" fellow.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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