Plus, how the White House's 'aggressively transparent' coronavirus updates are anything but.
| | | | | | | | | As Joe Biden pulled off a series of surprising Super Tuesday upsets and the other remaining contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination faded, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) previewed how he plans to tangle with the vice president in what could quickly become a two-man race.
At a press conference in Vermont Wednesday, Sanders said he likes Biden personally and believes he is a “decent human being,” but he emphasized that they have different visions for the country.
“Joe is running a campaign, which is obviously heavily supported by the corporate establishment. ... So what does it mean when you have a campaign that is funded very significantly by the wealthy and the powerful? Does anyone seriously believe that a president backed by the corporate world is going to bring about the changes in this country that working families and the middle class and low-income people desperately need?” Sanders said.
Biden, speaking to supporters in Los Angeles Tuesday night, took note of the dramatic turnaround in his fortunes. “When you got to Super Tuesday, it’d be over” for him, he noted that some analysts had predicted. “So I’m here to report, we are very much alive.”
In a clear jab at Sanders, he said, “People are talking about a revolution, we started a movement. We’ve increased turnout.” |
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| | | | | The Trump White House faced widespread criticism on Tuesday after Vice President Mike Pence conducted a press briefing on the coronavirus outbreak, but members of the media were not allowed to record video or audio. The administration ― which only last week vowed to be “aggressively transparent” with the public about the spread of the virus that has now killed nine people in the U.S. ― only allowed still photographs to be taken, CNN’s Jim Acosta and other journalists in attendance tweeted. |
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| | The Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday during arguments in a critical abortion case that could dramatically reshape the landscape of reproductive rights in America. The case centers on a Louisiana law that bans doctors from providing abortions unless they have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles, a requirement that major medical groups deem unnecessary and ultimately detrimental to women’s health. |
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| | Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is considering her “path forward” after a disappointing showing during the Super Tuesday primaries, a campaign aide said Wednesday morning. Warren has long said her most important goal ― even more than becoming president ― is getting elements of her anticorruption agenda enacted. She has suggested in recent days that both Sanders and Biden are often ineffective legislators, arguing that Sanders is better at delivering speeches than building coalitions and that Biden is far too eager to cut deals with Republicans. |
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