Working Families Party picks Bernie over Biden after Warren exits race
[ [link removed] ]

By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik

With the candidate it backed, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, now out of the Democratic presidential race, the Working Families Party, a political force in Northeastern states and growing elsewhere, chose on March 9 to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., over former Vice President Joseph Biden.

The WFP's nod was the second big-ticket endorsement the democratic socialist has picked up in two days. He got a nod the day before from the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., longtime civil rights leader and founder of Operation PUSH.

Biden and Sanders continued on the campaign trail, even though the coronavirus forced cancellation of one planned debate between them, before the AFL-CIO Executive Council in Orlando, Fla., on March 12, five days before the Florida primary. The virus's threat shelved the council's meeting.

Warren, the Massachusetts senator, put together an impressive ground game and detailed position plans on dealing with virtually every issue. But the mainstream media virtually ignored her after criticizing her difficulty in explaining her version of Medicare For All, and that dismissal helped doom her candidacy....

READ MORE » [ [link removed] ]







Connect with Us


Facebook [ [link removed] ]Twitter [ [link removed] ]Tumblr [ [link removed] ]Flickr [ [link removed] ]Instagram [ [link removed] ]YouTube [ [link removed] ]Donate [ [link removed] ]



People's World Editorial Office 3339 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60608 773-446-9920 [email protected]



Unsubscribe [ [link removed] ]



















































































































































































































































































































































































































HQ.loadScript("/salsa/include/jquery.blockUI.2.10.js"); HQ.loadScript("/salsa/include/jquery_autocomplete/jquery.autocomplete.1.1.pack.js");