Sanders releases criminal justice platform

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AUGUST 19, 2019: Donald Trump confirmed that he would keep Mike Pence as his running mate in 2020. Bernie Sanders released his latest policy platform on criminal justice.

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There are seven new candidates running since last week, including one Democrat, two Republicans, and one Libertarian. In total, 823 individuals are currently filed with the FEC to run for president.

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“When we hear the punditry talk about what happened in the Midwest, generally speaking they'll say the Midwest swung toward Trump, right? Well, that's only true in two states. In Iowa and Ohio, where Trump cracked 50%, you can genuinely say he won over voters in those states. The others — Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania — Trump won those states by carrying only a plurality of the vote, and I would categorize that as a win by default. He won somewhere around 46 or 47% of the vote.

The reason that neither candidate was above 50% was that a huge numbers of voters in those states cast what we call protest ballots, and in the polarized era, the average that goes to a protest ballot is about 1.5%. ...

So when you understand the role that third parties made in Trump's victory there in the Midwest, and his inability to crack 50%, you realize that it's a path to victory which was very complex.”

– Rachel Bitecofer, assistant director of the Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy

 
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MICHAEL BENNET ([link removed]) , BILL DE BLASIO ([link removed]) , JULIÁN CASTRO ([link removed]) , JOHN DELANEY ([link removed]) , AMY KLOBUCHAR ([link removed]) , SETH MOULTON ([link removed]) , and ANDREW YANG ([link removed]) spoke to the Hillsborough County Democrats in New Hampshire ([link removed]) Sunday.

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_Mother Jones_ interviewed ([link removed]) BENNET about his new book, _Dividing America: How Russia Hacked Social Media and Democracy._

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JOE BIDEN ([link removed]) raised ([link removed]) more than 60 percent of his $13.2 million fundraising take since April in the first week of his campaign, according to an analysis by _Politico_. 

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In an interview with _Vox_, CORY BOOKER ([link removed]) discussed ([link removed]) his gun policy platform and its gun licensing requirement.

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STEVE BULLOCK ([link removed]) criticized ([link removed]) the Democratic National Committee's debate criteria in an interview on _Fox News Sunday_.

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KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND ([link removed]) attended a town hall in Missouri ([link removed]) Sunday, where she discussed reproductive issues.

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KAMALA HARRIS ([link removed]) attended ([link removed]) events and fundraisers in Martha’s Vineyard Friday and Saturday and the Hamptons Sunday.

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JAY INSLEE ([link removed]) discussed climate change ([link removed]) in an interview Sunday on MSNBC’s _Kasie DC_.

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MOULTON spoke ([link removed]) at the Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair Saturday, making him the final candidate to take that stage.

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BETO O'ROURKE ([link removed]) visited a gun show ([link removed]) Saturday in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he met with gun sellers and owners to discuss his policy.

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TIM RYAN ([link removed]) spoke ([link removed]) at a gun legislation rally Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio.

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BERNIE SANDERS ([link removed]) issued his criminal justice plan ([link removed]) Saturday, calling for ending cash bail, solitary confinement, and civil asset forfeiture. His plan would also establish safe injection sites for the medically supervised use of illegal drugs and require the attorney general to investigate the deaths of individuals in police custody.

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JOE SESTAK ([link removed]) campaigned in Iowa ([link removed]) over the weekend.

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TOM STEYER ([link removed]) is leaving the campaign trail for a week to report for jury duty ([link removed]) .

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ELIZABETH WARREN ([link removed]) released several proposals related to Native American issues ([link removed]) Friday, including revoking the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline permits, expanding a grant program for affordable housing on reservations, and restoring tribal sovereignty over crimes on native land.

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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON ([link removed]) campaigned ([link removed]) Saturday in Santa Barbara, California.

 
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DONALD TRUMP ([link removed]) confirmed ([link removed]) that he would keep Mike Pence as his running mate in 2020.

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CNN: Trump tests a materialistic message to voters ([link removed])

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NBC News: The biggest 2020 issue that the Democratic debates missed ([link removed])

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Salon: Does anyone understand the 2020 race? This scholar nailed the blue wave — here's her forecast ([link removed])

FLASHBACK: AUGUST 19, 2015

Martin O’Malley held a press conference ([link removed]) in front of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on labor issues and the 2016 election.
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