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| Bernie Sanders boosted by Fox News town hall broadcast – live | Bernie Sanders boosted by Fox News town hall broadcast – live |
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| Here’s video of Sanders getting | |
| booed out of the auditorium | |
| unexpectedly cheered at every turn by they Fox News town hall audience. | |
| How do you think a Sanders-Trump presidential debate would play out? Getting ahead of ourselves, you say? Maybe so. What other candidate on the Democratic side could similarly rouse a Fox News audience, then? Most or all of them? Have a go in the comments. | |
| Hello and welcome to our live blog coverage of the race to 2020. The political world is marveling this morning at how spectacularly Bernie Sanders upended expectations last night that his appearance in a Fox News town hall would somehow be bad for him. | Hello and welcome to our live blog coverage of the race to 2020. The political world is marveling this morning at how spectacularly Bernie Sanders upended expectations last night that his appearance in a Fox News town hall would somehow be bad for him. |
| Instead, Sanders took the stage, took questions and demonstrated that on issues such as healthcare there might not be as much daylight between Fox viewers and democratic socialists as some people think: | Instead, Sanders took the stage, took questions and demonstrated that on issues such as healthcare there might not be as much daylight between Fox viewers and democratic socialists as some people think: |
| Raise your hand if you're sick and tired of your private health insurance company. We need Medicare for All. #BernieTownHall pic.twitter.com/3euHRCjqn9 | Raise your hand if you're sick and tired of your private health insurance company. We need Medicare for All. #BernieTownHall pic.twitter.com/3euHRCjqn9 |
| Should we raise the minimum wage to a living wage? Yes!Should we rebuild our crumbling infrastructure? Yes!Should we ensure veterans get health care they earned? Yes!Should we protect Social Security and Medicare? Yes!A majority of the American people agree. #BernieTownHall pic.twitter.com/qZmuBuA6MM | Should we raise the minimum wage to a living wage? Yes!Should we rebuild our crumbling infrastructure? Yes!Should we ensure veterans get health care they earned? Yes!Should we protect Social Security and Medicare? Yes!A majority of the American people agree. #BernieTownHall pic.twitter.com/qZmuBuA6MM |
| Wow!This backfired spectacularly on Fox News. https://t.co/mlCWKdNoXH | Wow!This backfired spectacularly on Fox News. https://t.co/mlCWKdNoXH |
| Was Donald Trump watching? It was on past his bedtime. In any case, if he was watching, he wasn’t tweeting. | Was Donald Trump watching? It was on past his bedtime. In any case, if he was watching, he wasn’t tweeting. |
| Read our preview coverage of the town hall here: | Read our preview coverage of the town hall here: |
| Bernie in the Fox's den: Sanders takes anti-Trump pitch straight to 'state TV' | Bernie in the Fox's den: Sanders takes anti-Trump pitch straight to 'state TV' |
| In other Sanders news, both he and Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke released a decade’s worth of tax returns on Monday, which for Americans was Tax Day. From our coverage: | In other Sanders news, both he and Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke released a decade’s worth of tax returns on Monday, which for Americans was Tax Day. From our coverage: |
| According to returns provided by his campaign, Sanders reported he paid $137,573 in federal taxes in 2018 and owed $8,267 in taxes for the year. Sanders and his wife, Jane Sanders, reported paying a 26% effective tax rate on his adjusted gross income. The couple reported donating $18,950 to charity, or 3.2%. | According to returns provided by his campaign, Sanders reported he paid $137,573 in federal taxes in 2018 and owed $8,267 in taxes for the year. Sanders and his wife, Jane Sanders, reported paying a 26% effective tax rate on his adjusted gross income. The couple reported donating $18,950 to charity, or 3.2%. |
| Read further: | Read further: |
| Bernie Sanders and Beto O'Rourke release decade worth of tax returns | Bernie Sanders and Beto O'Rourke release decade worth of tax returns |
| Trump last night tweeted a benediction for the people of France as the Notre Dame cathedral smoldered: | Trump last night tweeted a benediction for the people of France as the Notre Dame cathedral smoldered: |
| God bless the people of France! | God bless the people of France! |
| 2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, went one better and expressed his condolences in French: | 2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, went one better and expressed his condolences in French: |
| .@PeteButtigieg tells the French we share your sadness and also, we thank you for the gift of Notre Dame to civilization https://t.co/qXuOkeLJk5 | .@PeteButtigieg tells the French we share your sadness and also, we thank you for the gift of Notre Dame to civilization https://t.co/qXuOkeLJk5 |
| Thanks for joining us and please check in in the comments! | Thanks for joining us and please check in in the comments! |