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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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| The comments are on! What’s on your mind? | |
| Turns out not everyone liked Sanders’ Fox News appearance (and somebody sounds a little under-impressed with Fox host Bret Baier too): | |
| So weird to watch Crazy Bernie on @FoxNews. Not surprisingly, @BretBaier and the “audience” was so smiley and nice. Very strange, and now we have @donnabrazile? | |
| Is this what the president is doing of a Tuesday morning? Watching reruns of a Fox News town hall? | |
| Anyway, it’s kind of hard to make out what Trump really thought about the broadcast. He said it’s “so weird” to watch, but he’s not surprised by it, yet it’s very strange. To summarize, that’s: weird, strange, and not in the least bit surprising. | |
| Note! We’ve invited you to weigh in in the comments. But the comments are not yet open. We’re working on it and will advise. [Update: they’re on.] Thank you for the feedback! | |
| Meanwhile here’s a bit from our politics coverage this morning. The 2020 Democratic field is bigger than ever before, with a record number of candidates throwing their hats in the ring. But is everyone really in it to win it? | |
| The fact is, not all of the people running for president are actually running for president. | |
| “There is almost always at least a few candidates in these kinds of fields that are either there to push an issue agenda, or these are candidates who are interested in building their name recognition, building their stature and status within the party,” said John Sides, professor of political science at George Washington University and editor-in-chief of The Monkey Cage politics analysis site. | |
| “I would assume that most candidates probably overestimate their chances of winning, but that doesn’t mean that they think it’s likely. ” | |
| Read the full piece here: | |
| Not in it to win it: the dirty little secret of the Democrats' 2020 battle | |
| Here’s video of Sanders getting | Here’s video of Sanders getting |
| booed out of the auditorium | booed out of the auditorium |
| unexpectedly cheered at every turn by they Fox News town hall audience. | 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. [NOTE: To amend that invitation, the comments are not open yet, please stay tuned, thank you!] [Update: they’re on now.] | |
| 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! |