Progressives Have a VP Short list: Barbara Lee, Nina Turner, Karen Bass California’s large Bernie Sanders delegation is asking Joe Biden to consider three progressive women.
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Donate to Bernie 2020. - Craig Brown, Co-founderOur work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. - California Rep. Barbara Lee, a key leader of progressive House Democrats says she believes Bernie's candidacy is galvanizing … Please Bernie, she would make you an awesome running mate!!! In 2001, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was the only member of the U.S. House of Representatives to rise in opposition to the rushed decision to invade Afghanistan following the attacks of September 11. To remain an independent news source, we do not advertise, sell subscriptions or accept corporate contributions. Ever. Watch the exchanges:"Only one person, my good friend Barbara Lee, was right on that issue...She was right, I was wrong, and so was everyone in the House. Of the 495 state party delegates, a little more than half were awarded to Sanders after the March 3 primary.It’s the latest instance of Sanders supporters wielding the power they gained in the California Democratic Party when the Vermont senator won the state’s primary. (Photo: Archive/C-SPAN)During the Democratic presidential debate Thursday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders admitted his 2001 vote as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives to authorize the invasion of Afghanistan was a mistake—and credited Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California for being the only lawmaker in Congress to get that decision right at the time.The moment came after moderators cited recent reporting on the "Afghanistan Papers" by the "Well, only one person, my good friend, Barbara Lee, was right on that issue," responded Sanders. Every day of the week, we publish the most important breaking news & views for the progressive community. So was everybody else in the House.
This guy is a fucking gem.While Sanders acknowledged what believes was a mistake and reiterated his call to end the nation's "endless wars" by bringing the U.S. soldiers home, Democratic rival Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana who is also a veteran of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, subsequently stated his position that the U.S. had "no choice" but to invade the country in 2001.Common Dreams has been providing breaking news & views for the progressive community since 1997.
He`s so very white. In order to comment, you must be logged in as a paid subscriber. Sign up for our free daily newsletter, along with occasional offers for programs that support our journalism. Bass, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, has reportedly joined Harris “I think it would be very important, especially at this moment in our country ... when we have a president who has been so divisive and has used race regularly, especially when he is in a hot spot,” Bass said.The Sanders delegates’ letter did not mention Harris, whose mother was born in India and whose father is a native of Jamaica.
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Now it is your turn to let freedom ring. She ended her own presidential campaign in December and endorsed Biden after he had all but wrapped up the nomination.Joe Garofoli is The San Francisco Chronicle’s senior political writer. "'I Was Wrong': Bernie Sanders Admits Barbara Lee Only Member of Congress in 2001 Who Had it Right on Afghan WarBecause of people like you, another world is possible. Catch it here: He has won numerous awards and covered everything from fashion to the Jeffrey Dahmer serial killings to two Olympic Games to his own vasectomy — which he discussed on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” after being told he couldn’t say the word “balls” on the air.
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