politicususa--2020-03-01--Biden Has Biggest Fundraising 24 Hours Of Any Candidate After SC Win

The Biden campaign reported that they raised $ 5 million in the 24 hours after his win in South Carolina .
Biden said on CNN ’ s State Of The Union , “ We ’ ve raised about $ 17 , $ 18 million this month — $ 5 million just since the victory or during the victory in South Carolina so we ’ re feeling good , but it ’ s a long way to go , Jake.
” The former vice president ’ s haul is the biggest single day of fundraising by any Democratic candidate in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they raised an eye-popping $ 46 million in February .
The Sanders campaign said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA , “ Sen .
Bernie Sanders ’ presidential campaign on Sunday announced it raised $ 46.5 million in February from more than 2.2 million donations , including contributions from more than 350,000 people who donated to the campaign for the first time .
The campaign also announced that it will make television ad buys in nine states with primary contests on March 10th and March 17th.
” Sen. Sanders has shown in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to raise huge sums of money , so his number is not surprising .
Winning does cure everything .
If Biden wins some more states on Super Tuesday , his fundraising will continue to grow .
One senses a shift among non-Sanders Democratic voters , as they are rallying behind the candidate that they think can beat Trump , keep the House , and flip the Senate .
Joe Biden appears to have found the right message , as the stage is being set for a primary that likely won ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more discussion about this story join our Rachel Maddow and MSNBC group .

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The Biden campaign reported that they raised $5 million in the 24 hours after his win in South Carolina.
Biden said on CNN’s State Of The Union, “We’ve raised about $17, $18 million this month — $5 million just since the victory or during the victory in South Carolina so we’re feeling good, but it’s a long way to go, Jake.”
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The former vice president’s haul is the biggest single day of fundraising by any Democratic candidate in this cycle. The Bernie Sanders campaign reported that they raised an eye-popping $46 million in February.
The Sanders campaign said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, “Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign on Sunday announced it raised $46.5 million in February from more than 2.2 million donations, including contributions from more than 350,000 people who donated to the campaign for the first time. The campaign also announced that it will make television ad buys in nine states with primary contests on March 10th and March 17th.”
Sen. Sanders has shown in two cycles that he has been able to raise huge sums of money, so his number is not surprising.
Winning does cure everything. If Biden wins some more states on Super Tuesday, his fundraising will continue to grow.
One senses a shift among non-Sanders Democratic voters, as they are rallying behind the candidate that they think can beat Trump, keep the House, and flip the Senate.
Joe Biden appears to have found the right message, as the stage is being set for a primary that likely won’t be settled until the Democratic convention.
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politicususa--2020-03-01--Tom Steyer Calls Lindsey Graham A Disaster As He Suspends His Campaign

Tom Steyer suspended his presidential campaign and called Sen. Lindsey Graham a disaster after the South Carolina primary .
Steyer said , “ And let me say this .
I , of course , will be supporting — I ’ ve said from every Democrat is a million times better than trump .
Trump is a disaster .
And let me say this .
I mean , we ’ re in South Carolina .
Lindsey graham ’ s a disaster .
He ’ s a disaster for the people here .
So , of course , I ’ ll be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tom Steyer ’ s all in play .
He promised that he would suspend his campaign if he didn ’ t do well there and had no path to the presidency , and that is precisely what he did .
The interesting point is that Steyer will be working to defeat Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham in November .
Graham has been a disaster for the state of South Carolina .
Jaime Harrison is running against Graham in the US Senate race , and although he has an uphill fight ahead of him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his corner in Tom Steyer .
Steyer won ’ t be the Democratic nominee , but he is still going to be a positive force for Democratic issues and the Democratic Party.
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Tom Steyer suspended his presidential campaign and called Sen. Lindsey Graham a disaster after the South Carolina primary.
Steyer said, “And let me say this. I, of course, will be supporting — I’ve said from every Democrat is a million times better than trump. Trump is a disaster. And let me say this. I mean, we’re in South Carolina. Lindsey graham’s a disaster. He’s a disaster for the people here. So, of course, I’ll be working on that.”
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Tom Steyer calls Lindsey Graham a disaster as he suspends his presidential campaign. #SCprimary2020 pic.twitter.com/UFhfOiI2Py — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 1, 2020
South Carolina was Tom Steyer’s all in play. He promised that he would suspend his campaign if he didn’t do well there and had no path to the presidency, and that is precisely what he did.
The interesting point is that Steyer will be working to defeat Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham in November. Graham has been a disaster for the state of South Carolina. Jaime Harrison is running against Graham in the US Senate race, and although he has an uphill fight ahead of him, he will have a powerful supporter in his corner in Tom Steyer.
Steyer won’t be the Democratic nominee, but he is still going to be a positive force for Democratic issues and the Democratic Party.’
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politicususa--2020-03-01--Joe Biden Says Democrats Can Sweep Trump And McConnell Out Of Office If He Is The Nominee

Joe Biden told Democrats that if they want a nominee who is an actual Democrat who will build on Obama ’ s legacy they should join him .
Biden said , “ If Democrats nominate me , I believe we can beat Donald Trump.Keep Nancy Pelosi in the House of Representatives as a Speaker , and take back the United States Senate !
Join us !
” Biden said that he can beat Trump , keep Pelosi as Speaker of the House and take back the Senate : Biden told Democrats that if they want a nominee who is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Democrats want to nominate someone who will build on Obamacare , not scrap it , take on the NRA and gun manufacturers , not protect them , stand up and give the poor a fighting chance and the middle class get restored , not raise their taxes and keep the promises we make , then join us .
And if the Democrats want a nominee who ’ s a Democrat — a life-long Democrat — a proud Democrat , an Obama/Biden Democrat , then join us !
We have the option of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s the choice .
We need to build on the coalition of legacy of the most successful president of our lifetime , Barack Obama .
And the way we do this is by bringing Americans together whether their race , ethnicity , gender , economic station , Democrats , Republicans , independents , people of every stripe , look , just like we did here in South Carolina .
And like we can do across the entire country on Tuesday and beyond .
Folks , win big or lose , that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t want the promise of revolution .
They want more than promises .
They want results .
Democrats don ’ t want a revolution .
They want to win , and if Joe Biden campaigns on getting rid of Trump and McConnell , he may have the messaging golden ticket for this Democratic primary .
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Joe Biden told Democrats that if they want a nominee who is an actual Democrat who will build on Obama’s legacy they should join him.
Biden said, “If Democrats nominate me, I believe we can beat Donald Trump.Keep Nancy Pelosi in the House of Representatives as a Speaker, and take back the United States Senate! Join us!”
Biden said that he can beat Trump, keep Pelosi as Speaker of the House and take back the Senate:
Biden tells Democrats across the country that if they nominate him, he believes that they can beat Trump, keep Nancy Pelosi as Speaker, and take back the Senate. #SCprimary2020 pic.twitter.com/h00PXNNU5C — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 1, 2020
Biden told Democrats that if they want a nominee who is a Democrat, they should join him:
The Democrats want to nominate someone who will build on Obamacare, not scrap it, take on the NRA and gun manufacturers, not protect them, stand up and give the poor a fighting chance and the middle class get restored, not raise their taxes and keep the promises we make, then join us. And if the Democrats want a nominee who’s a Democrat — a life-long Democrat — a proud Democrat, an Obama/Biden Democrat, then join us!
We have the option of winning big or losing big. That’s the choice. We need to build on the coalition of legacy of the most successful president of our lifetime, Barack Obama. And the way we do this is by bringing Americans together whether their race, ethnicity, gender, economic station, Democrats, Republicans, independents, people of every stripe, look, just like we did here in South Carolina.
And like we can do across the entire country on Tuesday and beyond. Folks, win big or lose, that’s the choice. Most Americans don’t want the promise of revolution. They want more than promises. They want results.
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Biden drills Bernie Sanders by telling Democrats that if they want a nominee who is a Democrat to join him. Biden goes on to say that Americans want results, not promises of a revolution. #SCprimary2020 pic.twitter.com/lKgpHMXdWj — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 1, 2020
Democrats don’t want a revolution. They want to win, and if Joe Biden campaigns on getting rid of Trump and McConnell, he may have the messaging golden ticket for this Democratic primary.
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politicususa--2020-03-01--3 Things We Learned From Joe Biden’s South Carolina Blowout Win

Former Vice President Joe Biden blew out Bernie Sanders in South Carolina , and his win provided some insight into where the primary could be going .
1 ) .
Joe Biden ’ s campaign is alive and well – Biden dominated the primary with African-American voters , which punched a hole in the idea that Sanders had expanded his appeal and coalition .
The Biden campaign ’ s argument was that when the primary shifted to states that looked more like the composition of the Democratic Party , Biden would do very well .
Biden matched or surpassed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and showed that he might be the only moderate candidate with appeal to the rank and file who cast most of the primary who can be the nominee .
2 ) .
The Democratic primary is far from over – Bernie Sanders hasn ’ t fixed the weaknesses that plagued his campaign in 2016 , and Super Tuesday just became a lot more complicated with Biden ’ s big win .
Joe Biden is going to get a ton of free media out of his big win in South Carolina .
The contest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Super Tuesday will involve multiple candidates in multiple states qualifying for delegates .
If Klobuchar wins Minnesota and Warren wins Massachusetts along with multiple candidates qualifying in California , the party will be on course for a convention that will have no nominee heading into Milwaukee .
3 ) .
Biden versus Bloomberg – Mike Bloomberg has had two bad debates in a row .
His poll numbers are sliding .
Joe Biden is on the exact opposite path .
The Bloomberg campaign thinks that they can win multiple states in the South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t , it will be lights out for Bloomberg .
A key beyond how many candidates qualify for delegates in California is the battle between Bloomberg and Biden in the South .
Joe Biden ’ s big win shows that the Democratic base is here , and they aren ’ t into Bernie Sanders .
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Former Vice President Joe Biden blew out Bernie Sanders in South Carolina, and his win provided some insight into where the primary could be going.
1). Joe Biden’s campaign is alive and well – Biden dominated the primary with African-American voters, which punched a hole in the idea that Sanders had expanded his appeal and coalition. The Biden campaign’s argument was that when the primary shifted to states that looked more like the composition of the Democratic Party, Biden would do very well. Biden matched or surpassed the scale of the Sanders victory in Nevada and showed that he might be the only moderate candidate with appeal to the rank and file who cast most of the primary who can be the nominee.
2). The Democratic primary is far from over – Bernie Sanders hasn’t fixed the weaknesses that plagued his campaign in 2016, and Super Tuesday just became a lot more complicated with Biden’s big win. Joe Biden is going to get a ton of free media out of his big win in South Carolina. The contest is split. The muddle scenario for Super Tuesday will involve multiple candidates in multiple states qualifying for delegates. If Klobuchar wins Minnesota and Warren wins Massachusetts along with multiple candidates qualifying in California, the party will be on course for a convention that will have no nominee heading into Milwaukee.
3). Biden versus Bloomberg – Mike Bloomberg has had two bad debates in a row. His poll numbers are sliding. Joe Biden is on the exact opposite path. The Bloomberg campaign thinks that they can win multiple states in the South on Super Tuesday, but if they don’t, it will be lights out for Bloomberg. A key beyond how many candidates qualify for delegates in California is the battle between Bloomberg and Biden in the South.
Joe Biden’s big win shows that the Democratic base is here, and they aren’t into Bernie Sanders.
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politicususa--2020-02-29--Opinion: Coronavirus Highlights Dangers of Trump’s Destruction of the U.S. Public Sphere

It ’ s easy to sell people on lower taxes and to encourage people to hate paying taxes .
Few politicians , even those who promise to provide health care , better public education , student debt relief , and so on , rarely explain in detail what Americans are getting in return for the investments their taxes fund or the bills they pay .
And it ’ s easy to get people to hate the government , to paint it as some insidious deep state working undercover for nefarious ends or to depict it as some bloated and ineffective @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is , in fact , what fuels tax-hating .
Americans are really bad at thinking carefully about—and American politicians are even worse at talking about—the benefits we all receive for the taxes we pay , from roads to schools to health care to energy to security and so forth .
The current coronavirus pandemic may very well provide an opportunity to spotlight the value and necessity of the nation ’ s public sphere , the hosts of often unnoticed government and state agencies that do in fact serve and protect us .
Conversely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s destruction of the nation ’ s public sphere and the dangerous consequences of this agenda of defunding and short-staffing public service agencies .
While the Associated Press has identified as inaccurate certain claims by Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg that Trump has defunded the Center for Disease Control ( CDC ) , thus hobbling efforts at prevention and response , the fact remains that Trump has substantially weakened the abilities of the CDC and other agencies in terms of their abilities to adequately to ensure public health .
Since assuming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in fact been dismantling the very government programs and agencies charged with addressing global health crises .
In 2018 , for example , because it was running out of money , the CDC had to eliminate 80 % of its effort to prevent the outbreaks of global disease , narrowing the number of countries on which it focused its efforts from 49 to just 10 .
Moreover , the Trump administration undertook a series of actions to dismantle government-spending programs aimed at combating the spread of global diseases .
For example , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Security Council was shut down , national health spending was reduced by $ 15 billion , the U.S. government ’ s Complex Crises Fund of $ 30 million was eliminated , and more .
Reporting for Foreign Policy , Laurie Garrett asserts that the U.S. has never been less prepared for a pandemic , pointing out , among other factual developments , that in 2018 Trump “ fired the government ’ s entire pandemic response chain of command , including the White House management infrastructure.
” One could go on citing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and underfunded the abilities of our public agencies to secure the nation ’ s public health in a way Americans have come to rely on , whether it is always visible to us or not .
But we need to recognize Trump ’ s dangerous behavior in relation to public health in this instance as part of a larger agenda of eliminating the public sphere , the multitude of tax-payer funded public agencies that serve the myriad needs of the American people , from health care to education to national parks to infrastructure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to fully staff many crucial agencies and the primary leadership positions within .
In February 2017 , according to CNN , Trump still had not filled nearly 2,000 vacant appointed positions .
And he has shown little inclination to actually staff the government since then .
Two years into his administration , the State Department 61 of 202 Senate-confirmable positions were vacant ; in the Justice Department 15 out of 29 ; and in the Department of Defense 12 out of 56 .
Across federal agencies , at that time , there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leadership positions .
Government , for Trump , simply isn ’ t about public service , and he doesn ’ t seem to value any concept of the public good .
Perhaps most exemplary of this disavowal of the public good and the public sphere is the appointment of conservative lawyer William Perry Pendley last July as the head of the Bureau of Land Management , a federal agency that oversees a substantial portion of publicly-owned lands .
He , of course , believes the government should sell off all of this land @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s behavior of letting the public sphere simply wither , unstaffed and underfunded—with the desire perhaps of finally having them completely unfunded .
Trump wants everything public to be privatized .
Taught to hate paying taxes , Americans can be slow to realize the value of pooling our money together to fund collectively our educational system , our roads , research and development , health care , social security , and more .
But think if we left matters of public health up to private companies and interests .
Companies like Johnson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to justice for in fact fueling the opioid crisis in America in the name of generating profit .
These private interests showed little concern for the health of the American public as long as they could garner billions of dollars in profits .
The coronavirus pandemic is beginning to draw into relief the value of the public sphere , our public agencies , and the need to fund and staff them .
As has been pointed out , the economic damage an out-of-control coronavirus can inflict on the nation far surpasses the costs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ front .
So , as we watch Trump continue to slash taxes , let ’ s reflect on the real cost of not funding the public services upon which we rely .

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It’s easy to sell people on lower taxes and to encourage people to hate paying taxes. Few politicians, even those who promise to provide health care, better public education, student debt relief, and so on, rarely explain in detail what Americans are getting in return for the investments their taxes fund or the bills they pay.
And it’s easy to get people to hate the government, to paint it as some insidious deep state working undercover for nefarious ends or to depict it as some bloated and ineffective democracy. This portrait of the government is, in fact, what fuels tax-hating.
Americans are really bad at thinking carefully about—and American politicians are even worse at talking about—the benefits we all receive for the taxes we pay, from roads to schools to health care to energy to security and so forth.
The current coronavirus pandemic may very well provide an opportunity to spotlight the value and necessity of the nation’s public sphere, the hosts of often unnoticed government and state agencies that do in fact serve and protect us.
Conversely, this pandemic promises also to highlight Trump’s destruction of the nation’s public sphere and the dangerous consequences of this agenda of defunding and short-staffing public service agencies.
While the Associated Press has identified as inaccurate certain claims by Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg that Trump has defunded the Center for Disease Control (CDC), thus hobbling efforts at prevention and response, the fact remains that Trump has substantially weakened the abilities of the CDC and other agencies in terms of their abilities to adequately to ensure public health.
Since assuming office, Trump and his administration have in fact been dismantling the very government programs and agencies charged with addressing global health crises.
In 2018, for example, because it was running out of money, the CDC had to eliminate 80% of its effort to prevent the outbreaks of global disease, narrowing the number of countries on which it focused its efforts from 49 to just 10.
Moreover, the Trump administration undertook a series of actions to dismantle government-spending programs aimed at combating the spread of global diseases. For example, the unit of global health security in the National Security Council was shut down, national health spending was reduced by $15 billion, the U.S. government’s Complex Crises Fund of $30 million was eliminated, and more. Reporting for Foreign Policy, Laurie Garrett asserts that the U.S. has never been less prepared for a pandemic, pointing out, among other factual developments, that in 2018 Trump “fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the White House management infrastructure.”
One could go on citing the ways the Trump administration has actively undermined and underfunded the abilities of our public agencies to secure the nation’s public health in a way Americans have come to rely on, whether it is always visible to us or not.
But we need to recognize Trump’s dangerous behavior in relation to public health in this instance as part of a larger agenda of eliminating the public sphere, the multitude of tax-payer funded public agencies that serve the myriad needs of the American people, from health care to education to national parks to infrastructure to energy.
Trump simply has chosen not to fully staff many crucial agencies and the primary leadership positions within. In February 2017, according to CNN, Trump still had not filled nearly 2,000 vacant appointed positions. And he has shown little inclination to actually staff the government since then. Two years into his administration, the State Department 61 of 202 Senate-confirmable positions were vacant; in the Justice Department 15 out of 29; and in the Department of Defense 12 out of 56. Across federal agencies, at that time, there were 260 vacancies out of the 713 leadership positions.
Government, for Trump, simply isn’t about public service, and he doesn’t seem to value any concept of the public good.
Perhaps most exemplary of this disavowal of the public good and the public sphere is the appointment of conservative lawyer William Perry Pendley last July as the head of the Bureau of Land Management, a federal agency that oversees a substantial portion of publicly-owned lands. He, of course, believes the government should sell off all of this land.
This position meshes completely with Trump’s behavior of letting the public sphere simply wither, unstaffed and underfunded—with the desire perhaps of finally having them completely unfunded.
Trump wants everything public to be privatized.
Taught to hate paying taxes, Americans can be slow to realize the value of pooling our money together to fund collectively our educational system, our roads, research and development, health care, social security, and more.
But think if we left matters of public health up to private companies and interests. Companies like Johnson and Johnson and Purdue Pharma were brought to justice for in fact fueling the opioid crisis in America in the name of generating profit. These private interests showed little concern for the health of the American public as long as they could garner billions of dollars in profits.
The coronavirus pandemic is beginning to draw into relief the value of the public sphere, our public agencies, and the need to fund and staff them.
As has been pointed out, the economic damage an out-of-control coronavirus can inflict on the nation far surpasses the costs of preventing and preparing for it up front.
So, as we watch Trump continue to slash taxes, let’s reflect on the real cost of not funding the public services upon which we rely.


politicususa--2020-02-29--Trump Press Conference Backfires After He Gets Gender Wrong Of First US Coronavirus Fatality

Trump had coronavirus press conference do over that backfired when he got the gender of the first US fatality wrong .
Trump said , “ At this moment , we have 22 patients in the United States currently that have coronavirus .
Unfortunately , one person passed away overnight .
She was a wonderful woman , a medically high-risk patient in her late 50s .
Four others are very ill. Thankfully 15 are either recovered fully or they ’ re well on their way to recovery , and in all cases they ’ ve been let go in their home.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ woman ” was actually a man , that Trump had confused with another patient who is recovering nicely .
The patient who unfortunately passed away was a man in his 50s who had underlying health conditions according to Washington state health authorities .
While trying to show that he is in charge and that there is nothing to worry about , Trump proved that Joe Biden was right .
This president can ’ t be trusted to handle a pandemic .
He cares so little about the people involved that he can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first fatality correct .
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Trump had coronavirus press conference do over that backfired when he got the gender of the first US fatality wrong.
Trump said, “At this moment, we have 22 patients in the United States currently that have coronavirus. Unfortunately, one person passed away overnight. She was a wonderful woman, a medically high-risk patient in her late 50s. Four others are very ill. Thankfully 15 are either recovered fully or they’re well on their way to recovery, and in all cases they’ve been let go in their home.”
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Trump tries to minimize the first US coronavirus death by calling the woman a high-risk medical patient. pic.twitter.com/covMRJInmw — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 29, 2020
It turns out that the “woman” was actually a man, that Trump had confused with another patient who is recovering nicely. The patient who unfortunately passed away was a man in his 50s who had underlying health conditions according to Washington state health authorities.
While trying to show that he is in charge and that there is nothing to worry about, Trump proved that Joe Biden was right. This president can’t be trusted to handle a pandemic. He cares so little about the people involved that he can’t get the basic details of the first fatality correct.
Trump’s second attempt a coronavirus press conference was a total backfire.
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politicususa--2020-02-29--Thanks Obama, Obamacare Would Make The Coronavirus Vaccine Free

Trump doesn ’ t know this , but the coronavirus vaccine would be free under a provision in the Affordable Care Act .
A little-known provision of Obamacare would likely make any coronavirus vaccine free for most people with health insurance .
Plus , the law expanded insurance coverage for roughly 20 million Americans and widened access to medical care .
Those components underscore the law ’ s broad reach across the healthcare sector and its potential to form a pillar in a federal strategy to combat the spread of a deadly , unknown disease .
“ There ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the Affordable Care Act and responding to a potential public health emergency like this virus , ” Larry Levitt , the executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation , told Business Insider .
Obama was a change president , who has left a lasting legacy of improving the lives of millions of Americans .
Trump has tried to undo the Obama legacy .
In fact , the entire purpose of his administration is to erase the Obama presidency .
The coronavirus is providing another reminder of why Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to destroy the Affordable Care Act .
Even though he has been out of office for years , Barack Obama still has your back .
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Trump doesn’t know this, but the coronavirus vaccine would be free under a provision in the Affordable Care Act.
According to Business Insider:
A little-known provision of Obamacare would likely make any coronavirus vaccine free for most people with health insurance. Plus, the law expanded insurance coverage for roughly 20 million Americans and widened access to medical care. Those components underscore the law’s broad reach across the healthcare sector and its potential to form a pillar in a federal strategy to combat the spread of a deadly, unknown disease.
“There’s an important link between broader healthcare policies like the Affordable Care Act and responding to a potential public health emergency like this virus,” Larry Levitt, the executive vice president for health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Business Insider.
Obama was a change president, who has left a lasting legacy of improving the lives of millions of Americans. Trump has tried to undo the Obama legacy. In fact, the entire purpose of his administration is to erase the Obama presidency.
The coronavirus is providing another reminder of why Trump and the Republicans must not be allowed to destroy the Affordable Care Act.
Even though he has been out of office for years, Barack Obama still has your back.
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politicususa--2020-02-29--After First US Coronavirus Death, Trump Holds Disastrous Press Conference

Trump was caught off guard by the first US coronavirus death , so he opened his press conference babbling about Afghanistan .
Trump said in part : They ’ re incredible people , incredible spirit .
I ’ d go to Walter Reed and see them so often and the spirit ; they wanted to go back .
Despite their wounds , they always said I want to go back .
Wounded warriors are incredible people .
I guess most of all I want to thank all of the people in the United States for having spent so much in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treasure and treasury , the money that has been spent , the lives that have been lost , and we just signed an agreement that puts us in a position to get it done , bring us down to in the vicinity of 8,000 troops .
The United Nations was informed of everything , and NATO has been great .
When Trump got around to mentioning the coronavirus , he tried to minimize the risk and the news .
Trump even tried to blame the patient who died for being high risk : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was to minimize the coronavirus and deal with the political fallout of the administration ’ s incompetence .
Trump held a press conference to minimize the US coronavirus outbreak , and it has been a total disaster .
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Trump was caught off guard by the first US coronavirus death, so he opened his press conference babbling about Afghanistan.
Trump said in part:
They’re incredible people, incredible spirit. I’d go to Walter Reed and see them so often and the spirit; they wanted to go back. Despite their wounds, they always said I want to go back.
Wounded warriors are incredible people. I guess most of all I want to thank all of the people in the United States for having spent so much in terms of blood, in terms of treasure and treasury, the money that has been spent, the lives that have been lost, and we just signed an agreement that puts us in a position to get it done, bring us down to in the vicinity of 8,000 troops. The United Nations was informed of everything, and NATO has been great.
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Trump sounds out of it as he keeps babbling about Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/qL0TP2D32K — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 29, 2020
When Trump got around to mentioning the coronavirus, he tried to minimize the risk and the news.
Trump even tried to blame the patient who died for being high risk:
Trump tries to minimize the first US coronavirus death by calling the woman a high-risk medical patient. pic.twitter.com/covMRJInmw — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 29, 2020
The whole point of the press conference was to minimize the coronavirus and deal with the political fallout of the administration’s incompetence.
Trump held a press conference to minimize the US coronavirus outbreak, and it has been a total disaster.
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politicususa--2020-02-29--Trump Is Asking For A Do-Over After His First Coronavirus Press Conference Flopped

After his first coronavirus press conference flopped on live TV , Donald Trump is hoping for a do-over to prove that he is completely capable of leading the global coronavirus response .
After an usually quiet Saturday morning on Twitter for the president , he announced he would be holding another press conference on the coronavirus , which he called a hoax just last night .
“ I will be having a 1:30 P.M. Press Conference at the White House to discuss the latest CoronaVirus developments , ” the former slumlord and game show host said .
During Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conference , he touted his administration ’ s response – even though it ’ s been a complete mess – and lied about how deadly the virus is .
Then he appointed Mike Pence to lead the response , and the VP spent his Friday night at a political fundraiser in Florida as new community-spread cases of the virus were reported .
Trump will never regain whatever credibility he might have had Despite Donald Trump ’ s belief that he can simply reboot his coronavirus response effort like it ’ s a 1970s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how governing a country actually works .
Since early in his administration , Trump has been taking shortsighted steps that undermine America ’ s public health infrastructure , which is a large reason why the U.S. is poorly positioned to deal with the current crisis .
As PoliticusUSA ’ s Jason Easley noted , “ In May 2018 , the White House pushed out the nation ’ s top pandemic response officials .
At the time , observers warned that the administration was weakening global health security.
” As the coronavirus continues to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s too late for the president to portray himself as a steady leader who can be trusted during a crisis .
Donald Trump long ago lost any credibility he may have had , and no number of press conferences will restore it .

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After his first coronavirus press conference flopped on live TV, Donald Trump is hoping for a do-over to prove that he is completely capable of leading the global coronavirus response.
After an usually quiet Saturday morning on Twitter for the president, he announced he would be holding another press conference on the coronavirus, which he called a hoax just last night.
“I will be having a 1:30 P.M. Press Conference at the White House to discuss the latest CoronaVirus developments,” the former slumlord and game show host said.
I will be having a 1:30 P.M. Press Conference at the White House to discuss the latest CoronaVirus developments. Thank you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 29, 2020
During Trump’s first attempt at a coronavirus press conference, he touted his administration’s response – even though it’s been a complete mess – and lied about how deadly the virus is.
Then he appointed Mike Pence to lead the response, and the VP spent his Friday night at a political fundraiser in Florida as new community-spread cases of the virus were reported.
Trump will never regain whatever credibility he might have had
Despite Donald Trump’s belief that he can simply reboot his coronavirus response effort like it’s a 1970s slasher film, that’s not how governing a country actually works.
Since early in his administration, Trump has been taking shortsighted steps that undermine America’s public health infrastructure, which is a large reason why the U.S. is poorly positioned to deal with the current crisis.
As PoliticusUSA’s Jason Easley noted, “In May 2018, the White House pushed out the nation’s top pandemic response officials. At the time, observers warned that the administration was weakening global health security.”
As the coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, it’s too late for the president to portray himself as a steady leader who can be trusted during a crisis.
Donald Trump long ago lost any credibility he may have had, and no number of press conferences will restore it.


politicususa--2020-02-29--Trump And Pence Are The Last Two People On Earth Who Should Be Leading A Global Health Crisis

MSNBC ’ s Ali Velshi tore into the Trump administration on Saturday , particularly the two men at the top , for essentially being the last two people on earth who should running a global health emergency response effort .
During a discussion with Joy Reid , Velshi said that Donald Trump and Mike Pence have no credibility to deal with global or domestic crises , from terrorist attacks to natural disasters to mass shootings .
Time and again , the two most powerful men in the world has demonstrated that they can not be trusted to be straight with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of trust is gone , ” Velshi said .
“ So when you look at people selling the markets , it ’ s not that they ’ re listening to Democrats or media .
They ’ re saying I ’ m not getting good information.
” He added , “ They ’ re hoping the government ’ s honest with them , but we ’ re not really getting the sense that they are , and that ’ s when this thing starts to break down.
” You look at the president , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
In times of a terrorist attack , you need guidance .
What does Donald Trump doing ?
He talks about Islamic fundamentalism and ignores the threat of home-grown terrorism .
In a natural disaster , like hurricanes , you need leadership from the president .
What does he do ?
He draws lines with sharpies on hurricane maps and throws paper towels out to people .
In mass shootings , you need guidance and leadership .
What does the president do ?
He echos NRA talking points .
So now we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s not something we faced before , and the currency of trust is gone .
So when you look at people selling the markets , it ’ s not that they ’ re listening to Democrats or media .
They ’ re saying I ’ m not getting good information .
You know where you don ’ t get good information about these diseases ?
In China and Iran and we ’ re very critical of those governments who do not test properly , they do not honestly report on when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s why this thing spreads .
So this is half medical science and half trust in your government .
The president has put Mike Pence in charge of this .
Mike Pence in 2000 wrote a blog that said cigarettes don ’ t cause cancer .
I know a lot of us didn ’ t think it caused cancer , but in 2000 we actually knew it did .
Mike Pence spoke about when he was the governor of Indiana , when he was running for Congress as well , about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ epidemic .
He didn ’ t believe needle exchanges stopped the transmission of infection .
We know that they do .
So this is the problem : People are having to make their own decisions because they ’ re hoping the government ’ s honest with them , but we ’ re not really getting the sense that they are , and that ’ s when this thing starts to break down .
When you start finding out there are people at work and people you know who have this stuff and you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ll make your own decisions .
As this administration stumbles from crisis to crisis , they have repeatedly shown the country that they are unable or unwilling to set politics aside and be straight with the American people .
As I noted earlier , just days after Trump named him to lead the coronavirus response , Pence is holding political fundraisers .
A president and vice president incapable of putting people over politics has no business leading a global health emergency response .

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MSNBC’s Ali Velshi tore into the Trump administration on Saturday, particularly the two men at the top, for essentially being the last two people on earth who should running a global health emergency response effort.
During a discussion with Joy Reid, Velshi said that Donald Trump and Mike Pence have no credibility to deal with global or domestic crises, from terrorist attacks to natural disasters to mass shootings.
Time and again, the two most powerful men in the world has demonstrated that they cannot be trusted to be straight with the American people.
“The currency of trust is gone,” Velshi said. “So when you look at people selling the markets, it’s not that they’re listening to Democrats or media. They’re saying I’m not getting good information.”
He added, “They’re hoping the government’s honest with them, but we’re not really getting the sense that they are, and that’s when this thing starts to break down.”
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Ali Velshi says Trump and Pence have repeatedly shown that they can’t be trusted in times of crisis. #ctl #p2 #amjoy pic.twitter.com/GzMLfV0Fi3 — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February 29, 2020
Velshi said:
You look at the president, what do you need from a president? In times of a terrorist attack, you need guidance. What does Donald Trump doing? He talks about Islamic fundamentalism and ignores the threat of home-grown terrorism. In a natural disaster, like hurricanes, you need leadership from the president. What does he do? He draws lines with sharpies on hurricane maps and throws paper towels out to people. In mass shootings, you need guidance and leadership. What does the president do? He echos NRA talking points. So now we’ve got a … possible pandemic, it’s not something we faced before, and the currency of trust is gone. So when you look at people selling the markets, it’s not that they’re listening to Democrats or media. They’re saying I’m not getting good information. You know where you don’t get good information about these diseases? In China and Iran and we’re very critical of those governments who do not test properly, they do not honestly report on when’s going on and we worry that’s why this thing spreads. So this is half medical science and half trust in your government. The president has put Mike Pence in charge of this. Mike Pence in 2000 wrote a blog that said cigarettes don’t cause cancer. I know a lot of us didn’t think it caused cancer, but in 2000 we actually knew it did. Mike Pence spoke about when he was the governor of Indiana, when he was running for Congress as well, about needle exchanges. There was an HIV epidemic. He didn’t believe needle exchanges stopped the transmission of infection. We know that they do. So this is the problem: People are having to make their own decisions because they’re hoping the government’s honest with them, but we’re not really getting the sense that they are, and that’s when this thing starts to break down. When you start finding out there are people at work and people you know who have this stuff and you’re not getting guidance, you’ll make your own decisions.
The Trump administration puts politics before people
As this administration stumbles from crisis to crisis, they have repeatedly shown the country that they are unable or unwilling to set politics aside and be straight with the American people.
As I noted earlier, just days after Trump named him to lead the coronavirus response, Pence is holding political fundraisers.
A president and vice president incapable of putting people over politics has no business leading a global health emergency response.


politicususa--2020-02-29--Mike Pence Is Holding Political Fundraisers Instead Of Leading The Coronavirus Response

Just days after Donald Trump tapped Mike Pence to lead the coronavirus response effort , the vice president is holding fundraisers instead of meeting with health officials .
As The Washington Post reported late Friday , “ Democrats expressed skepticism that they are getting straight answers and criticized Vice President Pence , who was put in charge of the administration ’ s response Wednesday night , for heading to Florida on Friday for a fundraiser.
” “ They ’ re considering this so urgent they put someone in charge of it that is in my state for a fundraiser rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials , ” Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said , according to the report .
Pence ’ s apparent disinterest in leading a response to this global health emergency comes as the president is pushing the dangerous lie that the coronavirus itself is a myth .
During a Friday night rally in South Carolina , Trump told a mob of his adoring supporters that the outbreak is a “ new hoax.
” Meanwhile , the virus is spreading In America As the president and vice president attend political events and call the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States .
In addition to the two community-spread cases of the coronavirus in California , two more were reported in Oregon and Washington on Friday , meaning the virus is not a hoax , regardless of what Trump tells his rally crowds .
Meanwhile , as CNN reports , the World Health Organization ( WHO ) has elevated the risk of global coronavirus spread from “ high ” to “ very high.
” Without leaders at the top committed to taking on this global health crisis , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American lives at risk .

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Just days after Donald Trump tapped Mike Pence to lead the coronavirus response effort, the vice president is holding fundraisers instead of meeting with health officials.
As The Washington Post reported late Friday, “Democrats expressed skepticism that they are getting straight answers and criticized Vice President Pence, who was put in charge of the administration’s response Wednesday night, for heading to Florida on Friday for a fundraiser.”
“They’re considering this so urgent they put someone in charge of it that is in my state for a fundraiser rather than sitting down with our public health officials,” Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said, according to the report.
Pence’s apparent disinterest in leading a response to this global health emergency comes as the president is pushing the dangerous lie that the coronavirus itself is a myth.
During a Friday night rally in South Carolina, Trump told a mob of his adoring supporters that the outbreak is a “new hoax.”
Here’s Trump at his rally tonight in South Carolina dismissing worries about the coronavirus as the “new hoax” pic.twitter.com/Q58d7dI1cb — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 29, 2020
Meanwhile, the virus is spreading In America
As the president and vice president attend political events and call the coronavirus a hoax, it continues to spread in the United States.
In addition to the two community-spread cases of the coronavirus in California, two more were reported in Oregon and Washington on Friday, meaning the virus is not a hoax, regardless of what Trump tells his rally crowds.
Meanwhile, as CNN reports, the World Health Organization (WHO) has elevated the risk of global coronavirus spread from “high” to “very high.”
Without leaders at the top committed to taking on this global health crisis, it’s going to get worse and put more American lives at risk.


politicususa--2020-02-29--Biden Warns America Not To Trust Trump On Coronavirus

Former Vice President Joe Biden is telling the American people that Trump is saying ridiculous things , and can ’ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus .
Biden was correct .
Trump is more interested in goosing the stock @ @ @ @ @ public health .
Trump has been lying about his response to the pandemic and the @ @ @ @ @ Trump can ’ t be trusted on anything , but the fact that he is @ @ @ @ @ American people about the seriousness of a pandemic and his response to it makes him @ @ @ @ @ lives .
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Former Vice President Joe Biden is telling the American people that Trump is saying ridiculous things, and can’t be trusted to handle the coronavirus.
Biden told reporters in South Carolina:
Can Americans trust the president at this point?
“The president, on the virus, no I do not,” Biden told reporters this morning in Greenville, South Carolina. “He should understand, I know he's a stable genius but it's, it's ridiculous the things he's saying.” — Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) February 29, 2020
Biden on Trump calling #covid19 a Dem hoax: “When you say things like that it just so diminishes the faith that people around the world have in the United States. The president of th US said it’s a hoax. It’s hard to believe. Even for him it’s hard to believe. It’s just bizarre.” — Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) February 29, 2020
“It’s able to be solved but it requires us to be absolutely level-headed and let the scientists have the lead in all of this. For him to start talk about it being a hoax is absolutely dangerous. It’s just not a decent way to act. I mean, it’s just about him.” https://t.co/97Ioz5u2cr — Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) February 29, 2020
Biden was correct. Trump is more interested in goosing the stock market than he is protecting public health. Trump has been lying about his response to the pandemic and the timeline of the pandemic. Trump can’t be trusted on anything, but the fact that he is willing to lie to the American people about the seriousness of a pandemic and his response to it makes him a literal danger to American lives.
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politicususa--2020-02-29--Trump Lies About Coronavirus Warning After Removing Pandemic Officials

Trump claimed that he had no idea that the coronavirus was coming even though the CDC has been warning about it for months .
At his latest rally in South Carolina , Trump said , “ Things happen .
Who would have thought of this two weeks ago , four weeks ago , that this could be going on , but things happen in life , and you have to be prepared , and you have to be flexible , and you have to go out and get it , and my guys , we have the best professionals in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ready.
” The CDC has been monitoring the coronavirus since December 2019 .
They have been issuing a steady stream of public warnings since early January 2020 .
The CDC warned that the coronavirus could be spread by human contact more than a month ago .
They began public health screenings at airports on January 17 , 2020 .
The coronavirus has been known about for months .
Trump wasn ’ t aware of it until 2-4 weeks ago , because he gets his information from watching cable news .
In May 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation ’ s top pandemic response officials .
At the time , observers warned that the administration was weakening global health security , “ His exit comes against the backdrop of other administration actions critics say have weakened health security preparedness , including dwindling financing for early preventive action against infectious disease threats abroad.
” Trump is lying when he claims that coronavirus popped up out of the blue , and the wheels were put in motion for bungled response nearly two years ago when weakened the infrastructure for pandemic handling .

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Trump claimed that he had no idea that the coronavirus was coming even though the CDC has been warning about it for months.
At his latest rally in South Carolina, Trump said, “Things happen. Who would have thought of this two weeks ago, four weeks ago, that this could be going on, but things happen in life, and you have to be prepared, and you have to be flexible, and you have to go out and get it, and my guys, we have the best professionals in the world, and we are so ready.”
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Trump on the Coronavirus: Things happen. Whoever thought of this two weeks ago, who would’ve thought this could be going on. Four weeks ago, but things happen in life pic.twitter.com/sV2TAePFze — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) February 29, 2020
The CDC has been monitoring the coronavirus since December 2019. They have been issuing a steady stream of public warnings since early January 2020. The CDC warned that the coronavirus could be spread by human contact more than a month ago. They began public health screenings at airports on January 17, 2020.
The coronavirus has been known about for months. Trump wasn’t aware of it until 2-4 weeks ago, because he gets his information from watching cable news.
In May 2018, the White House pushed out the nation’s top pandemic response officials. At the time, observers warned that the administration was weakening global health security, “His exit comes against the backdrop of other administration actions critics say have weakened health security preparedness, including dwindling financing for early preventive action against infectious disease threats abroad.”
Trump is lying when he claims that coronavirus popped up out of the blue, and the wheels were put in motion for bungled response nearly two years ago when weakened the infrastructure for pandemic handling.


politicususa--2020-02-29--Trump Runs Away When Asked About His Physical

Reporters asked Trump if he had finished his annual physical , which is now in its second year , and the president responded by walking away .
The White House ’ s story for Trump ’ s surprise Saturday visit to Walter Reed last fall was that he was taking his annual physical .
Hospital officials have gone on the record and told reporters that Trump ’ s November 2019 visit was abnormal .
In the face of a coronavirus outbreak in the US , the President Of The United States is hiding his physical and refusing to tell the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t the only presidential candidate who is refusing to release his full medical records .
Sen. Bernie Sanders has also changed his position and is now refusing to release all of his medical records .
The public has a right to know about the health and wellness of the candidates that they have voted for or will be voting for .
Good for the reporter who refused to let Trump sweep his physical under the rug .
Reporters should be demanding answers because the American people have the right to know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more discussion about this story join our Rachel Maddow and MSNBC group .

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Reporters asked Trump if he had finished his annual physical, which is now in its second year, and the president responded by walking away.
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Trump walks away without answering a question about whether he's finished the annual physical that has now spanned two years pic.twitter.com/QkfrdFRDwk — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2020
The White House’s story for Trump’s surprise Saturday visit to Walter Reed last fall was that he was taking his annual physical. Hospital officials have gone on the record and told reporters that Trump’s November 2019 visit was abnormal.
In the face of a coronavirus outbreak in the US, the President Of The United States is hiding his physical and refusing to tell the American people about his health.
Trump isn’t the only presidential candidate who is refusing to release his full medical records. Sen. Bernie Sanders has also changed his position and is now refusing to release all of his medical records.
The public has a right to know about the health and wellness of the candidates that they have voted for or will be voting for.
Good for the reporter who refused to let Trump sweep his physical under the rug. Reporters should be demanding answers because the American people have the right to know if the president is healthy.
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politicususa--2020-03-01--Pete Buttigieg Is Dropping Out And Clearing A Bigger Path For Biden

Pete Buttigieg is suspending his presidential campaign after he failed to attract African-American support and has no path to the nomination .
The New York Times reported : Pete Buttigieg , the former small-city Indiana mayor and first openly gay major presidential candidate , has decided to quit the Democratic race , a person briefed on Mr. Buttigieg ’ s plans said on Sunday , following a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary where his poor performance with black Democrats signaled an inability to build a broad coalition of voters .
Mr. Buttigieg , 38 , narrowly won the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a strong second place in the New Hampshire primary , exciting liberal white Democrats with his cool , hyper-articulate manner .
But he never broadened his breadth of support in a party with a nonwhite base , and one that has veered leftward since 2018 .
Mayor Pete ran a historic campaign .
He was the first openly gay presidential candidate to win a primary or caucus .
Buttigieg raised $ 76 million , but he burned through it in Iowa and New Hampshire and was unable to recapture his momentum after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a coalition of support that looks like the majority of the Democratic Party .
Buttigieg ’ s suspension won ’ t impact Super Tuesday in states like California where most of the vote is in already , but his departure from the race is great news for Joe Biden , who has more room to consolidate the support of non-progressive Democrats .
Buttigieg has a very bright future ahead of him that one suspects includes a longer and more successful presidential campaign .
Mayor Pete is out , and now all eyes turn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with no chance to win to exit the race .
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Pete Buttigieg is suspending his presidential campaign after he failed to attract African-American support and has no path to the nomination.
The New York Times reported:
Pete Buttigieg, the former small-city Indiana mayor and first openly gay major presidential candidate, has decided to quit the Democratic race, a person briefed on Mr. Buttigieg’s plans said on Sunday, following a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary where his poor performance with black Democrats signaled an inability to build a broad coalition of voters.
Mr. Buttigieg, 38, narrowly won the Iowa caucuses early last month and came in a strong second place in the New Hampshire primary, exciting liberal white Democrats with his cool, hyper-articulate manner. But he never broadened his breadth of support in a party with a nonwhite base, and one that has veered leftward since 2018.
Mayor Pete ran a historic campaign. He was the first openly gay presidential candidate to win a primary or caucus. Buttigieg raised $76 million, but he burned through it in Iowa and New Hampshire and was unable to recapture his momentum after Nevada.
Buttigieg couldn’t attract a coalition of support that looks like the majority of the Democratic Party. Buttigieg’s suspension won’t impact Super Tuesday in states like California where most of the vote is in already, but his departure from the race is great news for Joe Biden, who has more room to consolidate the support of non-progressive Democrats.
Buttigieg has a very bright future ahead of him that one suspects includes a longer and more successful presidential campaign.
Mayor Pete is out, and now all eyes turn to Amy Klobuchar as the next moderate with no chance to win to exit the race.
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politicususa--2020-03-01--Trump Throws A Tanturm And Calls Outlets That Report On Coronavirus Fake News

Trump throws a tantrum over coronavirus coverage and declares America ’ s biggest non-Fox news organizations enemies of the people @ @ @ @ @ of fake news includes any organization that publishes the facts about his behavior and administration @ @ @ @ @ in Trump-speak isn ’ t about false stories .
It is a catchall description for @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump doesn ’ t like .
The President is upset about the coverage that @ @ @ @ @ , so he is going back to one of his favorite tactics of attempting to @ @ @ @ @ information .
Trump is running a propaganda campaign against what could become a national health @ @ @ @ @ the health crisis , Trump is attacking the media that are keeping the American people @ @ @ @ @ fake news is coming from the news outlets , but from inside the Oval Office @ @ @ @ @ .
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Trump throws a tantrum over coronavirus coverage and declares America’s biggest non-Fox news organizations enemies of the people.
Trump tweeted:
People are disgusted and embarrassed by the Fake News Media, as headed by the @nytimes, @washingtonpost, @comcast & MSDNC, @ABC, @CBSNews and more. They no longer believe what they see and read, and for good reason. Fake News is, indeed, THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 1, 2020
Trump’s definition of fake news includes any organization that publishes the facts about his behavior and administration. “Fake news” in Trump-speak isn’t about false stories. It is a catchall description for any fact or story that Donald Trump doesn’t like.
The President is upset about the coverage that the coronavirus pandemic is receiving, so he is going back to one of his favorite tactics of attempting to discredit the sources of the information.
Trump is running a propaganda campaign against what could become a national health emergency. Instead of addressing the health crisis, Trump is attacking the media that are keeping the American people informed with facts.
The fake news is coming from the news outlets, but from inside the Oval Office, each and every day.
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politicususa--2020-03-01--Trump Crushed As Judge Voids Policies By Illegal Immigration Appointment

A federal judge ruled that Trump ’ s naming of Ken Cuccinelli acting head of U.S .
Citizenship and Immigration Services was illegal .
A federal district judge in D.C. ruled on Sunday that Ken Cuccinelli ’ s placement as the acting top official at U.S .
Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS ) violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act .
Why it matters : Policies that were put in place under Cuccinelli are now void , including a directive that gave asylum-seekers less time to consult with legal counsel before their initial “ credible fear ” interview with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and appoint Cuccinelli to carry out his immigration agenda .
Cuccinelli would have never have been confirmed by the Senate .
He is a controversial and divisive right-wing immigration hard-liner whose only qualification for the job that Trump gave him was a willingness to carry out Trump ’ s immigration agenda .
Trump ’ s immigration policies enacted by Cuccinelli are voided , as the rule of law scored a major victory over Trump .
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A federal judge ruled that Trump’s naming of Ken Cuccinelli acting head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was illegal.
Axios reported:
A federal district judge in D.C. ruled on Sunday that Ken Cuccinelli’s placement as the acting top official at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.
Why it matters: Policies that were put in place under Cuccinelli are now void, including a directive that gave asylum-seekers less time to consult with legal counsel before their initial “credible fear” interview with a USCIS officer.
Trump tried to bypass the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and appoint Cuccinelli to carry out his immigration agenda. Cuccinelli would have never have been confirmed by the Senate. He is a controversial and divisive right-wing immigration hard-liner whose only qualification for the job that Trump gave him was a willingness to carry out Trump’s immigration agenda.
Trump’s immigration policies enacted by Cuccinelli are voided, as the rule of law scored a major victory over Trump.
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politicususa--2020-03-01--Trump Slump: Trump Owns Biggest One Day Points Drop In Dow History

The Trump slump is real , as Trump owns the biggest single-day points drop in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average .
On Thursday , US News reported on Trump ’ s new stock market record : THE DOW JONES Industrial Average closed Thursday down nearly 1,200 points – its largest single-day drop in history – as U.S. stocks were driven into correction territory by escalating concern over the ongoing coronavirus outbreak .
The Dow shed nearly 4.5 % , closing at its lowest level since August and weathering a sixth consecutive day of losses .
The Standard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , dropped more than 4.4 % on Thursday .
Both the Dow and S & P 500 are down 11 % from where they ended last week .
The Trump slump is real , and it is not being driven by the coronavirus , but the lack of trust in Donald Trump to respond to the crisis .
Trump now owns the eight biggest single-day Dow point drops in US history .
Trump is basing his entire reelection campaign on the economy and the stock market , but confidence in this president is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the gender of the first U.S. coronavirus fatality correct at his press conference .
The Trump slump has arrived as the stock market realized that they couldn ’ t trust Trump .
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The Trump slump is real, as Trump owns the biggest single-day points drop in the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
SNL joked about the Trump slump:
On Thursday, US News reported on Trump’s new stock market record:
THE DOW JONES Industrial Average closed Thursday down nearly 1,200 points – its largest single-day drop in history – as U.S. stocks were driven into correction territory by escalating concern over the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
The Dow shed nearly 4.5%, closing at its lowest level since August and weathering a sixth consecutive day of losses. The Standard & Poor’s 500, similarly, dropped more than 4.4% on Thursday. Both the Dow and S&P 500 are down 11% from where they ended last week.
The Trump slump is real, and it is not being driven by the coronavirus, but the lack of trust in Donald Trump to respond to the crisis. Trump now owns the eight biggest single-day Dow point drops in US history.
Trump is basing his entire reelection campaign on the economy and the stock market, but confidence in this president is plummeting after he couldn’t get the gender of the first U.S. coronavirus fatality correct at his press conference.
The Trump slump has arrived as the stock market realized that they couldn’t trust Trump.
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politicususa--2020-03-01--African-American Worshipers Turn Their Backs On Mike Bloomberg As He Speaks At Brown AME

Some African-American worshipers turned their backs on Mike Bloomberg as he spoke at Brown AME in Selma .
Picture of @ @ @ @ @ Bloomberg : The crowd was polite to Bloomberg , but the pastor noted that the @ @ @ @ @ invitation : Some of the candidates are in Selma and will participate in the reenactment @ @ @ @ @ across the Pettus Bridge .
Bloomberg is targeting states like Alabama as potential wins on @ @ @ @ @ from the cool reception that he received on Sunday , Alabama may be Biden country @ @ @ @ @ faring much better as an advertising campaign that he is as a presidential candidate .
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Some African-American worshipers turned their backs on Mike Bloomberg as he spoke at Brown AME in Selma.
Picture of worshippers turning their backs on Bloomberg:
Back to Brown AME, where the service is still underway. (Abrams will bring the keynote today.) Some members of the audience turned their backs as Michael Bloomberg spoke. pic.twitter.com/kTzTmn1kVS — Tia Mitchell, AJC’s Washington Correspondent (@ajconwashington) March 1, 2020
The crowd was polite to Bloomberg, but the pastor noted that the candidate turned down their initial invitation:
A little more about Bloomberg. The crowd was mostly polite. Even those who turned their backs in protest were silent and not disruptive. But his speech was rambling & you can tell he wasn't connecting in general. Also the pastor said Bloomberg initially turned down the invite. — Tia Mitchell, AJC’s Washington Correspondent (@ajconwashington) March 1, 2020
Some of the candidates are in Selma and will participate in the reenactment of the Bloody Sunday march across the Pettus Bridge.
Bloomberg is targeting states like Alabama as potential wins on Super Tuesday, but judging from the cool reception that he received on Sunday, Alabama may be Biden country, as Mike Bloomberg was faring much better as an advertising campaign that he is as a presidential candidate.
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politicususa--2020-03-01--Sanders Goes On Trump Like Rant About “Corporate Democrats” After SC Blow Out Loss

Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-VT ) responded to getting blown out in the South Carolina primary by ranting about “ corporate Democrats ” on Sunday .
Transcript via ABC ’ s This Week : GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS , ABC NEWS CHIEF ANCHOR : You ’ ve also called yourself an existential threat to the Democratic establishment .
I guess that includes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , Democrats in the House and the Senate .
Don ’ t you need their support to win in November ?
One of the big pictures that Vice President Biden was just making is that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the House , take back the Senate and that you ’ re going to be a burden — STEPHANOPOULOS : — for House Democrats and Democratic Senate candidates come November .
You know , the corporate wing of the Democratic Party , a group called Third Way , attacked me and they said we are existential — I ’ m an existential threat to the Democratic Party .
And what I said is , yes , I ’ m an existential threat to the corporate wing of the Democratic Party .
For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders have been going to rich people ’ s homes , raising money , and they ’ ve ignored the working class and the middle class and low-income people in this country .
That has got to change .
We got to open the doors of the Democratic Party to millions and millions of people who are trying to get by on 12 , 13 bucks an hour , who can ’ t afford health care , can ’ t afford child care , who can ’ t afford to send their kids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have to start paying attention to .
For Sen. Sanders , the corporate Democrats ignore working people myth has become a belief , just like Trump ’ s belief in a “ deep state ” conspiracy against him .
The Democrats that Sanders railed against oversaw the biggest expansion of healthcare access since Medicare was passed .
The tax cuts in the Obama stimulus went to the bottom three-fifths of wage earners and were bigger than the entire Trump tax cut for the wealthy .
Bernie Sanders didn ’ t get blown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats .
African-American voters crushed Sanders in the state , just as they probably will in future primaries .
Sen. Sanders should be reassessing and pledging to do better with African-American voters instead of going on angry Trump-like rants about the “ corporate Democratic ” conspiracy against him .
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responded to getting blown out in the South Carolina primary by ranting about “corporate Democrats” on Sunday.
Transcript via ABC’s This Week:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC NEWS CHIEF ANCHOR: You’ve also called yourself an existential threat to the Democratic establishment. I guess that includes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrats in the House and the Senate.
Don’t you need their support to win in November?
One of the big pictures that Vice President Biden was just making is that he can help make sure Democrats hold on to the House, take back the Senate and that you’re going to be a burden —
SANDERS: Look —
STEPHANOPOULOS: — for House Democrats and Democratic Senate candidates come November.
SANDERS: That’s absolutely untrue.
You know, the corporate wing of the Democratic Party, a group called Third Way, attacked me and they said we are existential — I’m an existential threat to the Democratic Party. And what I said is, yes, I’m an existential threat to the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.
For too long, the Democratic Party and leaders have been going to rich people’s homes, raising money, and they’ve ignored the working class and the middle class and low-income people in this country. That has got to change.
We got to open the doors of the Democratic Party to millions and millions of people who are trying to get by on 12, 13 bucks an hour, who can’t afford health care, can’t afford child care, who can’t afford to send their kids to college. Those are the people we have to start paying attention to.
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NEW: Bernie Sanders: “I am an existential threat to the corporate wing of the Democratic Party. For too long the Democratic Party and leaders have been going to rich peoples’ homes raising money and they’ve ignored the working class and the middle class.” https://t.co/wGwD0uWZ3e pic.twitter.com/ikApQcNDc7 — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 1, 2020
For Sen. Sanders, the corporate Democrats ignore working people myth has become a belief, just like Trump’s belief in a “deep state” conspiracy against him. The Democrats that Sanders railed against oversaw the biggest expansion of healthcare access since Medicare was passed. The tax cuts in the Obama stimulus went to the bottom three-fifths of wage earners and were bigger than the entire Trump tax cut for the wealthy.
Bernie Sanders didn’t get blown out in South Carolina due to corporate Democrats. African-American voters crushed Sanders in the state, just as they probably will in future primaries.
A Democratic nominee shouldn’t be chosen by non-Democrats.
Sen. Sanders should be reassessing and pledging to do better with African-American voters instead of going on angry Trump-like rants about the “corporate Democratic” conspiracy against him.
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politicususa--2020-03-02--Opinion: Trump’s Attack on Land, Environment Undermines American Lives and Economy

Ronald Reagan notoriously once asked , “ Where would this country be without this great land of ours ?
” As ridiculous as Reagan sounded asking that question , the question has taken on a renewed seriousness given Donald Trump ’ s assault on the American land itself and thus , by extension , we Americans who depend on a safe and well-managed environment to provide clean water and myriads of other resources to make our lives possible .
And I ’ m not just talking about the fact that William Perry Pendley , appointed last July to head the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a substantial chunk of the nation ’ s publicly-owned lands , advocates for selling off public lands , basically robbing taxpayers of this “ great land ” and hence “ this country.
” Pendley would indeed prefer to leave Americans pondering literally the question Reagan asked .
I ’ m talking about the fact that Trump has proudly rolled back not just Obama-era regulations spelled out in the 2015 Waters of the United States rule but also key elements of the Clean Water Act legislated in 1972 and amended multiple times in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ access to clean water by regulating the dumping of pollution into the nation ’ s surface waters , including lakes , rivers , streams , wetlands , and coastal areas .
Without a lot of fanfare , Trump issued the Navigable Waters Protection rule at the tail-end of last January , completing his obliteration of the Obama administration ’ s water protections—and worse .
Derrick Z. Jackson , a Fellow of the Union of Concerned Scientists , points out , Trump ’ s rule is somewhat ironically named , allowing clear navigation for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The New York Times , elaborates the damage of trump ’ s roll-back , writing , “ The new water rule for the first time in decades allow landowners and property developers to dump pollutants such as pesticides and fertilizers directly into hundreds of thousands of waterways , and to destroy or fill in wetlands for construction projects.
” Her reporting highlights the actually informed perspective of Blan Holman , a lawyer specializing in federal water policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center .
In Holman ’ s expert judgment , According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientific evidence in ways that will imperil the lives of all Americans by threatening our access to the resource most fundamental to our existence : clean water .
The ruling , scientists agree , does not acknowledge the connections in our ecological system between various bodies of water .
Wetlands , which are now subject to the dumping of pollutants under Trump ’ s rule , play key roles in filtering surface waters that often make their ways to larger bodies of water .
Opponents of Trump ’ s rule point out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to pollute the Colorado River , which provides water to 17 western states .
Supported by lobbying groups for farmers , real estate developers , miners , and other industries , the rule is aimed at supporting American business and economic development .
But let ’ s think about that .
The main purpose of an economy is to most efficiently produce and distribute goods and services to meet the needs of people living within that economy .
In other words , the purpose of an economy is to support human life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ can laws aimed at undermining the health of the ecology on which humans depend for their lives be part of sound economic policy ?
How can laws that enable the pollution of an essential resource for sustaining our lives be sound economy policy ?
We hear Trump and others brag all the time about the performance of our current economy , its low unemployment rates and record-setting stock market averages .
Can an economy really be successful if it is undermining the lives of the people living within it ?
The proverbial piper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the costs of not creating a sustainable economy and environment will come crashing down us if we don ’ t change course .
We need , clearly , a different set of criteria for measuring economic health that go way beyond the performance of the stock market and unemployment rates .
We need criteria that measure the ability of human survival and sustenance for the long haul of history .
Consider , for example , the costs of Trump ’ s hostility to addressing climate change in meaningful ways .
Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change in November 2018 , focusing on its environmental and economic impacts , highlighting the need for urgent short-term action to ensure our long-term survival .
Among many alarm bells , the report warns , “ Extreme weather and climate-related impacts on one system can result in increased risks or failures in other critical systems , including water resources , food production and distribution , energy and transportation , public health , international trade , and national security.
” It attributes the many floods and wildfires in recent years , increasing in frequency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , underscoring the urgency of action and the limited window of time we have in which to enact policy and change behavior to preserve the very basis of our lives .
Taxpayers cover the costs of these disasters , meaning tax dollars are diverted or the deficit is increased .
Poor treatment of the environment is poor economic stewardship .
Is Trump taking good care of American land and lives ?
Hardly .
We won ’ t have a country without this great land of ours .
The struggle of keeping our republic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ land .

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Ronald Reagan notoriously once asked, “Where would this country be without this great land of ours?”
As ridiculous as Reagan sounded asking that question, the question has taken on a renewed seriousness given Donald Trump’s assault on the American land itself and thus, by extension, we Americans who depend on a safe and well-managed environment to provide clean water and myriads of other resources to make our lives possible.
And I’m not just talking about the fact that William Perry Pendley, appointed last July to head the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees a substantial chunk of the nation’s publicly-owned lands, advocates for selling off public lands, basically robbing taxpayers of this “great land” and hence “this country.” Pendley would indeed prefer to leave Americans pondering literally the question Reagan asked.
I’m talking about the fact that Trump has proudly rolled back not just Obama-era regulations spelled out in the 2015 Waters of the United States rule but also key elements of the Clean Water Act legislated in 1972 and amended multiple times in the 1970s and 1980s to ensure Americans had access to clean water by regulating the dumping of pollution into the nation’s surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas.
Without a lot of fanfare, Trump issued the Navigable Waters Protection rule at the tail-end of last January, completing his obliteration of the Obama administration’s water protections—and worse. Derrick Z. Jackson, a Fellow of the Union of Concerned Scientists, points out, Trump’s rule is somewhat ironically named, allowing clear navigation for polluters.
Coral Davenport, writing for The New York Times, elaborates the damage of trump’s roll-back, writing, “The new water rule for the first time in decades allow landowners and property developers to dump pollutants such as pesticides and fertilizers directly into hundreds of thousands of waterways, and to destroy or fill in wetlands for construction projects.”
Her reporting highlights the actually informed perspective of Blan Holman, a lawyer specializing in federal water policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center. In Holman’s expert judgment,
“This will be the biggest loss of clean water protection the country has ever seen. This puts drinking water for millions of Americans at risk of contamination from unregulated pollution. This is not just undoing the Obama rule. This is stripping away protections that were put in place in the ’70s and ’80s that Americans have relied on for their health.”
According to experts, Trump has again ignored basic scientific evidence in ways that will imperil the lives of all Americans by threatening our access to the resource most fundamental to our existence: clean water. The ruling, scientists agree, does not acknowledge the connections in our ecological system between various bodies of water. Wetlands, which are now subject to the dumping of pollutants under Trump’s rule, play key roles in filtering surface waters that often make their ways to larger bodies of water. Opponents of Trump’s rule point out, for example, that the deregulation threatens to pollute the Colorado River, which provides water to 17 western states.
Supported by lobbying groups for farmers, real estate developers, miners, and other industries, the rule is aimed at supporting American business and economic development.
But let’s think about that.
The main purpose of an economy is to most efficiently produce and distribute goods and services to meet the needs of people living within that economy.
In other words, the purpose of an economy is to support human life.
So, we might ask, how can laws aimed at undermining the health of the ecology on which humans depend for their lives be part of sound economic policy? How can laws that enable the pollution of an essential resource for sustaining our lives be sound economy policy?
We hear Trump and others brag all the time about the performance of our current economy, its low unemployment rates and record-setting stock market averages.
Can an economy really be successful if it is undermining the lives of the people living within it?
The proverbial piper always has to be paid, and the costs of not creating a sustainable economy and environment will come crashing down us if we don’t change course.
We need, clearly, a different set of criteria for measuring economic health that go way beyond the performance of the stock market and unemployment rates.
We need criteria that measure the ability of human survival and sustenance for the long haul of history.
Consider, for example, the costs of Trump’s hostility to addressing climate change in meaningful ways.
Trump’s own scientists issued a report on climate change in November 2018, focusing on its environmental and economic impacts, highlighting the need for urgent short-term action to ensure our long-term survival. Among many alarm bells, the report warns,
“Extreme weather and climate-related impacts on one system can result in increased risks or failures in other critical systems, including water resources, food production and distribution, energy and transportation, public health, international trade, and national security.”
It attributes the many floods and wildfires in recent years, increasing in frequency and intensity, on humanly-caused climate change, underscoring the urgency of action and the limited window of time we have in which to enact policy and change behavior to preserve the very basis of our lives.
Taxpayers cover the costs of these disasters, meaning tax dollars are diverted or the deficit is increased. Poor treatment of the environment is poor economic stewardship.
Is Trump taking good care of American land and lives? Hardly.
We won’t have a country without this great land of ours. The struggle of keeping our republic now includes the struggle to keep our land.


politicususa--2020-03-02--Buttigieg Dropped Out Before Super Tuesday To Stop Bernie Sanders

Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the Democratic primary before Super Tuesday to stop Sanders from building an insurmountable delegate lead @ @ @ @ @ intention of staying in a race that he couldn ’ t win and allowing Bernie @ @ @ @ @ lead that no one could catch .
Buttigieg put the party , and some would @ @ @ @ @ of his ego .
Buttigieg is eager to unite the party : Buttigieg understands that @ @ @ @ @ to win the Democratic nomination rests on moderates splitting their vote so that Sanders can @ @ @ @ @ nomination with roughly 30 % support .
Mayor Pete wasn ’ t going to be @ @ @ @ @ Bernie Sanders divide the vote and , in the process , potentially hand Trump a @ @ @ @ @ party first and his decision has earned him the affection and respect of Democrats everywhere @ @ @ @ @ this story join our Rachel Maddow and MSNBC group .

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Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the Democratic primary before Super Tuesday to stop Sanders from building an insurmountable delegate lead.
CNN reported:
—>> Buttigieg unwilling to be reason Sanders is able to get “insurmountable” delegate lead on Super Tuesday, CNN reporting. — Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 2, 2020
Pete Buttigieg had no intention of staying in a race that he couldn’t win and allowing Bernie Sanders to build a delegate lead that no one could catch. Buttigieg put the party, and some would say the country, ahead of his ego.
Buttigieg is eager to unite the party:
Buttigieg, 38, will suspend his campaign tonight in northern Indiana after landing at SBN, and after his come-from-nowhere bid became a top-tier campaign for the Democratic nomination. Based on convos with his aides today, he is eager to see the party unite soon… — Robert Costa (@costareports) March 1, 2020
Buttigieg understands that the path for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination rests on moderates splitting their vote so that Sanders can make a claim to the nomination with roughly 30% support.
Mayor Pete wasn’t going to be the candidate who would help Bernie Sanders divide the vote and, in the process, potentially hand Trump a second term.
Buttigieg put party first and his decision has earned him the affection and respect of Democrats everywhere.
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politicususa--2020-03-02--Trump Falsely Accuses Biden Of Quid Pro Quo After Buttigieg and Klobuchar Drop Out

Trump had a meltdown as he left his rally in North Carolina , and accused Joe Biden of a quid pro quo over Buttigieg and Klobuchar dropping out .
Via the White House Pool Report as provided to PoliticusUSA , Trump said as he departed for North Carolina : The president emerged from the West Wing at 4:33 and took a few questions from the pool .
The Democratic presidential nominating contest , he said , is “ rigged against Bernie , no doubt about it.
” He spectated that Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg may dropped out and/or endorsed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his administration .
“ That ’ s called a quid pro quo , right ?
Quid .
Pro .
Quo.
” Wrong .
Trump is so desperate to find something on Joe Biden that he changed the definition of quid pro quo to accuse Biden of corruption because two of his fellow competitors for the Democratic nomination quit and endorsed him .
Buttigieg and Klobuchar ’ s endorsements have no monetary value , so there is no quid pro quo .
Unlike a president who withheld military aid from Ukraine in exchange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden gave Buttigieg and Klobuchar nothing for their endorsements , which have no monetary value , so that ’ s not a quid pro quo .
Trump is desperate and grasping because if Bernie Sanders loses , he is going to have to face the one Democrat who he knows can beat him in November .
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Trump had a meltdown as he left his rally in North Carolina, and accused Joe Biden of a quid pro quo over Buttigieg and Klobuchar dropping out.
Via the White House Pool Report as provided to PoliticusUSA, Trump said as he departed for North Carolina:
The president emerged from the West Wing at 4:33 and took a few questions from the pool. The Democratic presidential nominating contest, he said, is “rigged against Bernie, no doubt about it.” He spectated that Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg may dropped out and/or endorsed Joe Biden in exchange for a position in his administration. “That’s called a quid pro quo, right? Quid. Pro. Quo.”
Wrong. Trump is so desperate to find something on Joe Biden that he changed the definition of quid pro quo to accuse Biden of corruption because two of his fellow competitors for the Democratic nomination quit and endorsed him.
Buttigieg and Klobuchar’s endorsements have no monetary value, so there is no quid pro quo. Unlike a president who withheld military aid from Ukraine in exchange for an investigation into Joe Biden.
Biden gave Buttigieg and Klobuchar nothing for their endorsements, which have no monetary value, so that’s not a quid pro quo.
Trump is desperate and grasping because if Bernie Sanders loses, he is going to have to face the one Democrat who he knows can beat him in November.
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politicususa--2020-03-02--Trump Threatening Public Health By Refusing To Cancel Rallies

When Trump was asked if it was safe to hold his rallies during the coronavirus outbreak , he claimed he couldn ’ t cancel because they ’ re already scheduled .
Trump said , “ Well this was set up a long time ago and others are .
You could ask that to the Democrats…They ’ re all having rallies , that ’ s what they ’ re doing , they ’ re campaigning…I think it ’ s very safe.
” Trump ’ s political demographic of senior citizens are some of those who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president to consider canceling his rallies .
Any responsible president would put the option of canceling on the table if the outbreak spreads , which it will .
Trump is in denial and trying to pretend like no one else is going to get sick , so he has no intention of putting the public health ahead of his ego .
He is correct that Democrats are still holding gatherings , for now , but they would not continue to do so if it would jeopardize the public health .
Donald Trump doesn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is supposed to be serving , which is why he is willing to spread the coronavirus by continuing to hold his rallies .
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When Trump was asked if it was safe to hold his rallies during the coronavirus outbreak, he claimed he couldn’t cancel because they’re already scheduled.
Trump said, “Well this was set up a long time ago and others are. You could ask that to the Democrats…They’re all having rallies, that’s what they’re doing, they’re campaigning…I think it’s very safe.”
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REPORTER: Is it safe or appropriate to hold rallies during a public health crisis? TRUMP: "Well, these were set up a long time ago and others are – I mean, you could ask that to the Democrats because they're having a lot of rallies" R: Is it safe? T: "I think it's very safe" pic.twitter.com/pBXAJ4EL1b — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 2, 2020
Trump’s political demographic of senior citizens are some of those who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus, it would be wise for the president to consider canceling his rallies. Any responsible president would put the option of canceling on the table if the outbreak spreads, which it will.
Trump is in denial and trying to pretend like no one else is going to get sick, so he has no intention of putting the public health ahead of his ego. He is correct that Democrats are still holding gatherings, for now, but they would not continue to do so if it would jeopardize the public health.
Donald Trump doesn’t care about the people that he is supposed to be serving, which is why he is willing to spread the coronavirus by continuing to hold his rallies.
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politicususa--2020-03-02--Amy Klobuchar Drops Out And Endorses Joe Biden

Sen. Amy Klobuchar ( D-MN ) will be ending her presidential campaign and appearing at a rally with Joe Biden to endorse the former vice president .
Sen. Amy Klobuchar will end her presidential bid on Monday and endorse Joe Biden , a campaign aide tells CNN .
The Klobuchar campaign confirmed that the senator is flying to Dallas to join the former vice president at his rally , where she will suspend her campaign and give her endorsement on the eve of Super Tuesday .
A Democratic official told CNN that the Klobuchar campaign was worried that the senator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Tuesday .
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders , the race ’ s front-runner , is holding a rally in the state on Monday night .
There was no path for Klobuchar to stay in the race .
She could have , and some would say should have , dropped out after Nevada .
She is going beyond what Pete Buttigieg did when he dropped out by endorsing Joe Biden right away .
The Democratic primary field has thinned as three Democrats have dropped out of the race since Saturday night .
Amy Klobuchar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it further than many expected , but it was time for her to leave the stage , as a split race on helps Bernie Sanders .
Democrats are coming together behind Biden , as a Biden vs Sanders vs Warren primary is now the heart of the Democratic campaign .
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) will be ending her presidential campaign and appearing at a rally with Joe Biden to endorse the former vice president.
CNN confirmed:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar will end her presidential bid on Monday and endorse Joe Biden, a campaign aide tells CNN.
The Klobuchar campaign confirmed that the senator is flying to Dallas to join the former vice president at his rally, where she will suspend her campaign and give her endorsement on the eve of Super Tuesday.
….
A Democratic official told CNN that the Klobuchar campaign was worried that the senator would lose her home state of Minnesota on Tuesday. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the race’s front-runner, is holding a rally in the state on Monday night.
There was no path for Klobuchar to stay in the race. She could have, and some would say should have, dropped out after Nevada. She is going beyond what Pete Buttigieg did when he dropped out by endorsing Joe Biden right away.
The Democratic primary field has thinned as three Democrats have dropped out of the race since Saturday night. Amy Klobuchar gave it a good run and made it further than many expected, but it was time for her to leave the stage, as a split race on helps Bernie Sanders.
Democrats are coming together behind Biden, as a Biden vs Sanders vs Warren primary is now the heart of the Democratic campaign.
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