Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the 2020 election. Visit here for the latest news on the candidates running for president. The race began with 25 Democrats and two Republicans, including President Trump, who is running for reelection. There are…
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News ‘What she’s doing is like Moses’ — among Dems, rabbis donate most to Warren
Rabbis have a clear favorite among the Democratic presidential candidates: Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Warren received the most money from rabbis who donated to Democratic campaigns through the end of January, according to a Forward analysis of Federal Election Commission filings. Warren also had by far the most number of individual rabbis donating to her campaign…
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News Bloomberg’s Florida campaign has a secret weapon – New York transplants
For nearly 50 years of her life, Shelley Herman lived in Manhattan – most recently the East Village – and when New Yorkers felt flattened by the terror of 9/11, it was Mike Bloomberg, in her opinion, who truly got the city back on its feet again. “He did so many things to bring normal…
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Fast Forward Sanders, Bloomberg take the heat and present contrasts on Israel in latest Democratic debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has handily won two of the first three Democratic primary contests, came into the debate with the most momentum — and was the biggest target over the course of the night. Sanders and Bloomberg, both of whom would be the first Jewish president, also presented differing views on Israel. Within the…
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News Mayor Bloomberg didn’t schmooze, but Jewish Dems liked him — and still do
For twelve years, former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg oversaw the city with the world’s biggest Jewish population. And many, it seems, are still grateful — especially the Democrats. A new Siena poll found Bloomberg in the lead among that group, with 28% supporting him, nearly double the response for second-place candidate Pete Buttigieg, the…
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Fast Forward Bloomberg office vandalized, campaign blames Sanders’ ‘Trump-like rhetoric’
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s Chicago campaign office was vandalized with the words “racist,” sexist,” “GOP” and “oligarch” on Sunday, an act that Bloomberg’s campaign manager blamed on rival Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “willingness to condone and promote Trump-like rhetoric.” Several Bloomberg campaign offices around the country have been defaced in the last month,…
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News Why do people keep saying that Bernie Sanders isn’t ‘really’ Jewish?
Bernie Sanders Jewish Identity
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Culture About that Pete Buttigieg Bernie Sanders essay…
WRITER’S NOTE: During a February 2020 Democratic debate in Nevada, NBC’s Chuck Todd asked Mayor Pete Buttigieg about a 2000 essay he wrote in praise of Bernie Sanders. “The qualities I admired then are qualities I still respect a great deal,” Buttigieg responded. “I never said that I agree with every part of his policy…
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Opinion How hitting Bloomberg on Stop and Frisk could backfire with Black voters
Going into Wednesday night’s pre-caucus debate in Nevada, former New York City mayor and current presidential contender Michael Bloomberg must have know he’d get grilled over “Stop and Frisk”, the policy implemented during his time as mayor whereby young Black and Latino men were regularly thrown up against a wall by police absent any justification….
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