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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Stuns Hillary Clinton With Win in Michigan
Bernie Sanders won Michigan’s Democratic primary, an upset that gave new life to his candidacy and edged him closer to a chance at being the first Jewish major party nominee. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, trailed the Independent senator from Vermont by 2 percentage points in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday, 48 percent to…
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Fast Forward Israelis Prefer Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders by 2-1 Margin
Of the two Democratic candidates in the U.S. presidential race, Israelis prefer the non-Jewish one. The Israel Democracy Institute’s Peace Index survey released Sunday found that 40.5 percent of Jewish-Israelis see former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as “preferable from Israel’s standpoint,” while only 16.5 percent prefer Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is Jewish. The…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Wins Praise on Guns — From NRA
The National Rifle Association praised presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for saying a law he supported kept lawsuits from driving gun manufacturers out of the United States. “Sen. Sanders was spot-on in his comments about gun manufacturer liability,” the gun lobby said Monday in a tweet about the Democratic debate the previous evening between Sanders, an…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Says Being Jewish Is ‘Essential’
Bernie Sanders said being Jewish is “essential” to who he is. Sanders was asked during the Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Michigan, on Sunday evening about reports that Jews were disappointed that he appeared to be have downplayed his Jewishness during his campaign. “I am very proud to be Jewish, and being Jewish is so…
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Fast Forward Sanders Wins Two States and Cruz Starts Catching Up on Super Saturday
WASHINGTON (JTA) — With two more wins, Ted Cruz emerged as the likeliest challenger to front-runner Donald Trump in the Republican presidential race. Bernie Sanders also picked up two states in nomination contests on Saturday, but it was not enough to reduce the delegate lead of his rival for the Democratic nod, Hillary Rodham Clinton….
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Fast Forward 45 Rabbis Back Bernie Sanders on Economic Policy
Some 45 rabbis from all religious streams have signed a petition backing the economic policies of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The petition posted Thursday by “Jews for Bernie,” a group backing the candidate, does not itself endorse the bid of Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont, to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. It remains open…
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Fast Forward Alan Grayson Becomes First Jewish Lawmaker To Endorse Bernie Sanders
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., is the first Jewish member of Congress to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in his presidential bid. Grayson, who is running his own anti-establishment bid for the Democratic nomination for senator in Florida, becomes one of just five Democrats endorsing Sanders, who also is Jewish. Another is Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.,…
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Fast Forward Does Bernie Sanders Still Have Path to Victory?
(JTA) — Hillary Rodham Clinton won decisively on Super Tuesday, but failed to sweep all the states at stake on the biggest day of the presidential primaries. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won four state Democratic contests, giving him a total of five after he took New Hampshire last month. Is this the beginning of the end…
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