mobanmarketSen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) on Wednesday criticized Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom PerezThomas Edward PerezClinton’s top five vice presidential picks Government social programs: Triumph of hope over evidence Labor’s ‘wasteful spending and mismanagement” at Workers’ Comp MORE for choosing sides in New York’s gubernatorial primary, arguing that kind of party intervention sends a bad sign to progressive candidates across the country.
When asked during an interview with The Washington Post whether Perez made a mistake when he endorsed New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the party’s convention last month, Sanders replied “absolutely.”
Cuomo is facing a primary challenge from his left from actress Cynthia Nixon.
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Sanders was asked by Post reporter James Hohmann whether the endorsement will “make it harder to trust that progressive candidates in 2020 will get a fair shake when they’re wading into primaries like this.”
“Yep, it does. … There is massive discontent with the political system. People don’t vote, people often hold their noses and vote,” said Sanders, who ran for president in 2016 as a progressive, but lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE
“Open the doors of the Democratic Party, welcome working people, welcome young people in, welcome idealism in. When you have the head of the DNC — and I’ve worked OK with Perez on some areas, and I’ll mention that in a moment — But to endorse one candidate over another is not what the chair of the DNC should be doing.”
The DNC is not expected to spend resources to boost Cuomo.
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