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Democratic Party establishment panicking over possible Sanders nomination
With populist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont now considered the front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination, concern and resistance is growing among mainstream and establishment Democrats inside and outside the nation’s capital.
With populist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont now considered the front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination, concern and resistance is growing among mainstream and establishment Democrats inside and outside the nation’s capital.
Moderate lawmakers sounded the alarm bells Thursday, Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Marisa Schultz reported from Capitol Hill. “It’s bad,” one freshman Democrat from a swing district said. “We are having conversations about how to deal with this.”
“If [Sanders] is the nominee, we lose,” another Democrat told Fox News.
Two other vulnerable Democrats said a Sanders nomination would almost certainly cede their states to President Trump and could hurt their down-ballot races for the House and Senate. Click here for more on our top story.
Other developments in the 2020 presidential race
- James Carville embraces Sanders' 'political hack' label: 'At least I'm not a communist'
- Juan Williams: Democrats 'anxious' that Bernie Sanders could cost 'winnable' Senate seats
- Biden faces NYC protesters chanting ‘Drop out, Joe!’
- Democracy 2020: Full coverage.
- James Carville embraces Sanders' 'political hack' label: 'At least I'm not a communist'
- Juan Williams: Democrats 'anxious' that Bernie Sanders could cost 'winnable' Senate seats
- Biden faces NYC protesters chanting ‘Drop out, Joe!’
- Democracy 2020: Full coverage.
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