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RNC pounces after Sanders says Biden could be ‘most progressive’ president since FDR
Just days after Joe Biden declared he would "transform" the country if elected, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont predicted Wednesday that Biden could become the "most progressive president" since Franklin Roosevelt.
Sanders' remarks -- which drew a quick response from the Republican National Committee -- came as a joint Biden-Sanders task force released a wide-ranging set of recommendations for the Democratic Party’s convention platform.
Just days after Joe Biden declared he would "transform" the country if elected, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont predicted Wednesday that Biden could become the "most progressive president" since Franklin Roosevelt.
Sanders' remarks -- which drew a quick response from the Republican National Committee -- came as a joint Biden-Sanders task force released a wide-ranging set of recommendations for the Democratic Party’s convention platform.
"The compromise they came up with, if implemented, will make Biden the most progressive president since FDR," Sanders told MSNBC. "It did not have, needless to say, everything that I wanted, everything that Biden wanted."
Sanders added there was a "real honest effort" to find a compromise between left-wing supporters of Sanders, and establishment Biden backers.
But the RNC cast doubt on the level of effort involved in the task force. RNC spokesman Steve Guest noted that the Biden-Sanders task force had lifted numerous passages word-for-word from Sanders' previous platform.'
But the RNC cast doubt on the level of effort involved in the task force. RNC spokesman Steve Guest noted that the Biden-Sanders task force had lifted numerous passages word-for-word from Sanders' previous platform.'
"The fact Joe Biden has embraced Bernie Sanders’ radical agenda verbatim is proof that while Bernie may not be the one leading the Democrat Party, Biden is more than happy to be his champion in its lurch to the left," Guest tweeted, before taking a shot at Biden's previous plagiarism scandals: "Bottom Line: Joe Biden has years of experience copying from others, now his task force is straight up copying from Bernie’s 2020 campaign proposals."
The Democratic Party has, indeed, shifted to the left in recent months, and there are indications Biden is on board with the new progressive wing. For example, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Tuesday called for dismantling America's "system of oppression," citing the country's economic and political systems; the Biden campaign didn't respond when asked by Fox News if the former vice president agreed with Omar.
Other Democrats introduced a bill this week that would defund prisons, eliminate live sentences, and allow undocumented immigrants to vote and provide them with free "lifetime education." Biden recently said money "absolutely" should be directed away from police departments. Click here for more on our top story.
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