Sanders attacks Biden's record on gay rights and women's issues

[left-of-center2012]

The first thing Bernie Sanders wants you to know about Joe Biden is that "he is my friend." And “a decent man.”

But Sanders wants you to know some other things about Biden, too — that he once supported cuts to social security (Biden supported raising the age from 65 to 67), cast a vote to prohibit federal funding of abortions (Biden cast A vote on A bill that restricted funding in some cases), and used to favor a ban on openly gay people serving in the military
(at the time when gays were prohibited from serving, Biden supported gays serving under 'don't ask-don't tell').

At the same time, Sanders is increasingly assuring crowds — at the beginning, middle and end of speeches — that “I will support Joe Biden” if he becomes the Democratic presidential nominee.

The new line of attack comes at a crucial moment for the Sanders campaign, which is struggling to gain momentum ahead of Tuesday’s votes in six states.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-calls-biden-my-friend-then-he-goes-on-the-attack/2020/03/08/20a23f86-60d0-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html

[AlexSFCA]

1. he is getting desperate

[Cha]

10. ".. getting.."?

[left-of-center2012]

2. Bernie's throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Joe

[GulfCoast66]

3. Tomorrow we will find out Biden kicks his dog!

He is just providing reinforcement to the people who are swinging their support to Joe.

Americans are ready for a nice man they can respect in the White House.

3 weeks ago when Joe was thought dead in the water I do not remember him displaying any vitriol at all. Just kept being Joe.

[LakeArenal]

5. That he hugs his dog.

[betsuni]

8. Ironic, considering Bernie's the one who said "we faced the kitchen sink."

[Cha]

12. Oh that's right... and he has "news..

for the repub and Democratic Establishment"

[Demsrule86]

4. Biden has a way better record than Sanders on Gay marriage and on women's issues...

just a couple of years ago...Sanders campaigned for two men who hurt the pro-choice effort Heath Mello in Nebraska and Tom Perriello in Virginia who voted in the House in an anti-choice amendment. He called planned parenthood the establishment...

[evertonfc]

6. We know Joe. Case Closed

[tavernier]

7. That's ok. He's having a little tantrum.

My kids also used to when they didn’t get their way, screamed they hated us all and we were poopy heads.
Terrible twos.

[Todd79]

9. Bernie in 2009

Bernie was still against gay marriage as late as 2009, saying it’s a state issue and the feds should not be involved.

[dsc]

11. The attack on DADT is particularly galling

given that the alternative was people being hunted down and arrested.

[NurseJackie]

13. If this is how he handles the pressure of a campaign, I do not think he could handle being potus.

[dware]

14. I shudder to think what he would do if Russia, or China

tested him early on in his Presidency, which they most certainly would.