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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ari Melber Says Biden Increasingly Sounds Like 'The New Bernie' [View all]
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By Leia IdlibyApr 6th, 2021, 7:33 pm
MSNBCs Ari Melber said on Tuesday that President Joe Biden, at times, can sound a bit like the new Bernie [Sanders] addressing the presidents increasingly progressive views throughout his political career.
Joe Biden has begun his presidency on a more liberal footing than the last two Democratic presidents, which makes this the most progressive start to any presidency in the past 40 years, Melber said, noting that Biden is pushing for a cumulative $4 trillion in total spending in his first 100 days.
Comparing todays Biden to the Biden of the 1990s, Melber played several clips from his time as a self-described centrist senator.
More cops, more prisons, more physical protection for the people, he said in one clip from November 1993, later adding, We have predators on our streets.
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By Leia IdlibyApr 6th, 2021, 7:33 pm
MSNBCs Ari Melber said on Tuesday that President Joe Biden, at times, can sound a bit like the new Bernie [Sanders] addressing the presidents increasingly progressive views throughout his political career.
Joe Biden has begun his presidency on a more liberal footing than the last two Democratic presidents, which makes this the most progressive start to any presidency in the past 40 years, Melber said, noting that Biden is pushing for a cumulative $4 trillion in total spending in his first 100 days.
Comparing todays Biden to the Biden of the 1990s, Melber played several clips from his time as a self-described centrist senator.
More cops, more prisons, more physical protection for the people, he said in one clip from November 1993, later adding, We have predators on our streets.
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No, this effort makes the new young progressives in our Party feel included and gives hope.
Tommymac
Apr 2021
#21
"Sanders said country needed more jails and 'tougher' penalties in certain cases in 1994 remarks"
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#5
Biden sounds exactly the same as he did when he announced his candidacy on April 25, 2019
LanternWaste
Apr 2021
#8
OFFS!! Biden won running as a more centrist candidate..the term socialist is not a good take
PortTack
Apr 2021
#9
To anyone who was ever locked-up for smoking a joint (not me of course) it was much more of a...
JoeOtterbein
Apr 2021
#22
With more states legalizing, the better approach might be to pass Elizabeth Warren's STATES Act
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#24
I read Sanders is second least effective and that is certainly not Biden, thank goodness.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#13
The data show that Sanders was not "extremely successful in advancing bills" of any type.
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#30
Showing up and getting stuff done is generally a good measure of effectiveness.
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#34
Their claim is not backed up by their link, they cherry picked out one Congress, in others he was
Celerity
Apr 2021
#32
The data showing Sanders 98th in effectiveness is from our most recent Congress - the 116th.
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#37
it is not what was claimed, they did not state it was for just one congress or the most recent one
Celerity
Apr 2021
#46
Sorry, accidentally self deleted. I never said I randomly picked a congress, and I also
Celerity
Apr 2021
#64
Actually, I think Stabenow and Shelby are ranked 99th and 100th in effectiveness.
lapucelle
Apr 2021
#25
I have been pondering. I read earlier, younger voters now favor Biden as "progressive" over Sanders.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#35
The progress was made by mostly the progressive Democratic base, starting with Pelosi.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#36
No, he's continuing the liberal Democratic FDR/LBJ tradition, except with tiny majorities
betsuni
Apr 2021
#38
Health care as a human right and not a privilege is a classic Democratic policy.
betsuni
Apr 2021
#40
Right. This is all Democratic base policy and a long time too. The hijacking has got to stop.
LizBeth
Apr 2021
#43
MFA will never happen. Even Sanders recently seems to know that, he's now calling for....
George II
Apr 2021
#59
He does, Biden has seen what the future holds and he's the first president to jump into it
Autumn
Apr 2021
#65
Ari Melber is an idiot. This is the Biden Administration, not the Sanders-lite Administration.
NurseJackie
Apr 2021
#68