Why Bernie Worries This Purple District Democrat
The democratic presidential candidates will debate for the last time before the South Carolina primary this Saturday, and Super Tuesday a week from today. After Sanders' broad win in Nevada, expect his fellow campaigners to take aim at him from the dais. Sanders has recently come under fire from House Democrats representing purple districts, concerned that a lack of moderation at the top of the presidential ticket could cost them their seats. Bloomberg, who had enjoyed a brief honeymoon period in the national media, has likewise come under fire for remarks he made in support of Harvey Weinstein that Sanders supporters re-surfaced following the Hollywood mogul's conviction on two sexual assault charges. Financial markets stumbled amid reports that China's coronavirus crisis has broken out into South Korea, Italy and Iran. Compounding the concerns of Wall Street are findings that the US's rollout of response and prevention measures has been bungled, including a CDC push for increased testing that the CDC is not equipped to carry out, an expansion of Trump's travel ban to include countries that have to do with neither terrorism nor the virus, and a history of budget cuts over the years that are proving to hamper the administration's ability to respond now.
On today's show:
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY 18), member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks about the firing of the acting Director of National Intelligence, reports of Russian interference in the 2020 campaigns, and other 2020 news.