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RandySF

(59,221 posts)
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:34 PM Feb 2020

Warren Calls on Sanders to Release Medical Records

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said that Sen. Bernie Sanders has not done enough to disclose his medical history after his recent heart attack, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Warren: “He had made a promise to release all his medical records, and I thought that was what he was going to do.”

Asked if she felt like he had not done that, Ms. Warren said: “He just hasn’t. I don’t think that’s a question of opinion. Those aren’t medical records.”



https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/20/warren-calls-on-sanders-to-release-medical-records/

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Warren Calls on Sanders to Release Medical Records (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2020 OP
Good. RelativelyJones Feb 2020 #1
It's about time she went after Bernie if she wants the nomination. dem4decades Feb 2020 #2
Wouldn't it be lovely if any of the other four Democrats would go after Sanders? krissey Feb 2020 #6
Every candidate on stage last night went after Sanders on multiple occasions. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #8
Yep squirecam Feb 2020 #19
Bloomberg was the target last night. cwydro Feb 2020 #37
Everyone, though, took incoming fire. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #38
They have. She hasn't. If she doesn't think her ideas are better than Bernie's she should quit. dem4decades Feb 2020 #10
Warren did more than Biden with a soft jab and chuckle about guns. krissey Feb 2020 #18
Yep PatSeg Feb 2020 #11
Excellent. murielm99 Feb 2020 #3
I'm sure Bernie's online support will react with equanimity. denem Feb 2020 #4
They are going to be so calm and thoughtful. Blue_true Feb 2020 #45
KR! Cha Feb 2020 #5
Great find PatSeg Feb 2020 #14
Yeah, he's being held to his word. Cha Feb 2020 #22
There's that word. squirecam Feb 2020 #21
Yes. Cha Feb 2020 #24
Strong move cherryinpa Feb 2020 #7
If Bernie doesn't release his real record i'm sure Putin's bots will dem4decades Feb 2020 #13
Ah, remember the Mueller Report Old Terp Feb 2020 #36
Medical records are on a computer in his Doctor's office. Blue_true Feb 2020 #46
The Russians will make up their own records for Bernie and release them. dem4decades Feb 2020 #48
"The Russians will make up their own records for Bernie and release them ..." LenaBaby61 Feb 2020 #53
Yes, remember what Trump did PatSeg Feb 2020 #15
When you say Trump, you might as well say Putin. dem4decades Feb 2020 #60
Yes, but Trump can take credit PatSeg Feb 2020 #61
Stonewalling will just make the issue worse ibegurpard Feb 2020 #9
Why not just release awesomerwb1 Feb 2020 #12
I agree. If the records were all good, Bernie would not only have released them, Blue_true Feb 2020 #47
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #16
And that needed to happen ibegurpard Feb 2020 #25
I wish she wouldn't say "promise" since AFAIK he never actually "promised" but... thesquanderer Feb 2020 #17
He did tell NBC that he'd release them. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #27
it's the right thing to do... it will certainly be before the first votes are cast krissey Feb 2020 #56
Thank you for that tweet of BS saying it's the right thing to do, Cha Feb 2020 #57
Elizabeth Warren is breaking her hip-lock to Sanders peggysue2 Feb 2020 #20
What is "early aughts"? Did you mean 80s? nt Blue_true Feb 2020 #49
No, sorry. Early 2000s peggysue2 Feb 2020 #54
About time, Liz! CalFione Feb 2020 #23
That's not going to go over well with the "but he released letters like X candidate" crowd. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #26
This Moderateguy Feb 2020 #28
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2020 #29
Welcome to DU! Let me get this straight..you're a Warren supporter Dream Girl Feb 2020 #30
Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #42
Yeah. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #34
It isn't "sleazy" to ask a candidate to follow through on their pledge. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #40
For several decades all Presidential nominees released their medical records -- until Trump. pnwmom Feb 2020 #41
What's wrong with holding him to his promise? RandySF Feb 2020 #44
How Is This The Low Road to Hold Bernie Accountable? TomCADem Feb 2020 #50
Bernie can pick Warren as his VP then everyone will be happy with his medical status. jalan48 Feb 2020 #31
Elizabeth is right to call for BS to release his Full lMedical Records.. Cha Feb 2020 #55
You better do what she says, Bernie! Look what happened to the last guy that crossed her! lol Baclava Feb 2020 #32
+1 RandySF Feb 2020 #35
What is it he doesn't want us to see HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #33
YES!! Put the pressure on him! He's hiding something, I know it! NurseJackie Feb 2020 #39
he should do it too!! subana Feb 2020 #43
I don't get too worked up about candidates' medical records , but... VarryOn Feb 2020 #51
Wish he would just retire and shuttle between his 3 houses. democratisphere Feb 2020 #52
I don't get why he won't release them. musicblind Feb 2020 #58
K Cha Feb 2020 #59
3 reasons this is an issue: 1. BS said he would and hasn't, 2. BS age, 3. BS heart attack Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #62
She may earn my support yet. Keep it up! robbedvoter Feb 2020 #63
 

dem4decades

(11,304 posts)
2. It's about time she went after Bernie if she wants the nomination.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:35 PM
Feb 2020
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krissey

(1,205 posts)
6. Wouldn't it be lovely if any of the other four Democrats would go after Sanders?
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:39 PM
Feb 2020

Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't just insist that it is Warren to fall on the sword to take down Sanders?

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Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
8. Every candidate on stage last night went after Sanders on multiple occasions.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:41 PM
Feb 2020
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cwydro

(51,308 posts)
37. Bloomberg was the target last night.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:03 PM
Feb 2020

And that was of huge benefit to Bernie.

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Garrett78

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38. Everyone, though, took incoming fire.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:06 PM
Feb 2020
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dem4decades

(11,304 posts)
10. They have. She hasn't. If she doesn't think her ideas are better than Bernie's she should quit.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:42 PM
Feb 2020
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krissey

(1,205 posts)
18. Warren did more than Biden with a soft jab and chuckle about guns.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:54 PM
Feb 2020
Bernie has a good start. But instead of expanding and bringing in more people to help, instead his campaign relentlessly attacks everyone who asks a question or tries to fill in details about how to actually make this work. And then his own advisers say, eh, probably won’t happen anyway.

Look, health care is a crisis in this country. My approach to this is we need as much help for as many people as quickly as possible. And bring in as many supporters as we can. And if we don’t get it all the first time, take the win and come back into the fight to ask for more.

Warren has proposed passing a public option in the first year of her presidency and then trying to pass a full version of single-payer health care later in her first term. It is a halfway point between what Buttigieg proposes and Sanders’s plan.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/2/19/21144763/nevada-democratic-debate-highlights-warren-bloomberg


And wasn't there a jab about not throwing away capitalism?
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PatSeg

(47,586 posts)
11. Yep
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:42 PM
Feb 2020

There's plenty there to work with and Sanders didn't get properly vetted in 2016.

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denem

(11,045 posts)
4. I'm sure Bernie's online support will react with equanimity.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:37 PM
Feb 2020
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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
45. They are going to be so calm and thoughtful.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:45 PM
Feb 2020

Errrr, not really!!!

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PatSeg

(47,586 posts)
14. Great find
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:46 PM
Feb 2020

If he said he would release all his medical records and then he doesn't, it naturally implies that he is hiding something. Being that now he says he won't, people are assuming his health is not what he claims it is. Prove it Bernie, release the records!

After Donald Trump, people have little tolerance for candidates who aren't transparent.

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Cha

(297,653 posts)
22. Yeah, he's being held to his word.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:56 PM
Feb 2020
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squirecam

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21. There's that word.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:56 PM
Feb 2020

All.

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cherryinpa

(301 posts)
7. Strong move
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:39 PM
Feb 2020

Looks like Bernie's gonna face some heat.

He either needs to put up or shut up.

Because either he addresses it now, or Trumps gonna be all over it later.

I wonder whats so bad in those reports that he's not releasing?

Could it be something like; "PROGNOSIS NEGATIVE".

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dem4decades

(11,304 posts)
13. If Bernie doesn't release his real record i'm sure Putin's bots will
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:43 PM
Feb 2020

Release fake ones.

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Old Terp

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36. Ah, remember the Mueller Report
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:00 PM
Feb 2020

From USA Today: "The Russians engaged in operations primarily intended to communicate derogatory information about Hillary Clinton, to denigrate other candidates such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and to support Bernie Sanders and then-candidate Donald Trump,” according to the indictment, which was issued Friday."

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
46. Medical records are on a computer in his Doctor's office.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:53 PM
Feb 2020

Mine are on my Doctor's computer. The computers are online so that Doctors can communicate with other Doctors and pharmacies, for example, I recently had a colonoscopy, the Nurse for the Doctor that did the procedure pulled up my full medical records, including my scripts.

The Russians likely know who Bernie's Doctor is and have his medical records via a hack, they will release them at a time of their choosing.

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dem4decades

(11,304 posts)
48. The Russians will make up their own records for Bernie and release them.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:58 PM
Feb 2020
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LenaBaby61

(6,977 posts)
53. "The Russians will make up their own records for Bernie and release them ..."
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 01:53 AM
Feb 2020

a month or so before the election, and as many have said falsify them--make them worse--than what's really contained in his medical records. There would be almost no time for those falsified medical records to be debunked. Then what?

I'm blue no matter who, and will vote for Bernie if he is our party nominee. But he won't get away with the out and out lying/finessing of his medical records if the corporate media starts bearing down on him like a locomotive (Mrs. Greenspan constant retorts of "But her emails.&quot . We know that treasonous fatso's an Adderall freak, mentally declining, morbidly obese, twitches his shoulders uncontrollably, and his slurring is worsening amomgst things that we can clearly SEE even though we're not physicians.

IF that scenario, along with all of the voter-suppression by tRump, his DOJ and the party of putin (Formerly the GOP) shows up on 'roids, Lord Have Mercy.

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PatSeg

(47,586 posts)
15. Yes, remember what Trump did
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:48 PM
Feb 2020

to Hillary. It would be much worse with Bernie as there really are genuine health concerns to address.

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dem4decades

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60. When you say Trump, you might as well say Putin.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 10:25 AM
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PatSeg

(47,586 posts)
61. Yes, but Trump can take credit
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 11:44 AM
Feb 2020

for a lot of the nastiness. It has been his MO for his entire adult life.

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ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
9. Stonewalling will just make the issue worse
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:41 PM
Feb 2020

Remember all the hay that was made about Hillary Clinton's collapse?
Just release them.

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awesomerwb1

(4,268 posts)
12. Why not just release
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:42 PM
Feb 2020

all ACTUAL MEDICAL records?

He's obviously hiding something or he would've by now? Get it over with.

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
47. I agree. If the records were all good, Bernie would not only have released them,
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:56 PM
Feb 2020

but also would be talking about them in every rally.

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ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
25. And that needed to happen
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 06:05 PM
Feb 2020
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thesquanderer

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17. I wish she wouldn't say "promise" since AFAIK he never actually "promised" but...
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:52 PM
Feb 2020

...it's kind of smart politically because it would be terrible for Sanders to come back at that by responding "well, I never actually promised..." even if that's the truth, because that's just not a politically savvy answer. As much as I like Warren, I do have to remind myself now and then, yup, she's still a politician. She will "shade" things to her benefit, as probably they all do. And hopefully that part of her will at least serve us well against Trump, if she gets that far.

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TwilightZone

(25,479 posts)
27. He did tell NBC that he'd release them.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 06:41 PM
Feb 2020

"I asked @BernieSanders if he plans to release his medical records before the primaries.

“Absolutely. You know, I think it’s the right thing to do... it will certainly be before the first votes are cast,” he tells me in Las Vegas."


?s=20

He then said in October that he'd release "comprehensive" records by the end of 2019.

https://apnews.com/1d0c007e8527413faf8df9cf23a56277
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krissey

(1,205 posts)
56. it's the right thing to do... it will certainly be before the first votes are cast
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 05:14 AM
Feb 2020

He told us all this. This. And then he refuses. Pisses me off. Why does he think he can get away with this.

It is the right thing to do.

Then do it.

We have had four years of this garbage.

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Cha

(297,653 posts)
57. Thank you for that tweet of BS saying it's the right thing to do,
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 06:53 AM
Feb 2020
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peggysue2

(10,839 posts)
20. Elizabeth Warren is breaking her hip-lock to Sanders
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 05:54 PM
Feb 2020

About time. In my mind, she has always been a better candidate, progressive but far more realistic. If she was worried about ticking off Sanders' supporters, it no longer matters; they turned on her as soon as she started making inroads, and then when she dared call Sanders out on his comments about female candidates for 2020.

Calling for health records is a no-brainer. Sanders can squeal all he wants. He broke his promise about disclosing the full medical report. People noticed.

Btw, calling out Bloomberg for 2 stents inserted in the early aughts, doesn't compare to Sanders' recent heart attack. Just doesn't.

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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
49. What is "early aughts"? Did you mean 80s? nt
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 11:00 PM
Feb 2020
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peggysue2

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54. No, sorry. Early 2000s
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 02:11 AM
Feb 2020

Think I heard Bloomberg say 2001. Not sure but it was close to 20 years ago.

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CalFione

(571 posts)
23. About time, Liz!
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 06:01 PM
Feb 2020

That's what I'm talking about. You want to be the nominee, you have to take down the leader.

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TwilightZone

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26. That's not going to go over well with the "but he released letters like X candidate" crowd.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 06:33 PM
Feb 2020

As I've said in similar threads, if there was any chance he wasn't going to release them, it was dumb to promise to do so. Now, it just looks like he's hiding something even if he isn't.

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Moderateguy

(945 posts)
28. This
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 06:48 PM
Feb 2020

He should have never agreed to release them in the first place

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Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
30. Welcome to DU! Let me get this straight..you're a Warren supporter
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 07:12 PM
Feb 2020

And you're "disappointed" she went after Sanders?

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W_HAMILTON

(7,873 posts)
40. It isn't "sleazy" to ask a candidate to follow through on their pledge.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:09 PM
Feb 2020

Especially when what they pledged are medical records and the candidate in question is damn near 80 and just had a heart attack within the past year.

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pnwmom

(108,994 posts)
41. For several decades all Presidential nominees released their medical records -- until Trump.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:33 PM
Feb 2020

And, as President, they released full medical reports annually -- but not Trump.

Bernie can't argue that Trump is wrong unless he releases his own records.

It's obvious he's covering up something serious.

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RandySF

(59,221 posts)
44. What's wrong with holding him to his promise?
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:14 PM
Feb 2020
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TomCADem

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50. How Is This The Low Road to Hold Bernie Accountable?
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 12:42 AM
Feb 2020

Plus, this isn't the first time. Bernie was slow to release his tax records and now he is dragging his feet on his medical records. Plus, Bernie's own campaign is making candidate health an issue by alleging that Bloomberg had multiple heart attacks.

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jalan48

(13,883 posts)
31. Bernie can pick Warren as his VP then everyone will be happy with his medical status.
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 07:28 PM
Feb 2020
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Cha

(297,653 posts)
55. Elizabeth is right to call for BS to release his Full lMedical Records..
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 05:07 AM
Feb 2020
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Baclava

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32. You better do what she says, Bernie! Look what happened to the last guy that crossed her! lol
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 07:29 PM
Feb 2020
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HarlanPepper

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33. What is it he doesn't want us to see
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 07:31 PM
Feb 2020
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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
39. YES!! Put the pressure on him! He's hiding something, I know it!
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:09 PM
Feb 2020

I can feel it in my bones!

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subana

(586 posts)
43. he should do it too!!
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:39 PM
Feb 2020

especially since his campaign tried to say that Bloomberg has heart problems as a way of discouraging voters! If it's ok to say another candidate is not healthy, Sanders should have to prove that he's healthy too. Especially for a man his age!

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VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
51. I don't get too worked up about candidates' medical records , but...
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 01:01 AM
Feb 2020

Are people expecting the complete records, from childhood vaccinations until yesterday's colonoscopy? Or just the highlights? Do we expect to know about vasectomies, miscarriages, STDs, and pregnancy terminations? Bouts of depression? Recent only?

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democratisphere

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52. Wish he would just retire and shuttle between his 3 houses.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 01:02 AM
Feb 2020
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musicblind

(4,484 posts)
58. I don't get why he won't release them.
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 07:33 AM
Feb 2020

Short of stage 4 terminal cancer, nothing in those medical records could be as bad as not releasing them looks.

We know he had a heart attack. We also know he's still active and spry despite it. He's proving that every day on the campaign trail.

So, just release them already.

Every candidate should release medical records, tax returns, anything they can think of to give the voters the clearest picture possible.

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Hermit-The-Prog

(33,414 posts)
62. 3 reasons this is an issue: 1. BS said he would and hasn't, 2. BS age, 3. BS heart attack
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 12:34 PM
Feb 2020
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robbedvoter

(28,290 posts)
63. She may earn my support yet. Keep it up!
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 03:49 PM
Feb 2020

👍

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