Democratic Primaries

Uncle Joe

(58,362 posts) Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:01 AM Apr 2019

Bernie in the Fox's den: Sanders takes anti-Trump pitch straight to 'state TV'

The event will be staged in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a state Trump won by less than 1%, and it will be moderated by Fox anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.

Sanders is the first Democratic presidential candidate to appear on the network for such an event. He says it is a way to speak directly to Trump supporters, to make the case that the president is a “pathological liar” who has misled the working class. The booking is also important for Fox News, which was banned from hosting a Democratic primary debate.

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The DNC chair, Tom Perez, attributed the decision to an 11,000-word New Yorker article in which the veteran journalist Jane Mayer described how the 2016 election transformed a conservative-friendly news channel into a “mouthpiece” for the White House, providing as she did so fresh details on the intimate relationship between Fox and the Trump administration.

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“I go on Fox News with regularity, so do other Democrats,” Perez told the San Francisco Chronicle’s politics podcast. “We don’t discourage anyone from doing the same. That’s a far cry from hosting debates.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/15/bernie-sanders-fox-news-town-hall-trump

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Bernie in the Fox's den: Sanders takes anti-Trump pitch straight to 'state TV' (Original Post) Uncle Joe Apr 2019 OP

FOX was sly with the timing. They scheduled it during a crucial blm Apr 2019 #1

He can talk about tariffs, visas, limiting poor people entering our country.. WeekiWater Apr 2019 #2

Yes and all the Trumpanzees have now been converted BlueFlorida Apr 2019 #3

fox is not a legitimate news source . stonecutter357 Apr 2019 #4

Some Obama to Trump voters are potentially convertable Tom Rinaldo Apr 2019 #5

Unfortunately that is one that I will have to miss.i don't watch Fox. CentralMass Apr 2019 #6

blm

(113,061 posts)

1. FOX was sly with the timing. They scheduled it during a crucial

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:17 AM

Apr 2019

reporting period for advertising sales. As someone who has been an activist targeting advertisers on RW media this scheduling was a bit of a heartbreak. I wish the campaign would have pushed the appearance back a month.

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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)

2. He can talk about tariffs, visas, limiting poor people entering our country..

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:27 AM

Apr 2019

Threaten GM and Bezos. They will love it. None of them will vote for it but they will love it.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

BlueFlorida

(1,532 posts)

3. Yes and all the Trumpanzees have now been converted

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:29 AM

Apr 2019

to socialists.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

stonecutter357

(12,697 posts)

4. fox is not a legitimate news source .

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:42 AM

Apr 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)

5. Some Obama to Trump voters are potentially convertable

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:57 AM

Apr 2019

And yes it is well documented that they exist, and exist in disproportionately large numbers in the rust belt etc. Connor Lamb flipped some of those voters back to the Democratic line in his special congressional election and again in the General Election. That is not a worthless endeavor to attempt. It worked in a number of Congressional Districts in 2018. Trump's margin of victory in several Mid West states was tiny. If a fraction of the Obama to Trump voters return to voting Democratic, it will be extremely hard for Trump to in a second term.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

6. Unfortunately that is one that I will have to miss.i don't watch Fox.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:57 AM

Apr 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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