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The Pitt News

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The Pitt News

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Tuesday he would join a growing field of Democratic candidates in a bid for the presidency in 2020.

Editorial: Sanders isn’t the answer for 2020

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 21, 2019
Many Democratic contenders are running on platforms that were heavily influenced by the ideas Sanders supported in 2016. He should allow them to do so and act as their mentor, instead of insisting on carrying on his own legacy.
From left, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bill Nelson respond to cheering supporters as Biden headlined a rally for Democrats in downtown Orlando, on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.

Editorial: Democratic newcomers need to learn from 2016 mistakes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 13, 2019
If Democrats want to win back the White House, their presidential candidates need to learn from the last time around and not allow campaigning and rhetoric to get as ugly and intense as it did in 2016.
(Illustration by Garrett Aguilar | Staff Illustrator)

Clinton’s focus on 2016 doesn’t help Democrats

By Ben Sheppard | For The Pitt News September 10, 2017

Letting go of the past can be difficult. And no one, it seems, knows that better than Hillary Clinton. Last year’s Democratic presidential candidate still appears to be reeling from her stinging defeat...

Bernie Sanders called the GOP health care bill "a barbaric and immoral piece of legislation” at a health care rally at the convention center Saturday. (Photo by John Hamilton/Editor-in-Chief)

Sanders criticizes GOP health care bill at Pittsburgh rally

By Lexi Kennell / Contributing Editor June 25, 2017

If the 1,600 people at Saturday’s health care rally take Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ advice, Republican senators’ phone lines will be busy all week. The former presidential candidate, along with...

Sen. Bernie Sanders held a rally inside the Fitzgerald Field House before the 2016 Pennsylvania primary.

Bernie Sanders visits Pitt

Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop at Pitt's Fitzgerald Field House on Monday, just one day before the state's primary. Midday on Monday, Sanders spoke to a crowd of mostly college...

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