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brooklynite

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Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:57 AM Jan 2020

Bloomberg heads to Florida in search of Jewish votes

Politico

MIAMI — Mike Bloomberg made a direct appeal to Florida’s active Jewish voting base on Sunday, seeking to differentiate himself from both Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump on the delicate issue of Mideast politics.

“Now, I know I’m not the only Jewish candidate in the race. But I am the only one who doesn’t want to turn America into a kibbutz,” he quipped in a thinly-veiled jab at Sanders, who is Jewish and has emerged in recent years as the standard bearer for the left flank of the Democratic Party.

Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, lived on an Israeli kibbutz in the 1960s, participating in a collective community of shared prosperity that is not entirely different than what he envisions for America today.

But his Jewish background is unlikely enough to win over most pro-Israel Democrats, who have blanched at his embrace of Rep. Ilhan Omar — a first-term House member who has stoked controversy by criticizing America’s Israeli policies.
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Oy vey! He better be true to his promise if Bernie wins. mucifer Jan 2020 #1
 

mucifer

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1. Oy vey! He better be true to his promise if Bernie wins.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 10:03 AM
Jan 2020

I hope everyone can unite against trump. We need every Florida vote we can get. That includes people who lean more socialist and dems who lean to the right.

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