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Sen. Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Democrats demand Republican leaders examine election challenges after Georgia voting chaos Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-Minn.) on Sunday announced that she’s running for president in 2020, becoming the fifth U.S. senator to jump into the race to defeat President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE.

Standing on a snow-covered stage in Boom Island Park in Minneapolis, where the temperatures had dipped to a freezing 14 degrees, Klobuchar announced her candidacy while invoking her family’s deep roots in the Midwest, a key battleground for Democrats as they look to rebuild their blue wall in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

“Today on an island in the middle of the mighty Mississippi … I stand before you as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, as the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman, as the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the state of Minnesota, to announce my candidacy for president of the United States,” Klobuchar announced to a cheering crowd of onlookers.

The three-term senator laid out her vision for the country in a number of policy areas. She pledged to “take on the gun lobby,” root out corporate money in politics, commit to environmentally friendly policies, lower health care costs, restore voting rights and implement privacy protection laws.

She did not mention Trump by name, but alluded to him when she declared the country deserved better than “foreign policy by tweet.”

“Our sense of community is fracturing across our nation, worn down by the petty and vicious nature of our politics,” she said. “We are tired of the shutdowns and the showdowns, of the gridlock and the grandstanding. Today, on this snowy island, we say enough is enough.”

With her announcement, Klobuchar also became the second presidential candidate to hail from the Midwest.

Klobuchar has been considering a presidential campaign and was seen as signaling a likely bid when reports came out that she’ll be headlining a local Democratic banquet in Iowa on Feb. 21.

She joins a crowded field seeking the Democratic nomination in 2020, including Sens. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.), Kirsten GillibrandKirsten GillibrandWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Warren, Pressley introduce bill to make it a crime for police officers to deny medical care to people in custody Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers MORE (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) and Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.).

Other senators are still weighing 2020 bids including Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.), a progressive stalwart, and Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownHillicon Valley: Senators raise concerns over government surveillance of protests | Amazon pauses police use of its facial recognition tech | FBI warns hackers are targeting mobile banking apps Democratic senators raise concerns over government surveillance of protests Some realistic solutions for income inequality MORE (D-Ohio), who is also touting his Rust Belt roots.

South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) has also announced his intention to seek the presidency and has made his ties to the Midwest a central part of his campaign.

The Democratic field for 2020 is expected to be the biggest in history — and its most diverse — reflecting a party base eager to oust Trump, but one that remains wide open as the Democratic Party continues to move farther to the left.

In 2018, Klobuchar cruised to win a third Senate term, despite Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE barely winning Minnesota just two years earlier.

Klobuchar is expected to lean into her heartland roots and have a mild-mannered campaign approach that many dub “Minnesota nice.”

“I don’t agree with, ‘When they go low, we go low,’ but I do agree that when they go low, we have to respond,” Klobuchar told The New York Times in November. She was referring to an ongoing debate among Democrats, sparked by former first lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaThe Hill’s Morning Report – Treasury, Fed urge more spending, lending to ease COVID-19 wreckage Budowsky: Michelle Obama or Tammy Duckworth for VP Michelle Obama urges class of 2020 to couple protesting with mobilizing, voting MORE’s “When they go low, we go high” speech from the 2016 presidential election, about how to acknowledge Republican attacks.

“But responding doesn’t mean just going down a rabbit hole everywhere Donald Trump goes,” she continued. “It means doing a response but continuing to push your own agenda. I don’t think we want to use those same tactics and tweet caustic comments every morning.”

Klobuchar began 2019 with $3.9 million in her Senate campaign account, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings.

While she can transfer that money to her presidential campaign, Klobuchar goes in a bit behind Warren and Gillibrand, who each have north of $10 million.

Klobuchar’s nascent campaign will need to overcome some recent negative headlines about her treatment of staffers.

HuffPost reported that three potential candidates to lead her presidential campaign declined the job, citing the mistreatment of staff.

And BuzzFeed followed up with a story about former staffers complaining about Klobuchar’s temper, accusing her of throwing papers and sending humiliating emails.

Still, several staff defended Klobuchar in the BuzzFeed report, describing her as a thoughtful and caring boss.

In her campaign announcement on Sunday, Klobuchar vowed to supporters she would be a no-nonsense president who would “lead from the heart.”

“As your president, I will look you in the eye,” she said. “I will tell you what I think. I will focus on getting things done.”

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who is weighing a primary challenge to President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE in 2020, believes Trump is particularly vulnerable in the general election.

“The issue I’m concerned about is he has a very low reelect number, I think in the 30s, high 30s, low 40s. So the chance of him losing a general election are pretty good. I’m not saying he couldn’t win but he’s pretty weak in the general election,” he told CBS News in an interview set to air Wednesday.

Hogan expressed concern that the president’s poor approval ratings could weigh on down-ballot Republicans across the country in 2020.

“At some point if he weakens further, Republicans would say we’re concerned about whether or not he’s going to win if we’re going to face a very far-left Democratic nominee, and is he going to take the rest of us down with him if you’re an elected official,” he said.

Hogan, one of the most popular governors in the country and a Republican, easily won reelection in November by double digits in a blue state. The election results spurred Republican critics of the White House to court him to primary Trump in 2020.

However, Hogan admits his popularity is no guarantee that he could successfully unseat Trump atop the Republican presidential ticket next year.

“I would say, today, it’s unlikely when you look at the numbers. You know he has 70 or 80 percent, some percent of Republican primary voters say they support the president,” he said.

“Today it would be very difficult. Nobody has successfully challenged a sitting president in the same party in a primary since 1884. I know I’m the second Republican in the history of Maryland but I’m not sure, that’s probably about the same odds I guess.”

Pope Francis on Sunday—when Hurricane Dorian began pounding the Bahamas with record strength—urged the world to heed calls made by rising youth and indigenous peoples to take swift action to address the climate crisis and thereby ensure “our common future.”

“We have caused a climate emergency that gravely threatens nature and life itself, including our own,” the pontiff said.

The pope’s plea came in his message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, an annual celebration he called for in 2015.

In the new message, the pope denounced human exploitation of the environment and pointed to increasingly frequent extreme weather and water scarcity as well as “constant pollution, the continued use of fossil fuels, intensive agricultural exploitation, and deforestation [that] are causing global temperatures to rise above safe levels.”

“In this ecological crisis affecting everyone,” the pope continued, “we should also feel close to all other men and women of good will, called to promote stewardship of the network of life of which we are part.”

The appeals for action—including ditching fossil fuels—were addressed at individuals and political leaders. He wrote:

While the pope didn’t mention by name the Fridays for Future and School Strike for Climate movement, he made note of the young people “calling for courageous decisions.” He said they remind all that Earth is “an inheritance to be handed down” and, in a possible reference to teen activist Greta Thunberg, said that “hope for tomorrow is not a noble sentiment, but a task calling for concrete actions here and now.”

Addressing political leaders, he said, “Let us say ‘no’ to consumerist greed and to the illusion of omnipotence, for these are the ways of death.” Instead, said Pope Francis, leaders should undertake “farsighted processes involving responsible sacrifices today for the sake of sure prospects for life tomorrow.”

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Reports late Wednesday that the Trump administration will not offer Temporary Protected Status to Bahamians displaced by Hurricane Dorian drew outrage from lawmakers and rights advocates, who condemned the decision as an inhumane denial of secure refuge to victims of one of the most powerful and devastating storms in recorded history.

“Let’s be clear: This decision is racist and cruel,” tweeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. “We should grant Temporary Protected Status to Bahamians fleeing Hurricane Dorian.”

“To deny temporary protected status to a nation so close to our shores, that has experienced such devastation, is morally bankrupt and a black mark on America.”
—Sen. Jeff Merkley

Granting TPS, which the Trump administration has attempted to end for other disaster victims, would allow Bahamians to live and work in the United States until it is safe for them to return home.

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Experts told the Washington Post that while TPS would typically be granted to victims of a storm like Hurricane Dorian—which destroyed tens of thousands of homes—the White House’s stance is not entirely surprising given President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-refugee policy agenda.

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) forcefully condemned the Trump administration’s reported refusal to offer TPS to Bahamians, a decision that comes just days after Trump smeared Bahamian hurricane victims as “gang members” and “drug dealers.”

“After Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas, Donald Trump said we’d be there to help. Then he does this,” said Merkley. “To deny temporary protected status to a nation so close to our shores, that has experienced such devastation, is morally bankrupt and a black mark on America.”

Reports of the Trump administration’s decision came as rights groups rallied outside the Washington, D.C. headquarters of Customs and Border Protection Wednesday night to demand that the U.S. welcome Bahamian refugees.

The rally was announced after hundreds of Bahamians were ordered off a ferry headed for Ft. Lauderdale, Florida because they did not have U.S. visas.

“Shame on Donald Trump for his racist words and policies,” said Evan Weber of the youth-led Sunrise Movement, which helped organize the demonstration.

Following news Wednesday that Sen. Bernie Sanders underwent heart procedure to treat an artery blockage, Sanders speechwriter David Sirota demanded that billionaire financier Steve Schwarzman apologize for his comment Tuesday evening that “maybe Bernie Sanders shouldn’t exist.”

“Maybe Steve Schwarzman should apologize for making such a disgusting comment,” Sirota tweeted Wednesday.

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“I’m not going anywhere. But billionaires can be damn sure they’ll pay their fair share when I am president.”
—Sen. Bernie Sanders

Schwarzman’s remark came during an event promoting his book at the New York Public Library Tuesday night. The financier and adviser to President Donald Trump was asked to respond to Sanders’s recent comment that billionaires, as a class, should not exist.

“I don’t think that billionaires should exist,” Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, told the New York Times last month in an interview on his wealth tax plan. “This proposal does not eliminate billionaires, but it eliminates a lot of the wealth that billionaires have, and I think that’s exactly what we should be doing.”

Sanders hit back at Schwarzman on Twitter Tuesday after the billionaire’s comments surfaced online.

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In a speech to the United Nations Climate Action Summit Monday, Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg lit into world leaders for their “empty words” around solving the climate crisis and said decades of inaction have left her generation without a future.

“People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosytems are collapsing. We are at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth,” said Thunberg. “How dare you!”

Thunberg delivered her remarks during a panel on the climate crisis after she was asked what she thought of the worldwide climate strike movement that she began, alone, 13 months ago. But the youth activist wasn’t interested in rehashing the past or praise from politicians.

“I shouldn’t be standing here,” said Thunberg. “I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to me for hope? How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.”

“For more than 30 years the science has been crystal clear,” Thunberg continued. “How dare you continue to look away, and come here saying that you are doing enough, when the politics and solutions needed are still nowhere in sight.”

On Monday, Thunberg also joined with 16 youth activists to present the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child with a “landmark complaint” alleging the world is not living up to its responsibilities under the treaty to provide “a world worth inheriting to the future,” according to Fridays for Future organizer Alexandria Villaseñor.

In her remarks to the panel on Monday, Thunberg put world leaders on notice.

“We will not let you get away with this,” said Thunberg. “Right here, right now is where we draw the line. The world is waking up. And change is coming, whether you like it or not.”

Cody will be a judge on a new TBS reality show, Go-Big Show.

After tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite ended, Cody appeared and mentioned that while he is currently out of action, he will be a part of a new talent competition. He threw it to host Bert Kreischer, who explained the premise of the show.

Go-Big Show will feature celebrity judges Snoop Dogg, Rosario Dawson, Jennifer Nettles and Cody judging the likes of monster trucks, alligator trainers, stunt archery, and other feats. It will also highlight behind-the-scenes stories from the challengers, whose aim is to impress the judges in head-to-head competition.

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The show is taking place at the Macon Coliseum in Georgia, where strict COVID-19 safety protocols are taking place. The arena will remain empty, but will have a drive-in audience with spectators. The show will be produced by Propagate and Matador Content and will launch in 2021.

Cody has not been seen on AEW television since being laid out by Brodie Lee and the Dark Order on the August 22 episode of Dynamite.

Less than a day after President Donald Trump bragged to supporters at a campaign-style rally in Minnesota Thursday that he was working hard to bring U.S. soldiers home from foreign wars, the Pentagon announced Friday that 1,800 troops and advanced weapons systems have been ordered to Saudi Arabia—a move critics decried as both hypocritical and deeply dangerous.

“Remember when Donald Trump tweeted that he was ‘trying to end the endless wars?’ That was yesterday.”
—Sen. Bernie Sanders

“This is a dangerous escalation of a crisis created by the president’s inability to conduct a coherent and sensible foreign policy and his reliance on the war hawks who profit from endless war,” advocacy group Win Without War said on Twitter.

The announcement came 24 hours after the president tweeted that he was “trying to end the ENDLESS WARS” and told the crowd at his Minnesota rally that he was resisting elements of his administration insistent on keeping the U.S. military in the Middle East.

“I have all these people that want to stay,” said Trump. “They want to stay. And I don’t want to stay.”

The deployment is the latest increase to a total 14,000 U.S. soldiers newly arrived in the Middle East this year as Trump moves closer to war with Iran.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced the deployment in a statement to reporters at the Pentagon Friday.

Trump’s move to increase the number of U.S. troops on the ground in Saudi Arabia struck a number of observers as another example of the president’s incoherence and hypocrisy, especially in context of the president’s decision on Monday to pull U.S. forces in northern Syria back to allow Turkey to invade and attack the Kurds in the region.

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A ruling by a federal court Monday drew the ire of the ACLU after siding with the U.S. government and rejecting a challenge brought by four U.S. citizens over their inclusion on the No Fly List, thus leaving the men, according to the civil liberties group, “in an indefinite Kafkaesque nightmare.”

Inclusion on the secret database—which represents part of the government’s terrorism watchlisting system—means a person is blacklisted as a suspected terrorist and banned from flying into, within, and from the United States.

While the government in 2015 put in place a court-order revised redress system, the ACLU says that system falls short because it deprives people of a fair process to dispute their placement. The group therefore continued its legal challenge.

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The lower court that found the new system satisfied constitutional requirements, said Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, erred. “The court largely rested its incorrect conclusion on a novel ground—that ‘undue risk to national security’ justified the government’s secrecy and deficient process. But no other court has ever permitted blanket assertions of national security risk, untethered to specific justifications that courts then adjudicate, to legitimize a process so flawed,” Shamsi wrote earlier this month.

The Portland, Oregon-based federal appeals court, however, saw things differently. Circuit Judge Raymond Fisher wrote

The ruling, Shamsi said Monday, “lets the government hide behind overblown secrecy claims to deny our clients’ constitutional right to due process.”

“Our clients have been unable to fly to visit family, pursue job opportunities, or fulfill religious obligations for over nine years based on vague criteria, secret evidence, and unreliable government predictions. These citizens have never been charged with a crime and asked for fair notice and a fair process to clear their names and regain rights most Americans take for granted.”

“Instead,” she continued, “the court has left them trapped in an indefinite Kafkaesque nightmare.”

New Hampshire is emerging as a crucial battleground for Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

The first-in-the-nation primary state is a sort of home-state proxy for the two Democratic hopefuls, given their deep ties to New England and Sanders’s resounding victory there in his 2016 primary fight against former Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE.

“I think there’s a very high expectation that either Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders will win,” said Jim Demers, a veteran New Hampshire Democratic strategist and informal adviser to Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.) in the state.

“Only one of them can win, so it means problems for whichever one doesn’t.”

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Warren has already traveled to New Hampshire three times this year. She will make a fourth visit to the Granite State on Friday when she’s slated to headline the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s annual McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner.

Sanders, who announced a second bid for the White House on Tuesday, hasn’t yet made a trip to New Hampshire this year. But multiple Democratic operatives said that they expect a visit from the Vermont senator soon.

Each candidate has their own set of advantages in the state.

Sanders won the New Hampshire primary in 2016 with more than 60 percent of the vote and already has a vast network of supporters and donors in the state.

But Warren could stand to benefit from the fact that much of New Hampshire falls under the Boston media market, Demers said. That means that television coverage of Warren’s campaign by Massachusetts news stations inevitably airs in the Granite State.

“When Warren is campaigning in any state in the country, it’s covered by the Boston media market,” he said.

History also bodes well for Warren’s chances in the state.

With the exception of former Sen. Ted Kennedy’s (D-Mass.) loss to then-President Carter in 1980, a Massachusetts Democrat has won the New Hampshire presidential primary in every modern election cycle in which one is running.

New Hampshire is known for its distinct brand of intensely local and deeply personal politics — and for good reason.

With 400 members, the New Hampshire House of Representatives holds the distinction of being the fourth largest parliamentary body in the world, after the British Parliament and the U.S. House. Each member represents about 3,200 constituents.

New Hampshire also had the highest voter turnout of any state in the 2016 primaries, with more than 52 percent of the state’s registered voters casting ballots, according to data compiled by the U.S. Elections Project.

“Politics is very local and we’re all very used to having access to political leaders,” said Andru Volinsky, a New Hampshire state executive councilor who served as legal counsel for Sanders’s 2016 campaign in the state.

“We have a culture that’s been built up around the first-in-the nation presidential primary so we expect to meet the candidate that we’ll ultimately support in someone’s kitchen.”

Volinski said that the notion that a New England candidate will dominate the 2020 New Hampshire primary is less prominent now than it was in past cycles, pointing to a recent flurry of visits from other Democratic hopefuls.

Between last Friday and Monday, more than half a dozen candidates flocked to the Granite State to deliver speeches, attend house parties and hold town hall discussions.

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“There is always an effort to manage expectations and so one aspect of managing it is dealing with the candidates from neighboring states,” Volinski said. But he noted that “others are clearly indicating that they’re going to spend a lot of time here to compete for New Hampshire’s votes.”

“The idea that the border state candidates have to do well is less dominant,” he said. “Whoever is here has to do well.”

Recent polling suggests that there will be a more open primary field in New Hampshire. A survey from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst released on Wednesday showed neither Warren nor Sanders leading the pack in New Hampshire.

Twenty-eight percent of likely Democratic voters in the state named former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook MORE as their top choice, with Sanders trailing in second place at 20 percent.

Meanwhile, Warren placed fourth with 9 percent support among Democratic respondents, coming in behind Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.).

Even Volinski, who was a delegate for Sanders at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, said he’s not yet committed to backing the Vermont senator again in 2020.

“My initial inclination is to support him, but I’m not closed minded as to the other candidates,” he said. “There are a number of people who are pretty good and who are talking about the same policy initiatives that Sen. Sanders championed last time.”

Kyle Kondik, the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said that poor showings in New Hampshire in 2020 could be a significant hurdle for Warren and Sanders, especially as the primary contest moves into South Carolina and Nevada.

“I think it’d be reasonable to look at it like a home game for them,” Kondik said.

“If they lose in New Hampshire to, say, Kamala Harris … that would seem to set up Harris pretty well going into South Carolina, and you might not expect Sanders or Warren to do well in South Carolina anyway.”

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