Anyone with half a brain (even corporate journalists) can see that Warren's campaign planted this with CNN and those are the 4 "sources." They planted it basically as a he said-she said and by Warren then not commenting (after her campaign planted it w/ CNN), she is essentially
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claiming this was said by Sanders. If it was actually said by Sanders, doesn't Warren have a responsibility to confirm or deny it? Obviously
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integrity is now on the line. She should immediately come out and either say this is what Bernie said or deny it. If she doesn't she is risking not only pushing Sanders voters further away from her---but also losing consideration as VP or any role in potential Sanders admin
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It's also historically easy to knock down this high school gossip masquerading as news....
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@ewarren needs to respond ASAP. This is a dirty attack and if she’s truly Bernie’s “good friend” now is the time to prove it. This just hurts the progressive movement. -
Hurting the progressive movement was the goal, I would guess.
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Same. I expected her to campaign fiercely but not stoop to lies and smears.
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