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DEM REP: Bernie should not be ‘allowed’ to run for Dem nomination

Democrat Rep. Gregory Meeks wants Bernie Sanders and his legion of fans to take their political power somewhere else.

Meeks — who endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primary — told CNN that Sanders is not a Democrat and therefore should not be “allowed” to run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.

When asked if he agreed that a “flaw” for Sanders is that he’s an old white male, Meeks said, “The difference for me is that he’s not a Democrat.

“So I don’t understand why Bernie Sanders, who does not want to become a member of the Democratic Party,” he said.

When challenged with the notion that Sanders would govern as a Democrat, Meeks wasn’t satisfied.

“No, no, run as a Democrat,” he said.

Read the full story from The American Mirror


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