Opinion: Sanders is under attack from Republicans on an issue for which there is no significant support within the Democratic Party, JRubinBlogger writes
Sen. Bernie Sanders participates in a moderated discussion this month at the We the People Summit in Washington. By Jennifer Rubin Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 24 at 11:30 AM It’s the first big misstep of the 2020 Democratic primary season.
While re-enfranchising felons has gained momentum, no major-party candidate has suggested that we have to give the Boston Marathon bomber the franchise since Florida voters chose to give a million felons the right to vote. His reasoning is so illogical that one wonders whether he actually is serious. The idea is so easily mocked that one wonders whether Sanders understands what it takes to defeat President Trump and unify the Democratic Party.
To no one’s surprise, Sanders immediately came under withering attack from Republicans on an issue for which there is no significant support even within the Democratic Party.Sanders has made a career of propounding extreme, unworkable views that escape serious scrutiny because “it’s just Bernie.
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