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Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 20:38:16 GMT -6
WASHINGTON — Even as some polls show Sen. Bernie Sanders besting top GOP presidential candidates, Republicans appear to be salivating over the prospect of taking on the democratic socialist in the November general election. And they're using Sanders' success to embarrass Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer — as Clinton’s campaign noted this week — has even promoted Sanders on Twitter as the winner of Democratic debates and has taunted the Clinton campaign for “getting schooled by a nutty VT socialist.” Meanwhile, American Crossroads, a super PAC aligned with Republican strategist Karl Rove, released a digital ad in Iowa targeting Clinton's ties to Wall Street — a tactic also used by Sanders. Continued at www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/01/21/republicans-promoting-bernie-sanders-candidacy-embarrass-hillary-clinton/79088912/ .
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