Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders may have made amends on a Sanders surrogate’s claims that Biden was 'corrupt,' but their feud over Social Security is far from over.
“As Democrats we can’t launch dishonest attacks against fellow Democrats. We have to beat Donald Trump. Now Bernie’s campaign has launched a barrage of negative attacks against Joe Biden and they’ve even accused Joe Biden of supporting Paul Ryan’s cuts to social security. Bernie’s campaign is not telling the truth,” the video said, going on to defend Biden’s record on Social Security.
"Joe Biden just released the first negative ad of the 2020 Democratic primary, and let’s be clear about why: he’s trying to distort his decades-long record of proposing and voting for cuts to Social Security benefits for millions of people. Joe Biden is no defender of Social Security, and a negative ad won’t help him outrun his record.” Sanders' campaign manager Faiz Shakir said in a statement.
“Let’s be honest, Joe. One of us fought for decades to cut Social Security, and one of us didn’t. But don’t take it from me. Take it from you,”Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign stop at St. Ambrose University, Jan. 11, 2020, in Davenport, Iowa. When pressed further on the question of cutting Social Security benefits, Biden reiterated that he would not pursue that policy as president, going on to hit back against Sanders’ past opposition to gun control legislation as an example of a blemish on the Vermont senator’s record.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the North Iowa Events Center, Jan. 22, 2020, in Mason City, Iowa.While Sanders did oppose certain gun control measures early on in his career, he has since come out in support of an array of legislation aimed at curtailing gun violence.
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