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Dem Donor Demands Schumer, Pelosi Step In To Stop Bernie Sanders. It Doesn’t Appear They Will.

Emily Zanotti
Dem Donor Demands Schumer, Pelosi Step In To Stop Bernie Sanders. It Doesn’t Appear They Will.
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Democratic mega-donors are starting to worry about a Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) nomination and are calling on party leaders, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to make critical endorsements against Sanders in an effort to curtail the Vermont socialist’s rise.

CNBC reported Thursday that Bernard Schwartz, who has given and bundled millions for Democratic candidates over the last several decades, has reached out personally to Schumer and Pelosi to beg them to press a more moderate candidate, “in the hope that voters will follow their lead and end up denying Sanders the party’s presidential nomination.”

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