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Dems Rush To Distance Themselves From Bernie Sanders’ ‘Socialism’

Emily Zanotti

Now that Bernie Sanders has entered the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, other contenders are rapidly trying to distance themselves from the word “socialism,” even if they embraced it just a few short days ago.

It’s an odd phenomenon: Democratic voters have recently warmed to the term “socialism,” acccording to the Gallup polling company, and Sanders has easily outraised his Democratic opponents, hauling in more than a million dollars in his first day, and more than $6 million in his first 24 hours.

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