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UH-OH: Sanders Supporters Melt Down Over Harris Pick, Dems Admit Harris Wasn’t ‘First Choice’

Emily Zanotti
UH-OH: Sanders Supporters Melt Down Over Harris Pick, Dems Admit Harris Wasn’t ‘First Choice’
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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) has been on the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential ticket for less than 24 hours, but already cracks are beginning to emerge in the Democratic consensus, as progressives react to Joe Biden’s decidedly non-progressive running mate and top Democratic strategists admit Harris wasn’t Joe Biden’s first choice.

Fox News reports that supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who begrudgingly signed on to the Biden campaign are now concerned that Harris, who was, at one time, a law-and-order prosecutor in California, won’t be nearly as progressive as other candidates Sanders could have selected.

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