Former U.S. Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-lieberman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joseph Lieberman</a> (D-CT), who was Democratic Party&#8217;s nominee for vice president in 2000, passed away on Wednesday. He was 82 years old.
His family said in a statement that he died &#8220;due to complications from a fall.&#8221;
&#8220;His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Senator Lieberman&#8217;s love of God, his family, and America endured throughout his life of service in the public interest.”
The family said that his funeral will be held this Friday at Congregation Agudath Sholom in his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut.
Lieberman was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1988 after serving as a Connecticut state senator for a decade and the state&#8217;s attorney general for six years.
Lieberman was known for having an independent streak as a politician and was not afraid to buck his own party, including going from being Al Gore&#8217;s running mate in 2000 to backing former Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for president in 2008 in a speech at the Republican National Convention.
&#8220;What, after all, is a Democrat like me doing at a Republican convention like this?&#8221; he asked the crowd at the convention. &#8220;Well, I&#8217;ll tell you what: I&#8217;m here to support John McCain because country matters more than party. I am here tonight for a simple reason. John McCain is the best choice to bring our country together and lead America forward.&#8221;
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/us/politics/joseph-i-lieberman-dead.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that Lieberman was the first major national Democrat to condemn President Bill Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Lieberman was widely praised on social media across the political spectrum following the news of his passing.
&#8220;Connecticut is shocked by Senator Lieberman’s sudden passing,&#8221; said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). &#8220;In an era of political carbon copies, Joe Lieberman was a singularity. One of one. He fought and won for what he believed was right and for the state he adored. My thoughts are with Hadassah and the entire family.&#8221;
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) posted on X: &#8220;Just heard of my dear friend Joe Lieberman’s passing. As I am just now leaving Israel, so many emotions. This is devastatingly sad. I feel fortunate to have been in his presence, traveling the world in support of America’s interests as we saw it. To Hadassah, I know your heart is broken, but please understand your legion of friends love you dearly. To the Lieberman family, we will be with you through this journey. I look forward to sharing more thoughts about this wonderful man and the incredible life he lived. The good news, he is in the hands of the loving God. The bad news, John McCain is giving him an earful about how screwed up things are. Rest in peace, my dear friend. From the Last Amigo.&#8221;

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Joseph Lieberman, Senator And Vice-Presidential Nominee, Passes Away At 82

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A third-party candidate for president could be in the running by the spring of next year, according to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C79YoYBty2w">a political veteran</a> looking for a viable ticket to challenge the dominant Republican-Democrat binary.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchin-says-u-s-not-designed-to-be-this-divided-people-are-politically-homeless">No Labels</a> founding chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a>, a former U.S. senator who jumped from being a Democrat to an independent and ran an unsuccessful bid for the vice presidency in 2000, announced on Sunday that his group has decided on a month and location to hold its nominating convention for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">2024</a> — but only if the conditions are right.
&#8220;We already have scheduled a bipartisan convention. Think about it: We haven&#8217;t seen that ever in recent history. A bipartisan nominating convention for Dallas, Texas in April of next year,&#8221; Lieberman said during an appearance on &#8220;Fox News Sunday.&#8221;
No Labels is seeking to create an &#8220;insurance plan&#8221; that would allow a &#8220;Unity ticket&#8221; to run if the two major parties fail to pick candidates that a vast majority of Americans want to vote for in 2024, <a href="https://www.nolabels.org/about-us?_gl=1*lylst9*_ga*MTU3Mjg0MzYxNy4xNjkxNDI1NTU0*_ga_MH6H102SHG*MTY5MzE2MzE2MC4xLjEuMTY5MzE2MzE2MC4wLjAuMA..">according the group&#8217;s website</a>.
That may very well end up being the case as FiveThirtyEight polling trackers show <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/">more than half of Americans</a> disapprove of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> as he seeks a second term and former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>, who leads the GOP field, faces an <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/">&#8220;unfavorable&#8221; level above 50%</a>.
There has been <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/joe-manchin-jon-huntsman-flirt-third-party-2024-ticket-new-hampshire-rcna94377">some speculation</a> that Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) and former Republican Utah Governor John Huntsman could team up after they appeared together for a No Labels <a href="https://www.nolabels.org/common-sense-town-hall-release">town hall in July</a>.
Although Manchin appears open to the idea of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/manchin-says-u-s-not-designed-to-be-this-divided-people-are-politically-homeless">third-party campaign</a> for the White House, he has yet to declare his plans for 2024 — when he is also up for re-election if he chooses to campaign for another term in the Senate. Huntsman ran for the presidency as a Republican in 2012 before <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/huntsman-drops-out-backs-mitt-071475">dropping out and endorsing</a> Mitt Romney.
No Labels announced this month that it had <a href="https://www.action.nolabels.org/articles/185-labels-secures-ballot-access-10-states">secured ballot access in 10 states</a>, a number Lieberman said his group aims to bump up to all 50 states. By the fall, Lieberman added, the group will bring together a process to consider names for a ticket if the &#8220;standards&#8221; expected by No Labels are met.
Lieberman said No Labels only intends to run a ticket &#8220;if we think it has a realistic chance to win.&#8221; Lieberman also said his group does not intend on running a &#8220;spoiler ticket,&#8221; which he noted is generally defined as one that &#8220;has no chance to win and would take votes disproportionately from one of the major party candidates.&#8221;

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The public feud between freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and former Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman over &#8220;the future of the party&#8221; has ratcheted up over the last few days &#8212; and grown pretty entertaining in the process.
The self-described democratic socialist, Lieberman told <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-isnt-the-future-of-the-democratic-party-joe-lieberman">Fox Business</a> Thursday, is definitely not &#8220;the future&#8221; of his former party, as pronounced last year by Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez.
&#8220;I have three kids, two of whom are daughters,&#8221; Perez <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/07/03/dnc_perez_alexandria_ocasio-cortez_represents_the_future_of_our_party.html">said</a> in July. &#8220;One just graduated college, one who is in college, and they were both texting me about their excitement over Alexandria because she really &#8212; she represents the future of our party. She ran a spirited campaign.&#8221;
&#8220;With all respect, I certainly hope she&#8217;s not the future, and I don&#8217;t believe she is,&#8221; Lieberman said of Ocasio-Cortez, who has come in aggressively pushing a far-left agenda, including her &#8220;<a href="https://www.sunrisemovement.org/gnd-strategy/">Green New Deal</a>,&#8221; which seeks to mandate the complete transition to renewable energy within 12 years, among other radical demands.
Among the agenda items the freshman representative is floating is a dramatically increased progressive income tax that would almost double the top tax rate to 70%, an idea Lieberman &#8212; a long-time Democrat who switched to Independent later in his political career &#8212; specifically addressed in the interview with Fox&#8217;s Neil Cavuto.
The problem with that idea, Lieberman explained, is that it always ends up disproportionately hitting the middle class.That kind of dramatic top-end tax rate, he said, &#8220;is really done for political reasons.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez responded to Lieberman&#8217;s comments by taking to Twitter. &#8220;New Party, who dis?&#8221; she wrote.
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New Party, who dis? <a href="https://t.co/zeDnGsbo3g">https://t.co/zeDnGsbo3g</a>
&#8212; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ocasio2018_/status/1083604104859897856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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As the <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/01/13/joe-lieberman-ramps-up-feud-with-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/">New York Post</a> reports, Lieberman has since responded by expanding on his rationale for arguing that she&#8217;s not &#8220;the future&#8221; of the party. In fact, he suggested, she&#8217;s the past.
&#8220;She just takes us back to the big-spending, big-taxing Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party is not going to succeed that way,&#8221; he said on Fox&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures.&#8221;
So what exactly is Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s &#8220;Green New Deal,&#8221; which has begun to garner more support among House Democrats? As the title suggests, it&#8217;s inspired by FDR&#8217;s &#8220;New Deal,&#8221; which included public works programs and more government intervention in the economy, particularly focusing on converting to &#8220;green energy&#8221; and creating &#8220;green jobs.&#8221;
The deal sets out the currently impossible goal of eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and manufacturing industries and switching entirely to renewable energy within 12 years, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/what-is-the-green-new-deal-a-look-at-the-economic-and-climate-concept-pushed-by-progressives">Fox News</a> notes. The deal includes a jobs-guarantee program that would supposedly provide a living wage to anyone seeking a job. It also proposes basic income programs and universal healthcare. The deal promises to &#8220;virtually eliminate poverty in the United States and to make prosperity, wealth and economic security available to everyone participating in the transformation.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/39893/ocasio-cortez-stages-liberal-revolt-first-day-james-barrett">Ocasio-Cortez Stages &#8216;Liberal Revolt&#8217; First Day Democrats Take Control Of House</a>

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For anyone wondering how Democrats really feel about Israel &#8212; forget their nonstop kowtowing to Jews during every campaign and their endless pledges to help the nation &#8212; look no further than this fact: Not a single Democrat attended Monday&#8217;s ceremony in Jerusalem to declare the city the capital of Israel.
&#8220;That is a sad, sad manifestation. I wish he&#8217;d have every member of Congress here,&#8221; Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Monday in Jerusalem. &#8220;I&#8217;m gratified for those who come but I am saddened [by those who didn&#8217;t]. Support for Israel shouldn&#8217;t be a bipartisan issue. And it is worrisome that the fallout of president [Barack] Obama&#8217;s Iran deal is that more and more we&#8217;re seeing a divide among partisan lines. It&#8217;s not good for Israel, it&#8217;s not good for America.&#8221;
Cruz attended the ceremony with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Dean Heller (R-NV). Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) is also leading a delegation of 10 Republican lawmakers to Israel this week.
Graham said he had personally tried to persuade several Democrats to attend the ceremony, but with no success.
&#8220;I am disappointed that not one Democrat came. What does that say? It&#8217;s not for me to tell you what that says. It hurts me. Because I work across the aisle on a regular basis. I think it was a mistake, because there&#8217;s too much going on in this region,&#8221; Graham said, noting that there has long been bipartisan support for American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel&#8217;s capital.
&#8220;This has been the policy on the stump forever,&#8221; he said.
Cruz, meanwhile, said no invitation was needed to attend. &#8220;None of us were invited,&#8221; he said, but arrangements had been made to accommodate anyone who wanted to attend.
&#8220;Any member of Congress could have come here as part of the delegation,&#8221; Cruz said. &#8220;All 435 House members could have come. All 100 senators. There was no administration invitation. There was no one in the White House deciding we won&#8217;t ask those Congressmen to come.&#8221;
Israeli reporter Ariel Kahane rejected reports from Democratic leadership in Congress that Wilson&#8217;s delegation to Israel had &#8220;blocked its members&#8221; from attending the embassy opening on Monday.
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Not correct. Every member of Congress was invited through the congressional delegation (codel) of congress member Joe Wilson who opened his codel to any member who wanted to come. People involved in the process blame the democratic leadership of congress blocked its members <a href="https://t.co/7PKqEE6RPn">https://t.co/7PKqEE6RPn</a>
&#8212; Ariel Kahana (@arik3000) <a href="https://twitter.com/arik3000/status/995931190640168960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, a longtime Democrat who became an independent in his last run for office, also attended the ceremony and said he was disappointed Democrats didn&#8217;t go.
&#8220;I hope that the Democratic members had [scheduling] conflicts and they had to be somewhere else,&#8221; he told <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-jerusalem-gop-senators-slam-democrats-for-skipping-embassy-opening/">The Times of Israel</a>. &#8220;I hope that they don&#8217;t see this as some kind of pro-Trump rally in Jerusalem. It&#8217;s not. Its a pro-U.S.-Israel friendship-partnership-alliance rally. And it&#8217;s celebrating the strength of our relationship, which has been always bipartisan.&#8221;
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Lieberman, who in 2006 left the Democratic party and ran as an Independent until he quit politics in 2013, was one of the co-sponsors of the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act, which mandated the mission&#8217;s relocation but included a waiver allowing the president to delay the move for six months at a time. The law was co-sponsored by two Republicans and two Democrats. It got 95 out of 100 votes in the Senate. In the House it received 374 yes votes and 37 no votes.
&#8220;Over the years, there has been tremendous bipartisan support for moving the embassy to Jerusalem,&#8221; said Lieberman. &#8220;I&#8217;m confident it&#8217;s going to stay that way. The fact that there are no Democrats here from Congress is kind of aberration, but I think you&#8217;re going to find us to go through this year and in the future there will be a continuation of bipartisan support in Congress for the US-Israel relationship and Israel.&#8221;
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Graham summed up the situation. &#8220;If you&#8217;ve got a problem with Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, take it up with God,&#8221; Graham said on Fox News.

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Sen. John McCain, who is suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer, now says he wishes he hadn&#8217;t chosen former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign.
McCain writes in his new book, &#8220;The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and other Appreciations,&#8221; that he really wanted to pick Joseph Lieberman, a Democrat and former senator from Connecticut. The two had worked together on many bipartisan bills and have been longtime friends.
McCain, 81, a Republican who was dubbed a &#8220;maverick&#8221; by the media for his penchant to buck the party line, said his advisers told him not to select Lieberman, who in later years became an independent. They feared his support for abortion would put off staunch Republicans.
&#8220;It was sound advice that I could reason for myself,&#8221; he writes. &#8220;But my gut told me to ignore it and I wish I had.&#8221;
Lieberman told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/politics/john-mccain-arizona.html">The New York Times</a> that he never knew McCain felt that way. &#8220;It touched me greatly,&#8221; he said.
McCain, a bonafide war hero who was held as a prisoner of war by the Vietnamese for five years, is reportedly planning his own funeral. He has been at his home in Arizona for several months as he undergoes treatment for his cancer and recently had surgery to deal with an infection.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how much longer I&#8217;ll be here,&#8221; she aid in an audio excerpt this week of his forthcoming memoir, aired by NPR.
After McCain picked Palin in 2008, the economy tanked and the GOP pair went on to get brushed by Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

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Joseph Lieberman, Senator And Vice-Presidential Nominee, Passes Away At 82

No Labels Announces Month To Pick 2024 Presidential Contender

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