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CNN's Dana Bash Asks Bernie Sanders If He Supports Assisted Suicide for Some Reason
By Tommy Christopher June 9th, 2019, 12:37 pm
Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders fielded a question from out of left field when CNNs Dana Bash asked if he supports a federal law permitting assisted suicide.
On Sunday mornings edition of CNNs State of the Union without Jake Tapper, Senator Sanders sat for a lengthy two-segment interview with Bash, and by the end of the conversation, the questions got strange.
I want to ask you about something that happened in Maine recently, Bash said. The state legislature passed a bill effectively legalizing assisted suicide for patients with terminally ill diseases, and if the governor signs it, Maine would be the 8th state to enact that legislation, including your home state, as you know, of Vermont.
Do you support federal legislation to legalize assisted suicide? Bash asked.
After a lengthy pause, Sanders replied Look, thats a very difficult issue, and I think that is an issue right now that I am comfortable seeing in the hands of the states.
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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-dana-bash-asks-bernie-sanders-if-he-supports-assisted-suicide-for-some-reason/
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CNN's Dana Bash Asks Bernie Sanders If He Supports Assisted Suicide for Some Reason (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2019
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tblue37
(65,490 posts)1. They throw these polarizing get irrelevant questions at Democratic candidates, to get
them on video on matters that will energize their opponents' base.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Voltaire2
(13,194 posts)2. Pretty good answer.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)3. Punting is about the only sensible thing to do with that question.
It's really one of those "no good answer" questions for politicians.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,275 posts)4. Dana Bash is one of the shittiest "reporters" i have ever seen
she just sucks so bad.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided