Sen. Bernie Sanders has accused a leading liberal think tank, founded and run by longtime Hillary Clinton allies, of orchestrating attacks on him and two other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
In a letter provided to CNN by his campaign, Sanders addressed the board of the Center for American Progress and CAP Action Fund on Saturday, alleging that its activities are playing a"destructive role" in the"critical mission to defeat Donald Trump." Sanders cited two posts about him by ThinkProgress, a website run by CAP's political arm, and past pieces focused on Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker.
This is hardly the way to build unity, or to win the general election."CAP responded to the letter, which was first reported by the New York Times, by insisting it did not interfere with or guide ThinkProgress' work."ThinkProgress is part of CAP Action: It is editorially independent of both CAP and CAP Action and has been for years. We do not suggest, edit, approve or see their stories before publishing.
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