The president of a liberal think tank responded to criticism from Bernie Sanders, the latest development in the biting back-and-forth between the progressive presidential candidate and an organization with ties to Hillary Clinton
published on the website of ThinkProgress — a news site started by CAP — that railed against the senator for his growing personal wealth.Monday that ThinkProgress is editorially independent of CAP and CAP Action and called the video attacking Sanders “overly harsh.”
“This counterproductive negative campaigning needs to stop,” Sanders wrote in the letter. “The Democratic primary must be a campaign of ideas, not of bad faith smears. Please help play a constructive role in the effort to defeat Donald Trump.”Sign Up ThinkProgress has also published content attacking Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren , posts that Sanders said belittled progressive ideals.
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