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Sanders Campaign Suspends Staffer Over Comments About Netanyahu
The Gist: Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) campaign on Thursday night suspended Simone Zimmerman, the campaign’s new national Jewish outreach coordinator over comments she made about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Facebook, the New York Times reported.
New York City GOP Gala Crowd Ignores Ted Cruz During His Speech
The Gist: Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) speech at the New York City Republican gala on Thursday night was met with a cool reception from the crowd, who spoke amongst themselves and milled about as Cruz delivered his campaign stump speech.
Blown Budget Deadline Shows Ryan’s Got A Boehner-Sized Problem
The Gist: Paul Ryan, the budget wunderkind who was elected speaker only after a united House GOP dragged him into the job, is finding himself in the exact same position as former House Speaker John Boehner: unable to find consensus in his conference.
From The Reporter’s Notebook
Conservative pundit Sean Hannity defended his dozens of chummy interviews with Republican frontrunner Donald Trump on his Wednesday radio show by saying that he is not a journalist, TPM’s Katherine Krueger wrote. “I’ll be honest, if I’m interviewing Hillary Clinton, it’s going to be 100 times harder than any Republican, because I believe the Republicans have a far better vision, one that I agree with,” Hannity said. “I just have less disagreement with them.”
Agree or Disagree?
Josh Marshall: “Trump is by far more unpopular than any nominee in recorded history. None of Republican contenders are strong even among Republicans. Meanwhile, both Clinton and Sanders are overwhelmingly popular among Democrats. Clinton’s favorability numbers are quite poor right now. But against either of the current likely GOP nominees, she should still be fine.”
Say What?!
“This was shocking to me, so we had a tough conversation about it. I said, ‘You don’t buy 100 of anything, much less canned soup. We can’t do this.'”
– Ted Cruz rang in the newlywed life by rushing out to stock up on canned soup.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “There has been much made about the popularity of Bernie Sanders among the young, and very specifically the under 30 crowd. To be sure, this is not the entirety of his support, but it does represent a very significant part of it. So in our myriad of threads on the primaries Hillary this, Sanders that, Hillary v. Bernie — some have dismissed the young, most recently as “short attention span”, or in response to threats that the kids will “stay home” is Sanders doesn’t win the nomination, saying that they need to in essence “grow up” and recognize that these things are not instantaneous and take time and hard organizing work. (I am leaving out many of the argument here.. feel free to fill in) But there are those saying that these kids are the future, and we need to find a way to bring them into the process, to engage them and not simply dismiss them. So what say you?”
Related: The youth vote helped Sanders win in New Hampshire.
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