Cardi B And Bernie Sanders FaceTimed Before His First Dem Debate

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 17: Cardi B is seen at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on July 17, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Just hours before his first Democratic debate as a 2020 contender, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spent about 10 minutes on the phone with an unlikely ally, talking about an unlikely topic: motherhood, with rapper megastar Cardi B.

The two reportedly FaceTimed to discuss their political viewpoints and talk about recording a conversation together. Then Sanders asked her about being a mother, according to Politico.

“Motherhood is good,” Cardi B reportedly said. “But it’s tough when you’re an artist. It’s like a whole two lives that you have to balance out.”

The 26-year-old rapper is a supremely powerful ally for the senator, according to his aides, especially given her status on social media. Just before the second Democratic debate, the two met up again and recorded a video of their conversation, which was supposed to last just 15 minutes, but ended up lingering for nearly an hour. The two have spoken on the phone or in person three times in the past few months, Politico reported.

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  1. Is TPM running exclusives on every popstar/rapper/whatever who either endorses, doesn’t endorse, or otherwise can be mentioned in the same sentence as a politician (e.g. A$AP)?

  2. Avatar for 21zna9 21zna9 says:

    Why is this news?

  3. A press leak by the Sanders campaign to make him seem less old and out of step? Call me when he gets a call from someone I’ve heard of…

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    The 26-year-old rapper is a supremely powerful ally for the senator, according to his aides, especially given her status on social media.

    Hard at work winning the Twitter Primary.

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