Mediaite.com:
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders does not believe the media scrutiny Republican Ben Carson is receiving is fair game for a presidential campaign.
Appearing Sunday morning on Meet the Press, the Vermont senator said the real problems with Carson’s candidacy are his positions on the issues, not anecdotes he recounted decades ago. Sanders slammed Carson for his views on climate change, Medicare, and taxes.
“I think it might be a better idea — I know it’s a crazy idea — but maybe we focus on the issues impacting the American people and what candidates are saying, rather than just spending so much time exploring their lives of 30 or 40 years ago,” Sanders told host Chuck Todd.
Carson has been under the media spotlight for potentially exaggerating stories involving his past, including anecdotes of a violent and tumultuous childhood, as well as whether he received a scholarship from West Point. Carson has said he stands by all of his past statements about those events, and slammed the media for its “smear campaign” against him.Sanders went on to contend that Americans are generally turned off to politics because the discussions in the media do not center around substantive issues.
Of course, Sanders' is going to continue get hated on by hypocritical Hillary surrogates as long as he stays in the race, but unlike Billary, at least he's consistent.
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