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Why Sanders, AOC threw Biden a lifeline as his candidacy floundered
As the spectacle of actor George Clooney and other Democrats calling on President Biden to abandon his reelection bid consumed Washington on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was at the White House, discussing a policy agenda for Biden’s second term. …