DNC: We're Fine With Bernie Sanders Going on Fox News

[brooklynite]

The Daily Beast

One month after the Democratic Party announced that Fox News would be prohibited from hosting a 2020 primary debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has agreed to do a town hall with the network.

The event, which will take place on April 15, will be hosted by two of the network’s news-side anchors—Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum—making the interview more palatable for Sanders’ campaign. Moreover, the senator will not be the first Democrat running for president to appear on Fox News. A week-and-a-half ago, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg did a sit-down interview for Fox News Sunday.

But the decision by Sanders, who is one of the leading Democratic candidates in the race, sparked swift backlash among progressive media operatives, who suggested that the senator would legitimize a network whose programming has been so clearly geared towards boosting Donald Trump.

Sanders has long touted himself as a politician eager to engage unorthodox audiences, in addition to one who can bring back disaffected Democrats who decided to support Trump. He appeared at a Fox News town hall in 2016 (though, to be fair, Hillary Clinton did too!).

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Glad to hear this... Bernie has shown that his progressive agenda can reach a broad audience.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Kentonio]

2. Legitimize? For christs sake..

Bernie went to Liberty U back in the last primary and it resulted in some changed minds amongst the kids. It's never a bad idea to talk to people with very different beliefs, and try and find areas of agreement. Unless we want a permanent situation where one half of the country never speaks to the other.