In Iowa, Bernie Sanders and Beto O'Rourke change up their styles to win over skeptical voters

[TexasTowelie]

For O’Rourke, who has been accused of being heavy on rhetoric and skimpy on policy specifics, it meant talking to voters in all the detail and length he could muster.

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke during a campaign rally Sunday at the University of Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“Let me try again,” he said at Grinnell College after being asked a second time for more specifics of his platforms to address climate change and police violence.

“When it comes to police violence against those who they are sworn to serve and protect I talked about transparency, accountability, tying federal funds to full reporting on use of force and against whom forced is used,” he said. “I talked about invoking the civil rights laws of the United States to transcend local and state jurisdictions to make sure the full weight and power and accountability of the federal government comes into play to make sure we protect the lives of those in our community.”

This weekend in Iowa, he met many who gushed over him, saying he reminded them of John F. Kennedy. But he also encountered skeptics who told him they want the details behind his lofty rhetoric.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-iowa-bernie-sanders-and-beto-orourke-change-up-their-styles-to-win-over-skeptical-voters/2019/04/07/887b2812-5937-11e9-842d-7d3ed7eb3957_story.html

[Peacetrain]

1. Hubby went over to Iowa City to see Beto on Sunday..

He was about an hour late..happens..but it was obvious that he is tired.. he has been burning the candle at both ends.. and he needs to take a day or two off.. also.. hubby said he took a few questions and one or two of them seemed a little off the beam.. and wondered if he had already acquired the right wing stalkers our people get when they start making noise and gaining popularity....they also could have just been a little different..

[TexasTowelie]

3. I think that he could also be acquiring stalkers from the left. nt

[RobertDevereaux]

2. And from the same article...

For Sanders (I-Vt.), who has been criticized for having little interaction with voters, that meant answering dozens of questions from people in Malcom about whatever they wanted to discuss: student aid for undocumented immigrants, a universal basic income or criminal justice legislation.

At one point during his town hall, an aide warned Sanders they were running short on time and “this will have to be the last question.”

“No,” Sanders replied. “We have time to take one or two more.” Then he took a question about his plan to raise the minimum wage.

[comradebillyboy]

4. Bernie just got Steve King's endorsement of his immigration position.

So that ought to help nail down the white vote in Iowa.

[Peacetrain]

5. You were not kidding

I had to go and look it up... I am from Iowa... speechless..it was on twitter..

"Bernie Sanders is closer 2 my position on immigration than a wing of GOP. Avowed socialist is opposed 2 open borders."

[comradebillyboy]

6. Here's the tweet...

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