The Democratic candidates are literally bumping into each other on the trail by hunterw
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, one of the 12 top candidates in the crowded Democratic presidential primary, spent a lot of time last weekend with Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who says he is going to make a decision about whether to enter the fold by the end of this month. The pair both attended an oyster roast thrown by the Dorchester County Democratic Party in South Carolina on Saturday.
And the candidates weren’t done with each other after that flight. Brown, Booker and Sanders all attended the breakfast and made short speeches. A fourth presidential campaigner, Julián Castro, the former HUD secretary and mayor of San Antonio, was also supposed to be there. Castro was scheduled to appear at the breakfast, but on Sunday morning, he abruptly announced he would not attend. Castro’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment about why he missed the event.
Meanwhile, back in Alabama last Sunday, Booker and Brown both participated in a church service and the annual march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma following their breakfast. At times, the potential presidential pair were nearly arm in arm as they sang spirituals and protest songs. At the foot of the bridge, they were joined by a Democratic candidate from 2016, Hillary Clinton, who, at that point, was still being coy about whether she would run again in 2020.
The following day, Clinton officially declared she won’t be running again next year. On Tuesday, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, who had been laying ground work in early states for a potential campaign, also took himself out of the running. Seven hours after Merkley’s announcement, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg also ended his flirtation with the race.
Brown accused the Republicans of using tactics like voter suppression and “name calling” because the party doesn’t otherwise have the majority needed to win nationally.“We have some disagreements,” Brown continued, “but our goal is to make sure this president doesn’t inflict four more years of damage to our great country.”
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