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TexasTowelie

(116,799 posts)
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 03:14 AM Jul 2018

Biden joins Maryland Democrats to rally behind Ben Jealous' campaign for governor

Former Vice President Joe Biden joined Maryland Democrats Saturday night at Camden Yards to rally support for Ben Jealous as he mounts his campaign against Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, just four days after winning his party’s contested primary.

The former Delaware senator said Democrats need to end inner-party bickering to take back Congress and win local and state elections to defeat a Republican Party that he said favors corporations and wealthy donors over middle-class, working families.

“We have to stop them,” Biden told a crowd of 250 at the Jealous fundraiser. “We can’t do it if we’re divided.”

Biden was joined by the Maryland Democratic Party’s biggest names and representatives of the campaigns that rivaled Jealous. Among the Democratic leaders were Sen. Ben Cardin, former Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, and Reps. Elijah Cummings, John Sarbanes and C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-joe-biden-democrats-20180630-story.html

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Biden joins Maryland Democrats to rally behind Ben Jealous' campaign for governor (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2018 OP
This is great news! elleng Jul 2018 #1
This is very impt., good for Biden. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #2

elleng

(136,071 posts)
1. This is great news!
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 09:27 AM
Jul 2018

Happy to see Dems rallying behind our candidate. (Shouldn't be a surprise, of course. Some big names here.)

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