The 2020 presidential candidate showed his brand of democratic socialism could have traction in Trump countrySign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.31pm BST Here’s video of Sanders getting booed out of the auditorium unexpectedly cheered at every turn by they Fox News town hall audience.How do you think a Sanders-Trump presidential debate would play out? Getting ahead of ourselves, you say? Maybe so. What other candidate on the Democratic side could similarly rouse a Fox News audience, then? Most or all of them? Have a go in the comments. 1.59pm BST Hello and welcome to our live blog coverage of the race to 2020. The political world is marveling this morning at how spectacularly Bernie Sanders upended expectations last night that his appearance in a Fox News town hall would somehow be bad for him.Instead, Sanders took the stage, took questions and demonstrated that on issues such as healthcare there might not be as much daylight between Fox viewers and democratic socialists as some people think: Raise your hand if you’re sick and tired of your private health insurance company. We need Medicare for All. #BernieTownHall pic.twitter.com/3euHRCjqn9Should we raise the minimum wage to a living wage? Yes!Should we rebuild our crumbling infrastructure? Yes!Should we ensure veterans get health care they earned? Yes!Should we protect Social Security and Medicare? Yes!A majority of the American people agree. #BernieTownHall pic.twitter.com/qZmuBuA6MMWow!This backfired spectacularly on Fox News. https://t.co/mlCWKdNoXH Related: Bernie in the Fox’s den: Sanders takes anti-Trump pitch straight to ‘state TV’ According to returns provided by his campaign, Sanders reported he paid $137,573 in federal taxes in 2018 and owed $8,267 in taxes for the year. Sanders and his wife, Jane Sanders, reported paying a 26% effective tax rate on his adjusted gross income. The couple reported donating $18,950 to charity, or 3.2%. Related: Bernie Sanders and Beto O’Rourke release decade worth of tax returns God bless the people of France!.@PeteButtigieg tells the French we share your sadness and also, we thank you for the gift of Notre Dame to civilization https://t.co/qXuOkeLJk5 Continue reading…
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