Sanders sought a more personal connection and O’Rourke added more specifics as both responded to criticisms of their campaigns.
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. National political reporter covering the 2020 presidential campaign. Email Bio Follow Holly Bailey Holly Bailey National Political Reporter Email Bio Follow April 7 at 8:02 PM MALCOM, Iowa — Poweshiek County has fewer than 19,000 residents, but the glare of the national political spotlight was focused on this tiny spot between Des Moines and Iowa City, as the campaign paths of Sen.
“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. 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.
O’Rourke announced last week that he had raised $9.4 million in 18 days, a clip of more than half a million dollars a day. Sanders leads the Democratic field in fundraising, having raised $18 million in 41 days. Warming up the crowd before Sanders spoke in Muscatine, former Ohio state senator Nina Turner, a co-chair of Sanders’s campaign, told the crowd: “This is a town hall to go deeper than we usually get to go.”
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