2020 Election
One Month from Election Day, Cornell for Biden Sees Little Enthusiasm
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With the presidential election less than one month away, Cornell for Biden is a strikingly small organization.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cornell_democrats/)
With the presidential election less than one month away, Cornell for Biden is a strikingly small organization.
On campus, in Collegetown and across the nation, some Cornellians in politically-involved groups tuned into Tuesday’s chaotic presidential debate, many through Zoom watch parties.
In an October Letter to the Editor, the E-Board of the Cornell Republicans lied to readers of The Sun. They boldly asserted that they “are an organization that relishes the opportunity to engage in good-faith debate,” yet when the national conversation turned to police brutality and the daily endangerment of black lives by law enforcement, they stayed notably silent. Their social media makes absolutely no mention of the murder of George Floyd nor any protests. Neither does their website. They have issued no public statement on the vitally important discourse on police brutality reverberating throughout our country.
We are confident that these women will not only unseat the Republican incumbents but will also pave the way for a better future in our community and beyond.
On Wednesday April 8, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. The Cornell Democrats want unity among Cornell for Biden and Students for Bernie groups.
In the days leading up to Halloween, visitors to Willard Straight Hall’s lobby may have noticed pumpkins for sale that looked, well, familiar: Radiant orange, and topped with a distinctive blonde hair combover, the miniature pumpkins bore a resemblance to President Donald Trump.
Only a few hours before Gov. Scott Walker‘s (R-Wis.) planned talk at Cornell on Nov. 4, a student panel and Prof. Lee Adler plan to host a discussion on the former governor’s contentious union legacy.
Former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton directed an unsavory comment at Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-H.I.) last Thursday, saying that the Russians were “grooming” a Democratic candidate for president. This baseless name-calling is not only divisive but also unnecessary. As Cornellians gearing up for campus debates on the 2019 election and the 2020 presidential election, we should take note. The evidence Clinton used to support her already hard-to-believe claim about Gabbard on a segment of the podcast “Campaign HQ” was porous. Apparently, “They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far,” she said.
Leaders of campus political organizations had mixed reactions to the news about the impeachment inquiry of President Donald J. Trump.
In four hundred and eighteen days, election day 2020 will be here. It may seem far in the distance, especially when many students seem to operate on a hours-until-next-prelim timeline. But the field of Democratic candidates has already been winnowed down to the ten who qualify to take to the stage in Houston tomorrow. Whether you’re part of the “Yang Gang,” “All In for Warren,” “Feeling the Bern” or still want to “Make America Great Again,” anyone can attend one of these debate watch parties Thursday night.