Quoting a line from an editorial by The Wall Street Journal, President Donald Trump doused the Democratic primary candidates with shade, rebuking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's impeachment misfire.
Trump tweeted:
"Wall Street Journal Editorial: 'She (Crazy Nancy) aimed at Trump and hit Uncle Joe."
The line came from the Journal editorial titled: "Bernie Sanders Makes His Charge: Republicans say he can't win. That's what Hillary Clinton said about Donald Trump."
The editorial positions Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as the leader of the Democratic primary because of his historically strong New Hampshire presence leading into the primary there Tuesday night.
"All of this is a credit to Mr. Sanders' grassroots appeal," the editorial board wrote. "He has struck a chord in particular with millennial voters who don't recall the miseries of Cold War-era socialism.
"The Senator is running as an outsider in an era when millions of Americans mistrust elite institutions. Not unlike Donald Trump, he campaigns as a fighter for those left behind. The difference is that his foils are corporations and the wealthy, the classic targets of left-wing populists."
Sanders' rise has put former Vice President Joe Biden on decline, perhaps because of the impeachment saga that managed to damage his candidacy.
"Mr. Biden finished fourth in Iowa and might be the collateral damage of Nancy Pelosi's impeachment missile," the board wrote. "She aimed at Mr. Trump and hit Uncle Joe."
Despite the president's celebration on Twitter, Republican might be careful for what they wish for, the Journal's board wrote.
"Republicans will be tempted to cheer, thinking Mr. Trump would trounce Mr. Sanders," the board concluded. "Some GOP officials in South Carolina, the Charleston Post and Courier reports, plan to urge Republicans to vote for Bernie in the state's open primary. This is playing with fire.
"Mr. Sanders is beating Mr. Trump in most head-to-head polls in key states, and simply labeling him a socialist won’t be enough. In this politically volatile age, the impossible can soon become inevitable. Ask the Democrats who rejoiced when the GOP nominated Mr. Trump."
Eric Mack ✉
Eric Mack has been a writer and editor at Newsmax since 2016. He is a 1998 Syracuse University journalism graduate and a New York Press Association award-winning writer.
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