{"id":2237652,"date":"2024-05-05T13:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-comparison-of-gaza-and-vietnam-an-over-exaggeration-biden-campaign-co-chairman\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T17:02:14","slug":"sanders-comparison-of-gaza-and-vietnam-an-over-exaggeration-biden-campaign-co-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-comparison-of-gaza-and-vietnam-an-over-exaggeration-biden-campaign-co-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Campaign Co-Chair Dismisses Sanders&#8217; Gaza-Vietnam Comparison as Overstated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsanders-comparison-of-gaza-and-vietnam-an-over-exaggeration-biden-campaign-co-chairman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237652&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont sparked controversy by comparing the Gaza conflict to President Biden&#8217;s potential\u200c &#8220;Vietnam.&#8221; Sanders \u2064suggested to CNN that Biden&#8217;s actions in Gaza could have \u200bserious repercussions, akin to President Johnson&#8217;s decisions during the\u2064 Vietnam War. Biden&#8217;s campaign co-chair, Mitch Landrieu, dismissed Sanders&#8217; comparison \u2063as exaggerated. Senator Bernie Sanders created a stir by likening the Gaza conflict\u200b to a potential &#8220;Vietnam&#8221; for President Biden.\u2064 Speaking to CNN, Sanders warned \u2064that Biden&#8217;s actions in Gaza could have significant consequences similar to President Johnson&#8217;s decisions during the Vietnam War. Biden&#8217;s campaign co-chair, Mitch Landrieu, viewed Sanders&#8217;\u200c comparison as exaggerated.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bernie Sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) ruffled feathers last week by saying that the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bernie Sanders\">Gaza<\/a> may be President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bernie Sanders\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s \u201cVietnam,\u201d but Biden campaign co-chairman Mitch Landrieu believes that is an \u201cover-exaggeration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/business\/live-news\/university-protests-pro-palestinian-israel-05-03-24\/h_84deba6fa50b56c3cfc25de7d12043dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> CNN last week that Biden\u2019s handling of the war in Gaza may be what will lead to his undoing, similar to President Lyndon Johnson\u2019s handling of the Vietnam War caused him to not seek reelection. Landrieu was asked about Sanders\u2019s comments on CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think comparing it to Vietnam is an over-exaggeration. This is a very different circumstance. I think there are people who actually lived through that very difficult time that would say that this isn\u2019t comparable,\u201d Landrieu said. \u201cHowever, that is not to say that this is not a very serious matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Landrieu emphasized that with the war in Gaza between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> and Hamas, there are \u201cnot a lot of great options on the table for anybody.\u201d He also pointed to how Biden has called for a ceasefire, the release of the hostages held by Hamas, and humanitarian aid to get into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign co-chair also claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uganda-halts-vote-campaigning-in-some-areas-opposition-cries-foul\/\" title=\"Uganda halts vote campaigning in some areas, opposition cries foul\">young people<\/a> still have \u201cwonderful\u201d reasons to support Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in November<\/a>, despite disagreeing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">president\u2019<\/a>s stance on the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung people have a wonderful reason to vote for Joe Biden because they are interested in climate, they\u2019re interested in their freedoms being taken away, they interested in relief of student debt,\u201d Landrieu said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s response to the war in Gaza has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/traders-are-starting-to-rush-for-the-exits-in-the-worlds-biggest-commodities-markets\/\" title=\"Traders are Starting to Rush for the Exits in the World\u2019s Biggest Commodities Markets\">caused uproar<\/a> from both sides, with Biden\u2019s approval of his handling of the conflict at 39%, <a href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/key-results-april-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> a recent Harvard-Harris poll.<\/p>\n<p>On college campuses across the country, anti-Israel protesters have called for universities to divest from Israel \u2014 with many of the protesters attempting to draw comparisons to student protests against the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Bernie Sanders stirred controversy by likening the Gaza conflict to President Biden&#8217;s &#8220;Vietnam.&#8221; However, Biden&#8217;s campaign co-chair, Mitch Landrieu, views it as an exaggerated comparison. Sanders warned on CNN that Biden&#8217;s approach to Gaza could be his downfall, drawing parallels to historical events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2237653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23255772948999-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23255772948999-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}