“And on the issue of Social Security, time and time again, Joe Biden has been clear in supporting cuts to Social Security,” Mr. Sanders argued, citing Mr. Biden’s support for a balanced-budget amendment in the 1990s that the Vermont senator said would have harmed the program.
And in Concord, N.H., on Sunday, Mr. Sanders addressed questions about gender during a New Hampshire Public Radio forum, noting that age and other factors could also sway voters’ decisions.
“If you’re looking at Buttigieg, he’s a young guy, people will say, ‘Well, he’s too young to be president,’” Mr. Sanders said, referring to Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind. “‘Look at this one, she’s a woman.’”
“So everybody brings some negatives, if you like,” he went on. “I would just hope, very much, that the American people look at the totality of a candidate, not at their gender, not at their sexuality, not at their age, but at everything. Nobody is perfect. There ain’t no perfect candidate out there.”
Patrick Healy contributed reporting from New York.
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