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Because whether you’re ready or not, here it comes. CNN says they’re webcasting it live here.
According to the latest Marist poll, Clinton now leads Sanders for the April 19 New York primary by 17 points, so things aren’t looking good for Bernie in the Big Apple.
And there’s another piece of news today that could negatively impact Sanders’ chances in New York, where Clinton is already leading among Jewish voters by 33 percentage points: Bernie Sanders Suspends Jewish Outreach Coordinator After Reports of Her Criticisms of Israel.
Two days after the announcement of her hiring, the Sanders presidential campaign suspended its national Jewish outreach coordinator, Simone Zimmerman, on Thursday after revelations that she had posted vulgarities about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Facebook.
“She has been suspended while we investigate the matter,” Michael Briggs, a spokesman for Senator Bernie Sanders, wrote in an email.
Ms. Zimmerman’s suspension comes after a report on Wednesday in The Washington Free Beacon, which found a Facebook post in which she used a vulgarity and described Mr. Netanyahu as “arrogant, deceptive, cynical” and “manipulative.” She then used more aggressive language and continued that he had “sanctioned the murder of over 2,000 people this summer.”