Guardian UK: Bernie Sanders rejects 'vicious' attack over his support for UK Labour leader

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Bernie Sanders rejects 'vicious' attack over his support for UK Labour leader
Democratic presidential candidate accuses Super Pac associated with Hillary Clinton of crude slur after it reportedly criticised his support for Jeremy Corbyn


An uneasy truce between Democratic presidential frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders broke down on Tuesday as the Vermont senator accused a group associated with the former secretary of state of a “vicious” attack on his support for new British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

In a war of words that heralds a new phase in the hitherto relatively polite Democratic primary campaign, Sanders was reportedly criticised over his backing of Corbyn – the leftwing socialist who came from nowhere to win a landslide victory in the Labour leadership contest on Saturday – by Correct the Record, a so-called Super Pac that raises unlimited sums from wealthy donors to support Clinton.

According to journalists who received an email from the group, it attacked Sanders for congratulating Corbyn on winning the Labour leadership election and drew attention to the British politician’s “most extreme comments” on foreign policy.

Many of the alleged comments, such as remarks referring to Hamas and Hezbollah as “friends” and the death of Osama bin Laden as a “tragedy” are similar to attacks on Corbyn from rightwing critics in Britain that his supporters say are based on distortions of his positions. .......................(more)

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/15/bernie-sanders-clinton-super-pac-jeremy-corbyn

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1. The truce didn't "break down," HRC and her PAC broke it.

Sanders didn't fail to negotiate or something.

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2. If Clinton's campaign is still linked to the Blairite wing of Labour

Then this sort of attack should not be unexpected.

The UK Labour party is in open civil war right now and if it gets tangled up with the Democratic Primary the result could be pretty messy for you guys.