Andrea Mitchell Forgets That Bernie Sanders Calls Himself a Socialist

Scott Whitlock | July 24, 2015
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Andrea Mitchell apparently had a brain freeze on Friday as she tried to come up with a synonym for the "progressive" policies of Bernie Sanders. While discussing Hillary Clinton, Mitchell stumbled, "It is her trying to walk the line between the far more progressive and far more–  I don't know what to call them other than the progressive policies – of Bernie Sanders which have caught fire certainly in Iowa."  Mitchell "doesn't know what to call" the policies of Bernie Sanders?  Bernie Sanders has repeatedly called himself a socialist. So, how about starting there?