memeorandum: Bernie Sanders Condemns Threats Against Ann Coulter Speech At Berkeley (Daniel Marans/The Huffington Post)

4:11 AM ET, April 23, 2017

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Brandon Carter / The Hill:

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Daniel Marans / The Huffington Post:

Bernie Sanders Condemns Threats Against Ann Coulter Speech At Berkeley — “To me, it's a sign of intellectual weakness.” — OMAHA Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized the security threats to a speaking event by conservative pundit Ann Coulter at the University of California, Berkeley that prompted the school to postpone the talk.

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