<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/478622-trump-criticizes-sanders-for-vote-against-usmca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/478622-trump-criticizes-sanders-for-vote-against-usmca</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(44, 44, 44);" class="">Team Trump criticizes Sanders for vote against USMCA<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">By Julia Manchester<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">01/16/2020</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white;" class=""><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">President Trump</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">'s reelection campaign hit Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/bernie-sanders" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Bernie Sanders</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> (I-Vt.) over his vote against the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on Thursday, accusing the senator of turning his back on American workers. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">"Socialist Bernie Sanders just proudly voted AGAINST new jobs and higher wages for Americans workers," the Trump campaign wrote in an email to supporters. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">"Sanders is willing to sacrifice blue-collar jobs and better wages, even as he enjoys flying fossil fuel burning private jets on an almost daily basis," the email continued. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">The attack on Sanders is the latest from the Trump campaign, which has recently <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477776-trump-campaign-steps-up-attacks-on-sanders" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">directed more of its fire</span></a> at the progressive senator, who has risen in the polls and in fundraising in recent months. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Last week, the Trump campaign labeled the Vermont progress a “wealthy, fossil fuel-guzzling millionaire” who “lectures Americans on how to live their lives while doing the exact opposite.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Sanders is the only Democratic presidential contender currently in the race to vote against the deal, which <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/finance/478597-senate-approves-trump-trade-deal-with-canada-mexico" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">easily passed the Senate</span></a> in an 89-10 vote on Thursday. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Fellow 2020 primary contenders Sens. </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/elizabeth-warren" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Elizabeth Warren</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> (D-Mass.), </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/amy-klobuchar" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Amy Klobuchar</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> (D-Minn.) and </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/michael-bennet" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Michael Bennet</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> (D-Colo.) voted in favor of the deal, while former candidates </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/cory-booker" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Cory Booker</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> (D-N.J.), </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/kamala-harris" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Kamala Harris</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> (D-Calif.) and </span><span class="rollover-people"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""><a href="https://thehill.com/people/kirsten-gillibrand" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Kirsten Gillibrand</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class=""> (D-N.Y.) voted against it. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Sanders was also the lone candidate on Tuesday night's debate stage in Iowa to speak out against the agreement. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">"This deal — and I think the proponents of it acknowledge — will result in the continuation of the loss of hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs as a result of outsourcing," he said. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">"The heart and soul of our disastrous trade agreements and I'm the guy who voted against NAFTA and against permanent normal trade relations with China, is that we have forced American workers to compete against people in Mexico, in China, elsewhere, who earn starvation wages, $1 or $2 an hour," he continued. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(43, 44, 48);" class="">Warren, on the other hand, called the agreement a "modest improvement" amid the trade wars that are hurting American farmers. </span></p><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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