The editors of NY Times’s Gay: Biden’s platform ‘much more liberal’ than Obama’s in 2008

New York Times editor Mara Gay told MSNBC on Tuesday Joe BidenJoe BidenHarris promises to fight for the ideal of the country by accepting VP nomination. Pelosi paints Trump and McConnell as twin voices to move forward. Democratic stars create unrest over attacks on Trump MOREThe platform is “much more liberal than that Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaDemocratic stars unleash anger at attacks on Trump Obama calls on Trump to use military force against protesters Obama throws out Trump as a threat to democracy MORE‘s was years ago, “adding that it was” more similar “to Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersWarren praises Biden, Harris policy: ‘I love a good plan’ Clinton rejects Trump, asks Democrats to vote Yang criticizes ‘patronizing element’ of Democratic messaging ahead of conventional speech MORE‘s (I-Vt.) platform.

‘I think something funny, Biden’s platform was much more liberal years ago than that of Barack Obama, and so when we saw that as editors, we were kind of blown away by how much more similar it is to Bernie Sanders’ platform. in some ways than Barack Obama in 2008, ”Gay told Nicolle Wallace of MSNBC.

Biden defeated Sanders and other progressive politicians in the Democratic primary, and has since faced pressure to move further to the left. Officials from the Sanders and Biden campaigns worked in groups together ahead of the Democratic platform.

While the platform does not endorse the Green New Deal initiative or “Medicare for All,” both of Sanders’ top priorities, it does support a public health care option that was dismissed as too ambitious during the ObamaCare debate.

The Trump campaign as part of its re-release message claims that Biden would take the country too far to the left.

An August poll from Hill-HarrisX shows voters see Biden as more moderate than President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Memo: Obama goes into battle, impoverishes Trump Harris’ duty to fight for the country’s ideals in accepting VP nomination. Pelosi paints Trump and McConnell as twin barriers to more progress, with 33 percent of registered voters saying Biden is mediocre, compared to 20 percent who say the same about Trump.

The poll also found that more voters consider Trump to be conservative than Biden to be liberal.

Ninety percent of Republicans consider Trump to be “something” or “very” conservative, compared to 41 percent of Democrats who consider Biden to be “something” as “very” liberal.