Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Clinton Would Be Wise to Denounce Howard Dean

His insinuations about Trump's sniffles are as outrageous as Republican slurs about Obama.

September 28, 2016 at 7:54 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

He went way too far.
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Here’s another test for the Democratic Party: How firmly can it reject the irresponsible accusation by former Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean that Donald Trump was sniffling during the debate because he was using cocaine?

Dean tweeted out his claim on Monday night, and then stuck with it on Tuesday.