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Symone Sanders-Townsend

1989–

United States

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Symone Danielle Sanders-Townsend (born December 10, 1989) is an American political strategist and political commentator who hosts MS NOW's The Weeknight. A former member of the Democratic Party, she served as national press secretary for Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. In October 2016, she was hired as a political commentator by CNN. In April 2019, Sanders joined the 2020 presidential campaign of former vice president Joe Biden as a senior advisor, and after Biden won the election, was named chief spokesperson and a senior advisor for his vice president, Kamala Harris.

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