During his presidential campaign, Sen.
Almost 80 percent of Utah Democrats backed Sanders in the March 2016 presidential preference votes over the party's eventual nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Whether it was a wayward comment or something more targeted at Ossoff's brand of progressivism, it's unlikely to help Democrats "come together" very soon.
Bernie Sanders has embarked on a "Come Together and Fight Back" tour with with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez. The tour will take them from ME to eight other states, including Florida, Arizona, Montana and Nevada.
"It's a pivotal moment in American history", he said, when Republican leadership in Washington is attempting to take 24 million people off health insurance while reducing Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and proposing tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. When members in the audience chanted "Bernie!"
Sanders told reporters he did not come to Kentucky "to convince anybody", but said it was "absurd" that Kentucky's elected officials, including the Senate Majority Leader McConnell, would push so hard for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
The Perez-Sanders tour will not go through any state holding a congressional election soon, though it will boost Heath Mello, the Democrat running for mayor of Omaha.
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"If Bernie wants to do something about the Democratic Party, he ought to join the damn Democratic Party", said Hastings, 80.
In the same interview, Sanders said that they had to "have the guts to point the finger at the ruling class of this country - the billionaire class and Wall Street - and say 'You know what, your greed is destroying this country'". In the process, opponents are calling into question Sanders' status as a pro-choice politician, his commitment to women's rights and how progressive his agenda really is, which could also backfire on the Democrats as they try to use Sanders' popularity and message of a "bold" era of progressivism to bolster the party during the 2018 midterm elections and beyond.
Sanders didn't draw almost as big an audience as President Donald Trump did when he came to town for a rally last month, but his message of unity was well-received Tuesday at the Louisville Palace.
Sanders drew thousands to a rally at the civic center in Portland in July 2015, showing he was more than a fringe candidate.
Earlier Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Delray Beach, voiced doubt about Sanders' role in rebuilding the party.
On the eve of the election, it was not just large segments of the political media and Clinton supporters and allies who expected her to win. "People might see their mistakes in not supporting him last time", the community college student said.
"If you run as a Democrat, you're a Democrat", Sanders said. Three hours before it kicked off, for example, many "Feel the Bern" T-shirt-wearing folks had lined up outside the Louisville Palace. She's increasingly become involved with politics since Trump's inauguration and worries that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people will suffer under his administration. They're going to Arizona.
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