Senator Bernie Sanders, the front-runner on the Democratic Party’s left, called on Joe Biden to retain the Democratic nomination in the US presidential election, despite doubts about his health, in a New York Times op-ed on Saturday. According to him, if Biden runs an effective campaign that primarily appeals to the working class, he will defeat Trump “by a huge margin.”
“Enough! Mr. Biden may not be the perfect candidate, but he will be the candidate, definitely the candidate. And thanks to an effective campaign that appeals to and appeals to working families, he will not only beat Trump, but beat him. By a huge margin,” the left-wing senator from New York said. said a column in the Times. “Stop debating and teasing (Biden)” Democrats
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On Wednesday, Sanders outlined Biden’s “path to victory” on NBC News, calling for raising the minimum wage, expanding Medicare benefits, expanding the child tax credit and raising taxes on the wealthy. “Biden and the Democrats can win this election if they address the needs of the working class,” Sanders said. – Americans want change. But there is no change in Trump’s reactionary and racist policies. He said that change is needed to benefit working families.
In the past, Sanders has run for the Democratic presidential nomination several times. He also competed with Joe Biden.
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