Bernie Sanders’ new candidacy is also part of heated debates surrounding the aging of the American political class. Joe Biden is 81 years old and Donald Trump, his Republican rival, is 77.
US Senator Bernie Sanders, 82 years old and former candidate for the White House, announced this Monday that he will run again for the upper house of Congress in the elections scheduled for November.
“I announce today (Monday) my intention to run for a new term,” the independent representative, elected by the state of Vermont, in the northeastern United States, said in a statement.
Bernie Sanders has been known for more than 40 years for promoting socialist ideas.often considered utopian or inconceivable in the United States, being quite popular among progressive voters, especially among young people.
He was a candidate for the White House in 2016 and again in 2020, coming second in both Democratic Party primaries.
Despite losing the presidential nomination to Joe Biden four years ago, the senator has since generally supported the policies pursued by his former Democratic opponent in the White House.
Bernie Sanders has beenhowever, very critical in recent weeks of the Biden administration’s support for Israelcriticizing the “humanitarian disaster” in the Gaza Strip and the “atrocious policies” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The pro-Palestinian mobilization that is shaking American universities, warned the independent senator, “could be Biden’s Vietnam,” who fears losing “not only young people, but also a large part of the Democratic base.”
Bernie Sanders’ new candidacy is also part of heated debates surrounding the aging of the American political class.
The current president, Joe Biden, is 81 years old and Donald Trump, his Republican rival in the November presidential election, is 77.
Source: Observadora
