In the month since his 2020 exit, Sanders has sent mixed signals [View all]
Since the start of his 2020 campaign, Sanders, an independent from Vermont, assured anyone who asked that he planned to support the Democratic nominee. Less than a week after ending his campaign, he joined Biden in a livestream to announce his endorsement of the former vice president — far earlier than in 2016, when he took more than a month before endorsing then-rival Hillary Clinton.
But with a section of Sanders supporters, almost 1 out of 4 according to a recent poll, still less than enthusiastic about getting behind the 77-year old Biden, Sanders — himself 78 — has shown little effort to bring them aboard so far.
“I think it could be a problem if Bernie doesn’t begin to weave the importance of supporting Joe Biden into his public discourse,” former Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat of Missouri, said in an interview. “He has not done that yet."
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But Sanders hasn’t used his unmatched email list to fundraise for Biden, despite doing so in recent weeks for COVID-19-related causes and progressive congressional candidates who’ve supported his candidacy in the past.
His livestream events with high-profile guests including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have largely focused on the pandemic but haven’t referred to Biden, his campaign or his plans.
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