Sanders signs pledge to run for president as Democrat [View all]

[brooklynite]

The Hill

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) signed a pledge on Tuesday agreeing to run for president as a Democrat, a spokesperson for the longtime independent’s campaign said.

The move came in response to a rule passed by the Democratic National Committee last year that anyone seeking the party’s 2020 presidential nomination must do so as a Democrat.

That rule change was seen by Sanders’s supporters as a direct response to the Vermont senator, who identifies as a democratic socialist and has long refused to consider himself a member of the party despite caucusing with Democrats in the Senate.

To be sure, Sanders filed to run for president last month as a Democrat. But he also filed on Monday to run for reelection to his Senate seat in 2024 as an independent.