New York City mayor and former 2020 candidate Bill de Blasio endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the Democratic primary on Friday.
“I am standing with Bernie because he stands with working families, and always has,” de Blasio said in his endorsement. “New Yorkers know all too well the damage caused by Donald Trump’s xenophobia, bigotry and recklessness, and Bernie is the candidate to take him on and take him down.”
Sanders, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, said he was “so proud to have the support of a New York City Mayor fighting every day to improve the lives of New Yorkers.”
“Bill is a leading example of what bringing the Democratic Party together around so-called ‘radical ideas’ like universal pre-K, paid family and sick leave, and defending our immigrant neighbors can do for our country,” the senator said.
De Blasio was one of the many Democrats who joined the 2020 race. He ended his campaign in September and declined to issue an endorsement at the time, saying only that Joe Biden was “not presenting that agenda that will energize that vote.”
Any trenchant analysis on what Sanders promised DeBlasio should Sanders become president?
I don’t want to hear anyone say that Bernie’s ideas are impossible. This notion that Sanders is promising everyone unicorns is just a ridiculous smear. If you bothered to read his actual platform, it’s well-established that his policies are based on magical ponies, not unicorns. Unicorns have wings and don’t exist, whereas everyone knows that magical ponies do not need wings to fly, and are dedicated to lives of public service sprinkling faerie dust in the world of imagination. So, c’mon people, let’s not have any baseless attacks.
Was Bernie heard yelling Please Don’t??? hahahahaha
Sorry but I fail to see how this is a good endorsement when deBlasio has had nothing but problems.
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Go, Bernie!
I guess De Blasio did this because Sanders is the front runner.