Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party and Zohran Mamdani
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Vt., on Wednesday attacked Democrat leaders, claiming they did not support New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani or Senate hopeful Graham Platner in Maine.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said a string of Democratic victories on Tuesday, including Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral race, delivers a clear message for 2026: that voters are rejecting "Trumpism.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders congratulated New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on his victory. Noting that Mamdani had started at 1% in the polls, the 84-year-old legislator lauded the progressive's victory as one of the biggest and most sudden triumphs in recent American history on social media.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who backed Zohran Mamdani, said in a social-media post that New York City’s next mayor “pulled off one of the great political upsets in modern American history.” “Yes. We CAN create a government that represents working people and not the 1%,
Sanders said, "I don't like Trump, you know, but we should have a secure border and it ain't that hard to do."
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) recently praised Trump's border crackdown, saying Biden's immigration policy "didn't do it."
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is a new leader of the Democratic Party by virtue of winning his race on Tuesday. In an interview on CNN’s “The Source,
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Bernie Sanders Says a Mamdani Win Can Transform American Politics
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, Sanders says Mamdani can show Democrats how to campaign—and govern—for the working class.
This may be the most consequential moment in American history since the Civil War,” the progressive senator warned.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Thursday that President Donald Trump is "prepared to undermine American democracy in order to stay in power," and called for an independent commission to oversee the upcoming U.