Bernie Sanders Isn't Giving Up His Fight

[Uncle Joe]

The senator worries that too many Democrats remain reluctant to shake up the system. But he does not regret defending Joseph R. Biden Jr. until the very end.

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Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, said in an interview: “I am 83 years old. I do not think I’m going to be running for president” in 2028. Credit...Tom Brenner for The New York Times

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On Friday and Saturday, Mr. Sanders, the longtime independent, plans to hold campaign-style rallies in Omaha and Iowa City. He hopes the two events will pressure the House Republicans who represent those areas to break from Mr. Trump when they vote next month on the federal budget.

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Who do you think is doing a good job of articulating an effective message in opposition to Trump?

I don’t want to get into personalities. There are a number of people in the House, the Senate and elsewhere who are doing a really good job. But I think the point is, it’s not good enough to attack Trump’s policies of tax breaks for the rich and cuts to Medicaid and other desperately needed programs. It’s not good enough to attack his authoritarianism.

When you have a corrupt political system that allows Musk and other multibillionaires in both political parties to contribute huge amounts of money, the system is broken, period. And you can’t patch it up a little here and a little there.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/bernie-sanders-iowa-trump.html