Bernie Sanders, 77, 'set to announce he will run for president in 2020' three years after fighting Democratic primary race against Hillary Clinton
Sanders forcefully denounced President Trump as a 'racist' on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in South Carolina, a crucial presidential primary state.
Attending remarks at an NAACP event in the Palmetto State's capitol, Sanders said that 'a president is supposed to do is to bring us together,' yet Trump is 'trying to divide us up by the color of our skin, by our gender, by the country that we came from, by our religion.'
'Today we talk about justice and today we talk about racism, and I must tell you it gives me no pleasure to tell you that we now have a President of the United States who is a racist,' the senator asserted.
The assault on Trump was the clearest signals to date that Sanders was likely seek the Oval Office again in 2020.
Sanders, an independent senator, nearly defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 contest for the Democratic nomination.
He was widely expected to try for the White House again, even though this race would pit him against progressive allies like Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
His 2016 campaign was considered a success, even though he fell short to the eventual nominee, Hillary Clinton.
Initially, Sanders was considered a longshot, but he did manage to win primaries.
Sanders won a large enough chunk of the votes that he gained a following within the Democratic Party, forcing it to adopt a number of his positions.
- Independent senator Sanders, 'plans to announce his bid imminently'
- Early polls show him as one of the top candidates in the Democratic primary field
- Source said 'he is the most popular elected official in the country right now'
- Sanders denounced President Trump as a 'racist' on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Was clearest signal to date he was likely seek the Oval Office again in 2020
- Nearly defeated Clinton in the 2016 contest for the Democratic nomination
- 2016 campaign considered a success after he was seen initially as a long shot
Sanders forcefully denounced President Trump as a 'racist' on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in South Carolina, a crucial presidential primary state.
Attending remarks at an NAACP event in the Palmetto State's capitol, Sanders said that 'a president is supposed to do is to bring us together,' yet Trump is 'trying to divide us up by the color of our skin, by our gender, by the country that we came from, by our religion.'
'Today we talk about justice and today we talk about racism, and I must tell you it gives me no pleasure to tell you that we now have a President of the United States who is a racist,' the senator asserted.
The assault on Trump was the clearest signals to date that Sanders was likely seek the Oval Office again in 2020.
Sanders, an independent senator, nearly defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 contest for the Democratic nomination.
He was widely expected to try for the White House again, even though this race would pit him against progressive allies like Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
His 2016 campaign was considered a success, even though he fell short to the eventual nominee, Hillary Clinton.
Initially, Sanders was considered a longshot, but he did manage to win primaries.
Sanders won a large enough chunk of the votes that he gained a following within the Democratic Party, forcing it to adopt a number of his positions.
