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The 77-year-old democratic socialist from Vermont, Senator Bernie Sanders, threw his hat into the 2020 presidential race on Tuesday. And while they weren’t necessarily “feeling the Bern”, ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News touted his entrance and wondered how far left his policies have pulled the Democratic Party.
“Bernie is back. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders officially announced today he's running for president, again. In a video, he says he started the political revolution in 2016 and that he now wants to finish it,” announced ABC anchor David Muir.
Echoing Muir’s “Bernie is back” declaration, ABC congressional correspondent Mary Bruce highlighted how “the Vermont Senator sparked a progressive movement in 2016, taking on the establishment and Hillary Clinton.”
While Bruce did note how other Democratic candidates like Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and California Senator Kamala Harris were either against his policies or rejected the “democratic socialist” label (respectively), she did hype his fundraising machine. “But Sanders' fans are still feeling the Bern. On the first day of her campaign, Harris raised $1.5 million. Sanders today, raising $1.2 million in just the first three hours.”
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