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The Run-Up

Bernie Sanders Thinks Trump Fever Has Broken

The Run-Up

The New York Times

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Vice President Harris announced that Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, would be her running mate, Astead sat down with Senator Bernie Sanders in Burlington, Vt. Mr. Sanders, the Vermont progressive who has twice run for president himself, supported the choice of Mr. Walz. But a Harris-Walz ticket was not what he was envisioning for 2024. He was a staunch defender of President Biden remaining in the race, arguing that Mr. Biden was best positioned to defeat former president Donald Trump. Now, since Mr. Biden bowed out and Ms. Harris has stepped in, Mr. Sanders has raised questions about what the Harris campaign’s economic message will be and how she will position herself. More recently though, Mr. Sanders has been on the campaign trail for Ms. Harris. His journey is indicative of a larger question facing the progressive wing of the Democratic Party — a question we explore today. With this new Democratic ticket, are progressives all in for Harris?

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0:00.0

Hello, how are you?

0:05.0

Earlier this week, I traveled up to Burlington, Vermont,

0:09.0

to a creaky old New England office building,

0:12.0

to meet with Senator Bernie Sanders for an interview at his campaign

0:16.2

headquarters.

0:17.2

This wall so I was thrown by a whole day off.

0:20.3

She's a producer and I shall take him. I wanted to talk with Sanders for a number of reasons, but especially after the

0:30.0

whiplash of last month. He was a staunch defender of President Biden staying in the race, saying

0:36.9

it was the best way to defeat Donald Trump, even as prominent Democrats, urged Biden

0:42.4

to drop out.

0:44.1

And since Biden has bowed out, and Vice President Kamala Harris has stepped in.

0:49.4

Sanders has had questions about what Harris's economic message will be and where she will

0:54.8

position herself particularly through her choice of running main. But more recently

1:00.5

he's been on the trail for her.

1:03.5

And that journey, to me, is indicative of a larger question facing the progressive wing

1:08.9

of the Democratic Party.

1:11.7

With this new Democratic ticket, are they all in for Harris.

1:15.0

From the New York Times, I'm a Stet Hernton.

1:20.0

This is the run-up.

1:26.0

Thank you for doing this.

1:27.0

This is going to run on our Thursday episode of The Run-Up, The Times Politics

1:31.9

Podcast.

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