Bernie Sanders has officially announced he will be running for the president in 2020 and he is seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party.

The announcement was not met with Universal Fanfare, many people view him as a particularly divisive figure.

According to Gallup and Pew, most Democrats lean more moderate and want to move more moderate and Bernie is seen as too far left to actually be able to defeat Donald Trump.

Even though he's polling in second place among Democrats behind Joe Biden, he's got another big problem.

He's an old white man.

And the growing sect of identitarians within the Democratic Party are not likely to support him for this reason, especially when the Democratic field is so diverse with many non-white individuals and females.

Today, let's take a look at the latest news about his announcement, but also some of the criticism and concerns over him being a white man and trying to win the Democratic nomination.

But before we get started, make sure you follow us over at mines.com slash subverse and join our distributed newsroom.

We're setting up a new show, new videos, and we want your input. We want you to highlight stories you think aren't being showcased enough.

If you want to support this video, just share it to help spread the message.

First and very quickly, Bernie Sanders launches second presidential campaign.

After months of deliberation, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he is running for president again in 2020.

It will be Sanders' second consecutive bid for the Democratic nomination after losing to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

He said,

I am asking you to join me today as part of an unprecedented and historic grassroots campaign that will begin with at least a million people from across the country.

He wrote in an email to supporters following an interview on Vermont Public Radio.

Sanders enters the 2020 race as one of the frontrunners, a remarkable turn for the Democratic Socialist two three years ago was viewed as a protest candidate from the political fringe.

Today, Sanders is one of the most popular politicians among Democratic voters and his policy agenda, a suite of progressive proposals to expand health care,

broad social safety net and make higher education free, has been embraced by many of the Democratic parties leading figures.

Ed O'Keefe of CBS News tweeted shortly after the announcement,

Bernie Sanders raised more than $1 million for his 2020 campaign in the first three and a half hours since his official announcement.

His team says, and California is just getting up, a senior aid quips.

...