Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

Capital Hill used to be a lonely place for a leftist.

and frankly it still is, but now that Alexandria Acasio Cortez appears to be

headed to Washington, Senator Bernie Sanders will likely have some powerful company.

Today, Sanders is my guest,

and we're talking about the impact of Acasio Cortez's win

and where the left goes from here.

This is the latest interview in this week's Acasio-Cortez Super series, which has already

included interviews with Acasio-Cortez and Cynthia Nixon.

Next up tomorrow is DSA member Julia Salazar who is running for State Senate in Brooklyn.

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Okay, here's Bernie Sanders, a U the dig. My pleasure good to be with you.

Alexandria Acasio Cortez, what do you make of her victory,

and do you think the Democratic establishment is honestly reckoning with what it means for American

politics that a Democratic socialist knocked off one of the most powerful men in Congress.

Well let me answer the second part of your question by saying no, I don't think the Democratic

leadership fully appreciates the significance of Alexandria's victory.

And the first part of your question is, I think,

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