Bernie Sanders put down roots in California during the last presidential race. Now, he is making the delegate-rich, early-voting state, where progressives are ascendant, a central part of his 2020 campaign
At the labor meeting, Sen. Amy Klobuchar highlighted her family’s union roots; former Rep. Beto O’Rourke spoke of raising the minimum wage and springing working-class immigrants from wage “bondage,” and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg talked about his city’s postindustrial path back to prosperity, acknowledging that he doesn’t resemble the “dictionary definition” of a presidential candidate who has been “marinated in Washington.
John Foster, a party activist from the city, voted for Sanders in 2016 but said he’s searching for a different voice and a different candidate — with the priority being someone who can unseat President Donald Trump.Sen. Bernie Sanders focused his remarks on ideas that have become commonplace in the party like Medicare for all. | Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images for MoveOn
O’Rourke’s big idea centers on respecting immigrants rather than punishing them with threats of deportation, a position he said should not be embraced anywhere in his party. And he acknowledged that women in the presidential race face unequal — even sexist — treatment in how their campaigns are covered or talked about: “There are advantages in this race that I have that I did not earn,” O’Rourke said.
Sanders’ aides and allies liken California to the four traditional early-voting states and pledged a vigorous campaign in the state. At a rally Friday in Pasadena, he went out of his way to thank the state’s voters for their “great support” in 2016 in talking about its importance to him in 2020.
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