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NEW: I wrote about something new I’ve noticed on the trail with Bernie Sanders. More and more, he’s asking rally-goers to share their pain — to explain what it’s like to live on less than $15 an hour, for instance, or how much they pay for health care. politico.com/story/2019/08/…
People have told wrenching tales of not being able to afford treatment for PTSD after surviving a mass shooting, losing their home, their boyfriend killing himself after being kicked off Medicaid.

And that’s just the beginning.
Sanders wouldn’t be caught dead kissing babies or flipping burgers at state fairs. But he has figured out a way to engage in retail politics on his own terms.

“He does retail, it’s fair to say, in his own way,” Faiz Shakir, Sanders’ campaign manager.
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