Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy 10 days later, on February 19, 2019.
Who chose to become whose opponent?
1. Until Bernie announced, I felt - and I recall other people saying - that there was a good chance he might not run again.
2. The idea that Bernie owns the "economic leftist" lane of politics, in perpetuity and in absentia, seems a little silly.
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Bernie: "That is correct."
11/2018
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