Sanders launches second presidential bid

Washington: US Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday that he is again running for President in 2020 with a vow to finish what he started in his last race for the White House.

In 2016, Sanders failed to get the Democratic nomination for the President after losing to Hillary Clinton. “We began the political revolution in the 2016 campaign and now it's time to move that revolution forward,” Sanders told Vermont Public Radio in an interview.

The 77-year-old Vermont independent Senator is among the best-known politicians to join an already crowded Democratic field and one of the most outspoken against President Donald Trump, whom he has repeatedly called a “pathological liar” and a “racist”, The New York Times reported. Three years ago, Sanders was viewed as a protest candidate from the political fringe. But today, his policy agenda – a suite of proposals to expand healthcare, broaden the social safety net and make higher education free – has been embraced by many of the Democratic party's leading figures.

In his second presidential campaign, Sanders will likely face far greater scrutiny of his nearly 40-year political career, in a growing field already populated by colleagues and allies including the Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and Senator Kamala Harris of California. (IANS)

Also Read: International News