Independent senator, 82, stresses need to improve healthcare and protect abortion rights – and condemns ‘extremist’ Netanyahu
Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent senator and former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, announced on Monday that he will run for a fourth six-year term – at the age of 82.
In a video statement, Sanders thanked the people of Vermont “for giving me the opportunity to serve in the United States Senate”, which he said had been “the honor of my life.
“Today I am announcing my intention to seek another term. And let me take a few minutes to tell you why.”
In his signature clipped New York accent, Sanders did so.
He’s the exception to the rule. He hasn’t lived a life as someone born after 1980, but he’s actually listened to those people and he understands the barriers they face.
My only hope is that, if he starts to slip, he remains sharp enough to know it’s time to step aside, and he doesn’t pull a Feinstein.