Bernie Sanders: To our establishment friends in the Democratic Party

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52. He's recruiting and training folks to run as Democrats or to RUN AGAINST DEMOCRATS as Independents.

Further, as you may know, we’ve just issued a call for progressives throughout the country to run for office -- from school board, to city council, to state legislature, to the U.S. Congress. The response has been extraordinary. Over 5,000 people, from virtually every state in the country, have expressed an interest in getting involved politically. Some are interested in running as progressive Democrats, others as Independents. We’ll be doing a Zoom call with many of them in the very near future in order to begin providing them with the guidance that new candidates often need.

Bernie Sanders Has an Idea for the Left: Don’t Run as Democrats

The Vermont senator, who has long had a tense relationship with the Democratic Party, suggested in an interview that more progressives should join him in running as independents.

“One of the aspects of this tour is to try to rally people to get engaged in the political process and run as independents outside of the Democratic Party,” Mr. Sanders said in the interview on Wednesday.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats-independents.html

FUCK. THAT. SHIT.