De Blasio Praises Bernie Sanders Amid Reports He's Mulling 2020 Presidential Bid

By Madina Toure • 01/25/18 4:28pm

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“From the bottom of my heart, the American political process will never be the same because of what you started,” de Blasio said on Sanders’ The Bernie Sanders Show on Thursday afternoon.

During his appearance, de Blasio said being a progressive mayor in the Trump era in 2018 means there’s a “world of possibilities,” which he described as ironic.

“I think the election of Donald Trump was not the essence of what happened in 2015 and 2016,” he said. “I think what was happening already, since the Occupy Wall Street movement and manifesting all over the country locally—including in places like New York City and culminated in your [Sanders’] campaign—was obvious movement for progressive change. I fundamentally believe we’re entering a new progressive era.”

http://observer.com/2018/01/bernie-sanders-bill-de-blasio-presidential-campaign/


Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speak at a campaign rally for de Blasio on Manhattan’s West Side on Oct. 30, 2017. Andy Katz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images