Bernie Sanders Says Trump's Agenda Is Dead if Democrats Win Midterms

Senator Bernie Sanders argued on Friday that Democratic groups weren’t doing enough to support liberal congressional candidates in 2018. He also declined to make an endorsement in the New York Democratic primary between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon. Credit Bryan Tarnowski for The New York Times

By Elizabeth Dias and Shane Goldmacher
April 20, 2018

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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, vowing to play an influential role in the 2018 midterm elections, was blunt on Friday about the stakes for the Democratic Party.

“If Democrats control either the House or the Senate, Trump’s agenda is dead,” Mr. Sanders said during a conversation with New York Times reporters and editors.

At this critical moment ahead of hundreds of House and Senate primaries, Mr. Sanders also argued that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other national party organizations are not doing enough to support liberal grass-roots candidates who are running against Mr. Trump and backing a progressive agenda.

National Democrats “still have a tendency to believe that more conservative candidates are better positioned to win,” he added. Mr. Sanders argued that ideas like “Medicare for All” and a higher minimum wage, which he championed in 2016, are increasingly popular and helpful to Democratic candidates.

Mr. Sanders said he plans to make endorsements in the midterms, but that he is still deciding where he can be most effective.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democrats-midterms.html