'Run, Bernie, Run'?: N.H. Progressives Divided By Another Bernie Sanders Bid [View all]

by Asma Khalid Jan. 30, 2019


In the summer of 2015, before Bernie Sanders had staff on the ground in New Hampshire, Elizabeth Ropp, a 42-year-old acupuncturist, was making homemade signs for the Vermont senator.

"Bernie inspired me because as somebody who's lived without health insurance for most of my adult life, I want there to be a single payer health care system," she said.

She was disappointed Sanders wasn't the nominee, and is convinced that if he had been, Donald Trump would not be president today.

"I want to see Bernie run again in 2020," said Ropp. "We need Bernie to run even if the field is crowded."

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