Bernie Sanders fights for working families: Sen. Don Riegle [View all]

[Uncle Joe]

To defeat President Donald Trump, we need a candidate who can win back places like the Upper Midwest. Having been born in Flint, Michigan, and having represented the region in the House and Senate as both a Republican and a Democrat, I am confident Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is our strongest candidate to defeat Trump. Polls show Sanders is running strong nationally and in states like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. That is because working families know Sanders is on their side.

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Sanders has pointed out that the three richest families in America now have more combined wealth than the entire bottom 50% of Americans, 160million people. It is Robin Hood in reverse — the superrich accumulating national wealth, draining the lifeblood out of the working poor and destabilizing America. That is why Sanders is fighting to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour and to expand Social Security benefits.

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Sanders has catalyzed the kind of movement we will need to defeat Trump. It is a grassroots uprising in both urban and rural areas, among people of all ages, races, ethnicities and political affiliations.

This movement understands that if Sanders is nominated and elected, it will be a new day. With President Sanders, the rule of law will be reestablished, and we will finally be on a path to a future of economic, social, racial and environmental justice.



https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/03/03/sen-don-riegle-endorses-bernie-sanders-president-democratic-primary-column/4939528002/