Sanders pushes Biden to focus more on wages, health care
By Tal Axelrod - 09/12/20 02:10 PM EDT
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pushing Joe Biden’s presidential campaign to expand its appeal to liberal voters and boost its focus on kitchen table issues in the final sprint to Election Day.
Sanders, a progressive leader and former 2020 presidential candidate, has been advocating for Biden to put a greater emphasis on issues like workers' wages and health care coverage, a former campaign aide says.
The Vermont senator “is working as hard as he can to help Joe Biden win the most important election in modern American history†but has said there are areas where he thinks the former vice president's campaign can “continue to improve upon,†Faiz Shakir, the senator’s former campaign manager, said in a statement.
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