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On the recordOctober 19, 2021
You have to go big transformational progressive agenda. And his argument Sanders makes privately to the President and others is that, in his view, authoritarianism is on the march in the United States, and that if the Democrats don’t succeed in having a progressive transformational agenda, it’s not just about what happens in elections in 2022 and 2024.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
Source
msnbc.com

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Bernie Sanders urges President Biden to pursue a bold progressive agenda to combat rising authoritarianism in the U.S.

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