Bernie Sanders says Gaza may be Joe Biden’s Vietnam. But he’s ready to battle for Biden over Trump

Published May 6, 2024 10:08 PM

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders will be Joe Biden’s most powerful emissary to progressives and to younger voters this election year. Sanders and Biden share a bond that was forged through a hard-fought Democratic presidential primary in 2020 and fortified through policy achievements over the last three years. The 82-year-old senator from Vermont is determined to do what he can to prevent Republican Donald Trump from returning to the Oval Office even as he bluntly warns the crisis in Gaza could be Biden’s “Vietnam” and criticizes the president for his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

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