Former 2020 contender Mike Gravel endorses Bernie Sanders for president
The 89-year-old retired lawmaker, who left elected office in 1981 and mounted an unsuccessful White House bid in 2008, sought to appear on the early primary debate stages this year to shift the party’s politics further left.Sign Up
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“This campaign, really, is about crafting a new society—a kind and gentle society, based on dignity and equality, solidarity and love,” Gravel’s team Tuesday in a lengthy Twitter thread marking the conclusion of his candidacy. “A good life for all, regardless of inborn traits or one’s station at birth. A world of peace and real freedom, democracy and fraternity.”
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