The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) on Thursday officially endorsed Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) for president.
“Democratic Socialists of America is proud to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president! We’re building a mass movement to take on the billionaires and win a society that puts people over profit. Join us,” the group tweeted.
Democratic Socialists of America is proud to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president! We’re building a mass movement to take on the billionaires and win a society that puts people over profit. Join us https://t.co/Gsy5Ij2G2K pic.twitter.com/66DHY9hqyk
— DSA (@DemSocialists) March 22, 2019
The group first announced earlier this month that just more than 13,000 of its members — 24 percent of eligible membership — participated in a survey asking whether DSA should endorse Sanders’s 2020 White House bid. About 76 percent of respondents indicated support for endorsing Sanders’s campaign, while 24 percent said they were opposed.
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“He has the best possible chance of the Democratic field to beat Trump,” Jeremy Gong, a member of the DSA’s National Political Committee who voted to endorse Sanders, told The Guardian.
“Specifically because he has a working-class political agenda, as opposed to an elite, or moderate, or corporate-friendly agenda that is not exciting to anyone electorally — except a very small number of either Democratic party diehards or upper middle class or wealthy people.”
Sanders has maintained his position among the top spots of most national and statewide polls and has raised a staggering $5.9 million within the first 24 hours after announcing his campaign last month. Sanders’s haul was second only to former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) $6.1 million, which he raised within 24 hours of his campaign announcement earlier this month.