Posted on 04/21/2022 4:44:29 AM PDT by algore
The 80-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders has not ruled out running for president in 2024, should President Joe Biden not seek re-election.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Sanders' 2020 Campaign Manager Faiz Shakir wrote a memo telling allies that the Vermont progressive would consider a third bid for the White House.
'In the event of an open 2024 Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Sanders has not ruled out another run for president, so we advise that you answer any questions about 2024 with that in mind,' Shakir wrote.
The 79-year-old Biden has long said he'll run for re-election - though recent polling showed about one-in-five Americans were doubtful he'd complete his first term.
On the other hand, in May 2020, the defeated Sanders said the chances of him running for the White House again were 'very, very slim.'
Sanders, an independent and self-proclaimed democratic-socialist, first ran for the White House in the 2016 Democratic primary against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Sanders overperformed against Clinton, who was the heir-apparent for the nomination, after losing the 2008 primary to then Sen. Barack Obama, who went on to win two terms in the White House.
He went into the 2020 cycle as one of the frontrunners, alongside then former Vice President Biden.
Sanders came in second place behind now Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in the Iowa caucuses and went on to win the New Hampshire primary and the Nevada caucuses.
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Because we haven’t had enough presidents yet with age related mental decay. Must be a new fad.
avowed communist expecting routine payoff to self-abate.
There’s a minimum age, and there should be a maximum age.
When a headline begins with “Senator Bernie Sanders, 80...”, it’s usually followed by the word “Dead”.
What a letdown.
80 is the new 60?
Never been to Vermont. Must be loaded with fools.
No refunds.
AGREE!
Yup
It was the saddest thing to see all those young people who were excited about Bernie - Bernie who thinks that Brezhnev’s Soviet Union was the most happening thing ever. They get stressed if the phone store is out of the iPhone in their favorite color. They have no idea about having to stand in line all day for a loaf of bread or to be on a waiting list for 10 years for a poor-quality car. Don’t get me started about LGBTQWERTY. How do they think their trendy trans-gender-bender surgeries will go? Cuban hospitals have little more than bandages and bottles of anti-sceptic.
How many houses does the guy need?
Too many ass-wipe Boomers, especially women, just can’t bring themselves to vote for someone younger than themselves
Imagine how excited a Bernie/AOC ticket would make them.
I worked with a guy who escaped from Cuba once.
he was allowed to go back once a year to visit his wife and kids.
I felt really bad for him.
Finally after like 8 years he was able to get them out.
If the best people to represent young folks are the people over 80 ... you might be a Democrat. LOL
The ego is strong in this one.
Same old crap, new set of handlers.
Between him, Biden, and Trump the AVERAGE age of candidates would be 80.66 years in 2024.
What the hell is this country thinking? Why can’t these people just “let go” and let someone a little younger have their turn?
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