Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday night offered his most forceful argument yet on behalf of former primary rival Joe Biden, beseeching his supporters to back the Democratic nominee in November or risk seeing “all the progress we have made” be thrown into doubt. Sanders also took direct aim at Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the administration’s refusal to engage with Democrats seeking to extend ramped-up unemployment benefits and other aid to workers and hard-hit communities. “Millions of working families are wondering how they will feed their kids, and they're worried that they will be evicted from their homes,” Sanders said. “Trump golfs.”As he’s done throughout the campaign, and during his own, Sanders also expressed concern that Trump’s rise mirrored those of authoritarian leaders from the past. “I and my family and many of yours know the insidious way authoritarianism destroys democracy, decency and humanity,” Sanders said.

Source: The Standard August 18, 2020 05:26 UTC