Sanders did not immediately announce where he would campaign first, nor did he disclose any staffing decisions for his new political operation. Trump, Sanders said, is “going to say, ‘Bernie Sanders wants the United States to become Venezuela. '”“Bernie Sanders does not want to have the United States become the horrific economic situation that unfortunately exists in Venezuela right now,” he said. He enjoys wide name recognition, and several early polls on the 2020 race had Sanders running second behind former Vice President Joe Biden. And while some presidential candidates have avoided direct broadsides against Trump, Sanders — ever combative — addressed his potential opponent head on.

Source: bd News24 February 19, 2019 15:11 UTC