The Hill reports:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is reassembling parts of his old playbook ahead of the 2022 midterms, hoping to garner more support for Democrats’ economic agenda in Republican states.
The Vermont senator is headed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa and West Lafayette, Ind., this week to promote his $3.5 trillion budget, a key part of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” initiative that would unlock spending on a host of progressive policies.
There's more:
The Sanders itinerary reflects the liberal stalwart’s confidence that progressive policies can be sold to blue-collar workers, including working class white voters, a demographic that former President Donald Trump made serious inroads with in 2016 and 2020.
Who's afraid of the word socialist? "liberal stalwart's "....
