Please, let it be Bernie Sanders!

Published February 13, 2020 5:07am ET



The same political class that got 2016 so horribly wrong is now warning us not to underestimate Bernie Sanders.

His opposition to NAFTA and free trade, they tell us, will siphon off the crucial voters in the Midwest who went for President Trump in 2016. Trump should be trembling in fear that Sanders will be able to channel the discontent that once sent voters, especially white working-class voters, running Trump’s way.

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