Bernie Sanders downplays socialist label on campaign trail

By Colin Wilhelm
Published May 13, 2019 12:00am ET
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Bernie Sanders downplays socialist label on campaign trail
Despite signs of growing support for socialism among young Democratic primary voters, America’s most famous socialist doesn’t want to dwell on the ideology. Instead, Bernie Sanders prefers to focus on the individual populist measures that make up his platform. “It’s a long discussion, but all I would say is virtually all of the initiatives we […]

Despite signs of growing support for socialism among young Democratic primary voters, America’s most famous socialist doesn’t want to dwell on the ideology.

Instead, Bernie Sanders prefers to focus on the individual populist measures that make up his platform.

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