A major Democratic donor who introduced Bernie Sanders at a fundraiser Saturday night once said he wanted the South to secede from the rest of the United States.

Guy Saperstein introduced the 2020 Democratic candidate and senator for Vermont at the Mezzanine Night Club in San Francisco for an event attended by actor Danny Glover, the left-wing academic Cornel West, and Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream.

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