Sanders: Democrats need to move away from ‘identity politics’

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Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called on the Democratic party to move away from “identity politics” and to talk directly about progressive issues in the wake of President-elect Trump’s victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton nearly two weeks ago.

“It is not good enough for somebody to say, ‘I’m a woman, vote for me.’ That is not good enough,” Sanders told supporters in Boston. “What we need is a woman who has the guts to stand up to Wall Street, to the insurance companies, to the drug companies, to the fossil fuel industries.”

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