New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded with Sen. Elizabeth Warren to endorse her former 2020 presidential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders.
“I deeply respect [Warren]. Our nation + our party are better + more progressive because of her leadership. Now our progressive movement needs her more than ever. Senator, if the shoe was on the other foot Bernie Sanders would have endorsed you already. Please join us!” tweeted de Blasio, who ended his own presidential campaign in September, on Tuesday.
I deeply respect @ewarren. Our nation + our party are better + more progressive because of her leadership. Now our progressive movement needs her more than ever. Senator, if the shoe was on the other foot @BernieSanders would have endorsed you already. Please join us!
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) March 10, 2020
De Blasio endorsed Sanders nearly a month ago, saying he “stands with working families.” The move was a reversal from his endorsement of Hillary Clinton over Sanders four years ago and came after the Vermont senator’s New Hampshire victory and strong showing in Iowa.
“I have called for a bold, progressive agenda, and that’s exactly what Sen. Sanders has championed for decades,” de Blasio said at the time.
Sanders has since struggled to fend off former Vice President Joe Biden, who passed him in delegate count on Super Tuesday.
Warren dropped out of the race on Thursday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination, leaving Sanders and Biden as the only two viable candidates remaining. While speaking to the media outside her home in Massachusetts hours later, the state’s senator said that she does not yet plan to make an endorsement.
“I need some space around this. I want to take a little time to think a little more,” she said.
