Four years later, Trump heals rift between establishment Democrats and Sanders base

Published August 15, 2020 2:40pm ET



For what was supposed to be a show of unity, the 2016 Democratic National Convention exposed fissures between then-presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and supporters of also-ran Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

With Sanders set to open the 2020 convention on Monday, tensions between the Democratic left and the far-left linger over how the socialist was treated last cycle. They’re just less pronounced thanks to President Trump.

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