Bernie Sanders: These are the most dangerous times that the United States has faced in modern history'

"Also, as it has for a year, it did so awaiting the latest shock from U.S. President Donald Trump. This time, the Republican magnate had asked his party to strip the states of their constitutional right to organize elections in time for the November midterms, in which a third of the Senate, the entire House of Representatives, and the viability of the second half of Trump's second term are at stake."

"and 10 years since the extravagant campaign in which Sanders could have been the candidate to face him in an election that, like few before it, marked a turning point in U.S. history. Some of his compatriots especially among his legion of young supporters continue to wonder what kind of country they might have been left with if the Democratic Party had opted for Sanders' progressivism and his message in defense of the working class, rather than the establishment candidate, Hillary Clinton."

"Two elections and one Trump victory later, Sanders retains his aura as an icon of the global left. He is 84 years old, with a deep voice, an elusive gaze, and an unmistakable way of mulling over his words. He was mayor of Burlington, the most populous city in his home state of Vermont, on the border with Canada, and has been in the Capitol for 35 years."

Photographs of Reverend Jesse Jackson and a signed portrait with Joe Biden hang in the Capitol office where Bernie Sanders met visitors. The city awoke under snow while the country faced President Donald Trump's proposal to remove states' constitutional authority to run elections ahead of the November midterms, threatening Senate, House, and presidential-term stakes. It has been just over a year since Trump's return and a decade since the campaign Sanders might have led. Many young supporters wonder how different the nation would be if the Democratic Party had embraced Sanders' working-class progressivism. Sanders, age 84, served as Burlington mayor, was in the House from 1991 to 2007, and has entered his fourth Senate term while hinting at retirement and a legacy continued by younger figures.

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