US Senator Bernie Sanders in a press release said the Democratic establishment is already running attack ads in early primary states to undermine his progressive agenda should he run in the 2022 presidential race.
“Right now, a group of Wall Street Democrats known as the Third Way is running ads in early primary states — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada — calling me out by name and saying our ideas, like Medicare for all, are a path to defeat in 2020,” Sanders said on Thursday. “Our agenda terrifies the political and financial establishment of this country.”
Sanders said he knew the US political, financial and media elite would spend vast amounts of money to oppose his candidacy if and when he decided to run for president in 2022. However, Sanders added, he did not expect attack ads to begin before he even announced his intention to do so.