‘Biden Will Win In a Landslide!’ Bernie Tells CNN’s Dana Bash More ‘Working-Class’ Focus Will Ensure Win

Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders dismissed questions of age, telling CNN’s Dana Bash that President Joe Biden is the “clear choice” and will “win in a landslide” if he focuses more on “working-class” issues.

Questions about Biden’s age have dominated discussion of his reelection campaign, which officially launched this week.

On Sunday morning’s edition of CNN’s State of the Union, Bash became the latest interviewer to press someone about Biden’s age, but Sanders dismissed the issue as far less important than where someone stands:

BASH: Senator, President Biden announced his campaign officially for reelection this week. He would be 86 years old by the end of his second term. You’re one year older than President Biden.

Is his age something that voters should consider in 2024?

SANDERS: Well, I think, when you look at a candidate, you consider a lot.

I think age is one thing. I think experience is another thing. I think your record that you have established is another thing. But, to my mind, Dana, when you put it all together, what you have to look at is, what does the candidate stand for? Which side are they on?

Are they on the side of the billionaire class, or are they on the side of working people? Look, it is no great secret — I ran against Biden. No great secret that he and I have strong differences of opinion.

But when we live in a nation where you have a major political party, the Republican Party, where many, not all, but many of their leadership doesn’t even believe in democracy, they maintain the myth that Trump won the last election, they’re trying to keep people from voting, they’re trying to deny women the right to control their own bodies, so that’s a whole issue out there.

If you believe in democracy, you want to see more people vote, not fewer people vote, I think the choice is pretty clear, and that choice is Biden.

And, second of all, what I do believe is, the Democrats and the president have got to be stronger on working-class issues. They have got to make it clear that we believe in a government that represents all, not just the few, take on the greed of the insurance companies, the drug companies, Wall Street, all the big money interests, and start delivering for working-class people.

You do that, I think Biden is going to win in a landslide!

Watch above via CNN’s State of the Union.