Senator Bernie Sanders Endorses Kamala Harris for President, Calls for Progressive Reforms
Senator Bernie Sanders encouraged Americans to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as the next president. Speaking at the Democratic National Convention, he advocated for a progressive economic agenda and criticized corporate greed. Sanders called for public funding of elections, universal healthcare, higher minimum wages, and reduced prescription costs.
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Senator Bernie Sanders, in a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday, urged the American public to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as their next president.
Sanders emphasized the urgent need for a progressive economic agenda that addresses the struggles of working-class Americans and tackles corporate greed, highlighting that 60 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
He pushed for significant reforms including public funding of elections, guaranteeing health care as a human right, raising the minimum wage, and advancing education and workers' rights. Sanders also called for action against pharmaceutical giants to reduce prescription drug prices.
(With inputs from agencies.)