Bernie Sanders did not win the Democratic presidential nomination, but that sure isn’t stopping him from continuing to spread his message. Sanders sat down with USA Today to outline his plan for the future. He’ll launch educational and political organizations to help educate the masses on progressive platforms. The Vermont senator revealed how these new organizations will raise awareness about the “enormous crises” facing the country:
“If we are successful, what it will mean is that the progressive message and the issues that I campaigned on will be increasingly spread throughout this country. The goal here is to do what I think the Democratic establishment has not been very effective in doing. And that is at the grass-roots level, encourage people to get involved, give them the tools they need to win, help them financially.”
The Our Revolution political organization will assist in training and funding the campaigns for progressive candidates, while another organization will play a bigger role in campaign advertising. Sanders plans on supporting at the minimum 100 candidates, ranging from as small as candidates running for local school boards to those running for Congress.
Sanders has publicly backed Hillary Clinton for president and said he will do his duty to help defeat Republican nominee Donald Trump. But The Bern, never one to back down lightly, said he will still remain a candidate until Clinton is named the nominee at the Democratic National Convention next week. Many of his loyal followers have expressed disappointment over his failure to garner enough delegates for the nomination, but stated the best way to make change is help change the Democratic party.
“The way to go forward is to build a progressive movement around a very progressive agenda. What you’re seeing is more traditional Democrats, more establishment Democrats, move in our direction because they see the support out there for our ideas.”
The Bern plans to launch his organizations in the coming weeks, and so far, nearly 24,000 people have signed up.
(Via USA Today)