We won the first three states and that got the establishment very nervous. We lost in South Carolina and then we have what we call Super Tuesday, which is when a whole lot of states come together. But what ended up happening is the establishment said, you know what, we better rally around one candidate, not split the vote. That candidate was Joe Biden and he won a number of states on Super Tuesday and combined that with COVID and the inability to get out and campaign. He won the Democratic nomination. I supported him strongly for two reasons: Number one, it was absolutely imperative to do everything we could to defeat Donald Trump and his pathological lying and his authoritarianism. And number two,
Senator Bernie Sanders is seen by many as the leader of the progressive movement in the United States. On this episode of the podcast, recorded in central London, he spoke to BBC broadcaster Justin Webb about corporate greed, identity politics and the direction of America today. Sanders' new book It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism is available now.
This podcast was produced by Senior Producer Conor Boyle with editing by Producer Catharine Hughes
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