Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is packing venues as he crisscrosses the country to hammer President Trump’s economic policies, surprising even some of his aides, the Washington Post reports.
“The 83-year-old acknowledges that his efforts might look like he’s seeding the ground for a presidential bid, but that’s not what he’s interested in.
The crowd sizes, however, have raised questions about who could succeed him as the leading Democratic populist and how Democrats can more effectively get their message out in a country that leaned rightward in the last election.”