DiFi isn’t far enough to the left for Comrade Bernie.
Via BPR:
California’s Senate election may be an indicator of the future direction of the Democratic party.
Despite backing other Democrats in primaries this election season, former presidential candidate and progressive icon Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told The Hill he won’t be supporting Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., choosing instead to stay out of the race.
“It’s an issue for the people of California,” Sanders said. The Hill asked the Senator if that meant he would not choose sides in the primary, to which he responded, “Yeah.”
Sanders has become involved in other primaries, including Illinois, where he endorsed liberal Marie Newman’s primary challenge against incumbent Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill.
Feinstein faces a heated primary opponent in Kevin de Leon, the President pro tempore of the California state Senate.
Last month, the four-term senator failed to win an endorsement from the California Democratic Party after winning only 37 percent of the party convention’s delegate votes, compared to de Leon’s 54 percent.
Neither candidate reached the 60 percent of votes necessary to win the endorsement.
“California Democrats are hungry for new leadership that will fight for California values from the front lines, not equivocate on the sidelines,” de Leon said in a statement after the convention.