Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is probably going to provide cautious thought to launching a 3rd run for president if President Biden decides to not run in 2024, a former aide to the progressive senator stated Thursday.
“I assume I might have a look at it intently,” Faiz Shakir informed CBS Information. “I do not wish to sue him. Clearly, it could be his option to make. However I assume he would wish to reevaluate it.”
Sanders beforehand sought the Democratic nomination in each 2016 and 2020. Now 81, the senator is “very conscious that he is older now,” Shakir added.
“He must make an actual judgment on his personal stamina and his stamina and his need and starvation and fervour to do that a 3rd time,” Shakir stated. “But when it was an open subject? Yeah, I am positive I would take one other have a look at it.”
Whereas Biden has but to make a proper announcement, he and White Home aides beforehand stated he plans to run once more in 2024. On the Republican facet, former President Trump jumped into the race with an unusually early marketing campaign announcement final month, leaving open the potential of a rematch with Biden.