A top aide to Vermont Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (I) says the senior lawmaker would “seriously” consider mounting a third presidential campaign if Joe Biden decides not to pursue a second term in the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sanders, 81, ran for president as a Democrat in 2016 and 2020, losing the nomination to Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I assume that he would give it a hard look,” longtime Sanders adviser Faiz Shakir told CBS News on Thursday. “I don’t want to make the judgment for him. Obviously, it would be his choice to make. But I assume that he would want to reevaluate it.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Sanders to win the presidency in 2024,\u00a0he would be 83 years old\u00a0upon assuming office. Shakir said Sanders is “very aware that he’s older now, and he’d have to make a real judgment about his own vigor and his stamina and his desire and hunger and passion to do this a third time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“But if it were an open field? Yeah, I’m confident he would take another look at it and say, ‘Do I want to do this or not?'” he added. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Personally, I take President Biden at his word and our orbit takes him at his word that he’s taking it seriously and presume that he is leaning toward yes,” Shakir said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, some Democrats have noted their interest in pursing the office regardless if Biden seeks a second term, concerned he can’t defeat Trump a second time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A top aide to Vermont Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (I) says the senior lawmaker would “seriously” consider mounting a third presidential campaign if Joe Biden decides not to pursue a second term in the White House. Sanders, 81, ran for president as a Democrat in 2016 and 2020, losing the nomination to Hillary Clinton and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9,335,78],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-28","tag-2024-presidential-election","tag-bernie-sanders","tag-joe-biden"],"yoast_head":"\n