Rep. Mark Takano
Mark Allan TakanoK Street navigates virtual inauguration week Hoyer calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to resign after watchdog report Pelosi calls on Wilkie to resign from VA after watchdog report findings MORE (D-Calif.) has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders
Bernie SandersSanders says he's raised .8 million for charity after mittens meme Former Sanders press secretary: Further means-testing of COVID-19 aid 'unconscionable' Leahy expected to preside over impeachment after health scare MORE (I-Vt.) for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Sanders campaign announced Tuesday.
Takano, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and member of the Progressive Caucus, is one of fewer than 10 members of Congress to throw their support behind the Vermont senator.
“I’ve always admired Bernie Sanders for the courageous leadership that he has displayed over his life in Congress,” Takano said in a statement. “I think about him standing up against the Defense of Marriage Act. Very few members of Congress actually stood up for marriage equality in the 1990s. I think he’s got the clearest history of protecting Medicare and Social Security.”
“Bernie has a bold vision. Young people feel that sincerity, and I feel it, too. Bernie has got a vision, he’s got an agenda, and Bernie has the skillset to get things done.”
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 10, 2020
Thank you Rep. @MarkTakano for your support! pic.twitter.com/7ZqCqkKLHr
Far more lawmakers have backed former Vice President Joe Biden
Joe BidenHouse Democrat touts resolution to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress Science denialism in the new administration Jill Biden to offer input on helping reunite separated immigrant families: report MORE, who is the current delegate leader following a strong showing in last week's Super Tuesday contests.
Sanders did capture Takano's home state of California last week, but the party establishment has increasingly fallen behind Biden, who is looking strong in all six of the states set to hold their primaries on Tuesday.
