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Bernie Sanders sets out to sell big government in red states

by Will Weissert
| August 26, 2021 10:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders has long argued, but not proved, that his big government populism can win over voters in the largely white, rural communities that flocked to Republican Donald Trump in recent elections.

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