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Bernie Sanders sells big government's virtues in red states

by Will WeissertDarron Cummings
| August 27, 2021 4:27 PM

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (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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