Sanders first to get non-home state congressional endorsement

[left-of-center2012]

Bernie Sanders is the first 2020 candidate to pick up an endorsement from a member of Congress who is not from their home state.

Ro Khanna, D-Calif., announced Thursday that he is backing the Vermont independent to be the next president. The endorsement is not a surprising one — Khana tweeted in July of 2017 that Sanders should “absolutely run again in 2020!”

Khanna took to the Twittersphere on Thursday to reiterate that early endorsement.

“Bernie has spent his career fighting for working people and standing up to corporations and special interests,” Khanna said. “He has the grassroots energy and the vision to inspire voters across America.”

https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/sanders-is-first-to-get-congressional-endorsement-from-outside-his-home-state

[honest.abe]

1. Khanna was hired by Sanders as a top adviser.

Fremont Rep. Ro Khanna will be a top adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential run, with the assignment of being the Vermont independent’s point person in Silicon Valley.

Khanna, who was one of only nine Democratic House members to endorse Sanders over Hillary Clinton in 2016, was named Thursday as one of the national co-chairs of the senator’s run for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Joining him are former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner; Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Bernie-Sanders-enlists-Ro-Khanna-for-presidential-13635537.php

Not surprising he would endorse Sanders.

[lapucelle]

2. Was this before he was named a co-chairperson of the BS campaign

along with fellow Co-Chairperson Senator Nina Turner?

I wonder if a ballsy journalist will ask him what it's like to coordinate a campaign for the Democratic nomination alongside a Jill Stein supporter.

Note to Rep. Khanna:

Don't bring donuts to the meetings!

[NurseJackie]

3. Who stands to gain the most?

Is this an endorsement that benefits the endorser or the endorsee? All I'm saying is that endorsements typically mean more, and carry more weight and influence, when the person doing the endorsing brings some widely-held respect, or broad-based name-recognition to the table. In the case of a relatively unknown endorsing someone who's widely known... I personally think that benefits the lesser of the two parties, and provides little or no political value to the more "famous" of the two.

[namahage]

4. Cue the cries of the unfairness of superdelegates silencing the choice of the people

anytime now...

Right?...

[Blue_Tires]

5. How is it an "endorsement" when Khanna is part of the campaign staff??

[SidDithers]

6. It would be awkward for Khana to endorse someone else...nt

Sid