--- title: Bernie Sanders Will Join DNC Chair Tom Perez on a Tour description: The new head of the Democratic Party is seeking to present a united front by partnering with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. canonical: https://time.com/4733392/bernie-sanders-tom-perez-unity-tour/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-10T18:00:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:19:31.051Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democrats Promote 'Unity' on Tour With Bernie Sanders og:description: He backed a rival for the Democratic party head. og:url: https://time.com/4733392/bernie-sanders-tom-perez-unity-tour/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94b8830598147b4e/6988c22197cdff60d56b02a2/gettyimages-662145650.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren Hold Progressive Political Rally In Boston og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democrats Promote 'Unity' on Tour With Bernie Sanders twitter:description: He backed a rival for the Democratic party head. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94b8830598147b4e/6988c22197cdff60d56b02a2/gettyimages-662145650.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Democrats Promote 'Unity' on Tour With Bernie Sanders by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 10, 2017 6:00 PM UTC  Former Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) waves as he takes the stage at the Our Revolution Massachusetts Rally at the Orpheum Theatre on March 31, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott Eisen—Getty Images Former Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) waves as he takes the stage at the Our Revolution Massachusetts Rally at the Orpheum Theatre on March 31, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. Scott Eisen—Getty ImagesScott Eisen—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 10, 2017 6:00 PM UTC The new head of the Democratic Party is seeking to present a united front by partnering with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on a tour of red and purple states. Democratic National Committee Chair [Tom Perez](http://time.com/4716649/democratic-national-committee-tom-perez-resignations/) will join the former Democratic presidential candidate on visits to Maine, Utah, Nebraska, Montana, Kentucky, Florida, Arizona and Nevada. “At a time of massive income and wealth inequality and a shrinking middle class, we need a government which represents all Americans, not just Wall Street, multi-national corporations and the top 1 percent,” a statement from Sanders and Perez reads. Dubbed the “Come Together and Fight Back Tour,” the joint effort is also aimed at helping bridge the gap between Establishment Democrats who supported Perez for the DNC post and liberals like Sanders who backed his main rival, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison. Perez already smoothed things over by [tapping Ellison](http://time.com/4570158/democratic-party-chair-keith-ellison/) to be his No. 2 at the DNC, while [Ellison took Perez](http://time.com/4685072/tom-perez-keith-ellison-donald-trump-address/) to President Trump’s State of the Union. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4733392/bernie-sanders-tom-perez-unity-tour/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4733392/bernie-sanders-tom-perez-unity-tour/"},"headline":"Democrats Promote 'Unity' on Tour With Bernie Sanders","datePublished":"2017-04-10T18:00:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:19:31.051Z","description":"The new head of the Democratic Party is seeking to present a united front by partnering with Vermont Sen. 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