--- title: Cardi B And Bernie Sanders Partnered For A Campaign Video description: Cardi B and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who she has supported since 2016, are partnering on a campaign video targeting young people. canonical: https://time.com/5638603/cardi-b-bernie-sanders-campaign-video/ author: Jasmine Aguilera article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-07-30T14:32:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T00:06:56.865Z article:section: Politics og:title: Cardi B And Bernie Sanders Partnered For A Campaign Video og:description: Cardi B and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who she has supported since 2016, partnered on a campaign video targeting young people. og:url: https://time.com/5638603/cardi-b-bernie-sanders-campaign-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96e3f48b243aefa5/698a0090457a52d718d62901/cardi-b-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-ENTERTAINMENT-MUSIC-GRAMMY-SHOW og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cardi B And Bernie Sanders Partnered For A Campaign Video twitter:description: Cardi B and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who she has supported since 2016, partnered on a campaign video targeting young people. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96e3f48b243aefa5/698a0090457a52d718d62901/cardi-b-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Cardi B And Bernie Sanders Partnered For A Campaign Video. Here's What We Know by [Jasmine Aguilera](https://time.com/author/jasmine-aguilera/) ## Jasmine Aguilera Jul 30, 2019 2:32 PM UTC  Cardi B accepts the award for Best Rap Album with 'Invasion Of Privacy' onstage during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. Cardi B accepts the award for Best Rap Album with 'Invasion Of Privacy' onstage during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles.ROBYN BECK—AFP/Getty Images by [Jasmine Aguilera](https://time.com/author/jasmine-aguilera/) ## Jasmine Aguilera Jul 30, 2019 2:32 PM UTC [Grammy award-winning rapper Cardi B](https://time.com/5548908/cardi-b-politics/) shared a photo of herself on Instagram having a conversation with presidential candidate [Sen. Bernie Sanders](https://time.com/longform/bernie-sanders-2020/) on Monday night, announcing that she sat with the Senator to ask him questions submitted by her fans. “Stay tuned to see how he will fight for economic, racial, and social justice for all,” she wrote in her Instagram post. “Together, let’s build a movement of young people to transform this country.” On Monday, Sanders [told CNN in Detroit](https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/29/politics/bernie-sanders-cardi-b-video/index.html) ahead of the[ Democratic debates beginning Tuesday](https://time.com/5636776/democratic-debate-night-one-live-updates/) that he and [Cardi B](https://time.com/5526525/grammys-2019-cardi-b-best-rap-album/), who has supported him since 2016, were partnering on a campaign video targeting young people. “We (are) working on a way to involve more young people in the political process,” Sanders told CNN. “The future of America depends on young people. They are voting in large numbers, but not large enough numbers.” Cardi B has been [politically vocal](https://time.com/5508275/cardi-b-tomi-lahren-twitter-feud/) throughout her career, including famously questioning how her [tax money](https://twitter.com/yashar/status/977015247793016832?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeednews.com%2Farticle%2Fjuliareinstein%2Fcardi-b-taxes) is being spent and [publicly criticizing President Trump](https://time.com/5505409/cardi-b-trump-shutdown-video/) during a [34-day government shutdown](https://time.com/5499397/shutdown-longest-history/) over border wall funding. She has also been a vocal supporter of Sanders, who has embraced her support, despite her sometimes controversial history — Cardi B [admitted to drugging and robbing men](https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1110636182344482816?s=20) after a video of her resurfaced on Instagram. > [](https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/986683306191278080) CNN reports Cardi B and Sanders met at TEN Nail Bar in Detroit, a black woman owned business, and that the pair discussed issues like [student debt](https://time.com/5442518/abby-finkenauer-congress-elections/), [climate change](https://time.com/5630009/heatwave-climate-crisis-june-record/) and the [minimum wage](https://time.com/money/5495888/minimum-wage-increase-by-state/). Cardi B has encouraged her fans on social media to get to know all of the Democratic candidates for president. “Dear bloggers, dear YouTubers, dear influencers, we have the power to influence our youth to get educated when it comes to our Democratic candidates,” Cardi Bi said in a [Sunday video on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/B0e1mOdg8sm/). “This man \[Trump\] has a big chance of winning in 2020, and we can change that.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5638603/cardi-b-bernie-sanders-campaign-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5638603/cardi-b-bernie-sanders-campaign-video/"},"headline":"Cardi B And Bernie Sanders Partnered For A Campaign Video. Here's What We Know","datePublished":"2019-07-30T14:32:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T00:06:56.865Z","description":"Cardi B and Sen. 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