--- title: Bernie Sanders Endorses Kamala Harris and Outlines Progressive Agenda at DNC | TIME description: When Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in July after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race, nearly the entire party quickly came together to endorse her campaign. But the Vermont independent senator who caucuses with the Democrats, Bernie Sanders, said at the time that he was not ready to do so. But on Tuesday night in Chicago, the 82-year-old self-described democratic socialist and former 2020 primary rival of Biden and Harris reiterated his full support and encouraged his supporters to vote for the Democratic ticket. canonical: https://time.com/video/VscqlNul/ og:title: Bernie Sanders Endorses Kamala Harris and Outlines Progressive Agenda at DNC og:description: When Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in July after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race, nearly the entire party quickly came together to endorse her campaign. But the Vermont independent senator who caucuses with the Democrats, Bernie Sanders, said at the time that he was not ready to do so. But on Tuesday night in Chicago, the 82-year-old self-described democratic socialist and former 2020 primary rival of Biden and Harris reiterated his full support and encouraged his supporters to vote for the Democratic ticket. og:url: https://time.com/video/VscqlNul/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VscqlNul/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bernie Sanders Endorses Kamala Harris and Outlines Progressive Agenda at DNC twitter:description: When Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in July after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race, nearly the entire party quickly came together to endorse her campaign. But the Vermont independent senator who caucuses with the Democrats, Bernie Sanders, said at the time that he was not ready to do so. 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But the Vermont independent senator who caucuses with the Democrats, Bernie Sanders, said at the time that he was not ready to do so. But on Tuesday night in Chicago, the 82-year-old self-described democratic socialist and former 2020 primary rival of Biden and Harris reiterated his full support and encouraged his supporters to vote for the Democratic ticket._ --- Aug 21, 2024 8:20 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Democratic Women of the House of Representatives Endorse Kamala Harris for President](/video/6BfKAxsU/) ### Democratic Women of the House of Representatives Endorse Kamala Harris for President [Vice President Kamala Harris Talks About Biden At First Public Appearance Since Endorsement](/video/aGJPCkfL/) ### Vice President Kamala Harris Talks About Biden At First Public Appearance Since Endorsement [Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden](/video/JnGWqimj/) ### Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden --- ## Transcript Senator Bernie Sanders. It is an honor to be with you tonight because we're laying the groundwork for Comal Harris to become our next president. I look forward to working with Colin Tim to pass this agenda. And let us be very clear. This is not a radical agenda. But let me tell you what a radical agenda is. And that is Trump's project 2025. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, giving more tax breaks to billionaires is radical. Putting forth budgets to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is radical. Letting polluters destroy our planet is radical. And my friends, we won't let that happen. In the last 3.5 years, working together, we have accomplished more than any government since FDR. But, much more remains to be done. We must summon the courage to stand up to wealth and power and deliver justice for people at home and abroad. Abroad. We must end this horrific war in Gaza. Bring home the hostages and demand an immediate case file. At home at home right here. We must take on Big Pharma, Big oil. Big egg, Big Tech, and all the other corporate Monopolists whose greed is denying progress for working people. On November 5, let us select Kamala Harris as our president, and let us go forward to create the nation we know we can become. Thank you all very much. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Bernie Sanders Endorses Kamala Harris and Outlines Progressive Agenda at DNC","description":"When Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in July after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race, nearly the entire party quickly came together to endorse her campaign. 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