Bernie Sanders Is Now Backing Randy Bryce -- Which Could Be Very Bad News for Paul Ryan
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
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Sanders and Bryce line up on a range of issues, from unwavering support for workers and union rights to a $15 minimum wage.
Explaining why he stands with workers fighting for a higher wage, Bryce tells In These Times, “I’ve always been supportive of a $15 minimum wage. Otherwise what we’re doing is just giving welfare to corporations. We shouldn’t be subsidizing corporations so that they can profit more on the people’s backs.”
Bryce also shares Sanders’ belief in a universal healthcare system, backs the Vermont senator’s Medicare for All bill and supports a massive investment in infrastructure spending to revitalize deindustrialized communities like those in his Wisconsin district. Joe Dinkin, spokesperson for the Working Families Party—of which Bryce is a member and endorsed candidate—says that what connects Sanders and Bryce is a commitment to progressive values.
“What Bernie sees in Randy Bryce is a working class progressive that draws a perfect contrast to ‘Wall Street’ Paul [Ryan],” Dinkin says. “Randy wants to guarantee healthcare for all, to rebuild America's roads and bridges and to make the billionaires pay for it. Paul Ryan wants to give billionaires a massive tax cut and make the middle class pay. This endorsement, coming from America's most popular political leader, is a huge deal and proves that this is a top tier race.”
http://inthesetimes.com/article/20705/bernie-sanders-paul-ryan-wisconsin-randy-bryce
Bryce received a boost to his progressive credentials last week when he was officially endorsed by Bernie Sanders.