Bernie Sanders stumps for Kamala Harris in Las Vegas without telling crowd to vote for her

LAS VEGAS — Sen.Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who won the 2020 Nevada Democratic presidential caucus but not the nomination, came to swing-state Nevada Thursday to rally about 200 supporters behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ Oval Office bid.He just didn’t tell the crowd to vote for her.Billed by the local Harris-Walz campaign as “a town hall discussion” that would “highlight the economic stakes of this election for Nevadans,” Sanders’ 54 minutes on stage largely recapped the themes of his abortive White House run without his ever saying the words “Vote for Kamala Harris” or “I support the Harris-Walz ticket.”Instead, the three-term senator — who faces a re-election contest in November — spent six minutes expounding on the dangers of a second term for former President Donald Trump.“It’s imperative that we defeat Trump,” Sanders, 83, said.

“I say this regardless of your political views.I don’t care if you’re a conservative Republican.

You tell me whether you think it is appropriate to have somebody who is not only a bully but a pathological liar in the White House, alright?”While railing against the ex-prez on the stump, Sanders engaged in some revisionist history.After emphasizing Trump’s 2020 election loss and subsequent challenges to results in some states, Sanders said Democrat Al Gore, who narrowly lost the 2000 presidential election to Republican George W.

Bush, refused to “keep appealing” and instead decided to concede.In fact, while Gore reportedly called Bush to concede, he later withdrew that statement and went to court challenging the Florida vote count.The Gore campaign’s appeals eventually reached the US Supreme Court, which ruled 5-4 against a Florida Supreme Court decision requiring a statewide recount of ballots.Sanders also claimed Trump’s 2016 rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, uncomplainingly accepted her shock defeat.“Hillary Clinton’s heart was broken in 2016 — it was a close e...