New York Mayor de Blasio to endorse Sanders in 2020 Democratic race - NYT


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  • Saturday, 15 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (R) talks during a gathering at Grand Army Plaza in solidarity with the victims after an assailant stabbed five people attending a party at an Hasidic rabbi's home in Monsey, N.Y., on December 28, 2019, while they were celebrating Hanukkah, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to endorse U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic presidential race, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing unidentified people familiar with the plan.

De Blasio, a liberal who dropped out of the Democratic contest in September, was expected to travel with Sanders on Sunday and Monday to Nevada, which holds its caucuses on Feb. 22, the newspaper reported.

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