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Sanders Aligns With Ocasio-Cortez on Climate as Biden Surges

Vermont senator highlights differences with Biden in 2020 race
Climate set to be a key issue for Democratic contenders

Senator Bernie Sanders
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By Laura Litvan and Emma Kinery

May 13, 2019 at 9:26 PM UTC

Updated on

May 14, 2019 at 2:28 AM UTC

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is highlighting his alliance with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her “Green New Deal” as he rallies progressive activists to try to blunt the momentum of Joe Biden in the nomination race.

Sanders called for urgent action on climate change at an event Monday in Washington organized by the Sunrise Movement, an activist group that aims to make the 2020 Democratic primary race a referendum on adoption of the far-reaching and costly climate-change proposal that’s been a signature issue for Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat who was elected last November.