The British politician’s claims come as the Vermont Senator, who is currently behind former US Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential race by a mere 154 delegates, prepares for Sunday’s key debate.
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair warned of nominating Senator Bernie Sanders for the US 2020 presidential election against President Donald Trump, suggesting that the move would be an “an enormous gamble”.
Blair told the host that he is worried that the presidential hopeful, who describes himself as a Democratic socialist, would face the same challenges that led to the unprecedented defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party by the Conservatives in the UK election in December 2019.
The former UK prime minister said that he is “a skeptic” about the Senator, adding that he thinks “what is important to recognise is that progressive politics has got two big challenges”.
The former British politician noted that he is “a passionate believer that if the left goes down the path of trying to fight a culture war with the right, it will lose comprehensively and it really should not do that”.
Blair also said that he believes Biden is “highly capable and decent”, adding that he will have to carry out real change in the White House if he wins the election.
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are set to hold a key televised and streamed debate this Sunday, with no live audience, due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Washington DC. The debate was originally set to take place in Arizona, one of four states that are set to vote in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries.
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