President Biden’s campaign is welcoming a series of events being held by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the key battleground state of Wisconsin to rally workers ahead of the 2024 election, including one where former President Donald Trump is also making an appeal to workers.
Sanders will be holding “Building Working Class Power” events in six locations across Wisconsin from Wednesday through Saturday, including in Mount Pleasant, Sheboygan, Kawcona, Stevens Point, Eau Claire and La Crosse.
“We are thrilled that Senator Bernie Sanders will be coming to Wisconsin to campaign for Joe Biden, the only candidate in this race who is fighting for working people,” Timothy White, Wisconsin spokesman for the Biden campaign, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“While President Biden is holding big pharma accountable, lowering prescription drug costs, and building an economy that works for everyone, President Trump is focused only on subsidizing his billionaire friends and big corporations with his tax dollars.”
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (center) is in Wisconsin for a week of rallies to unite workers as President Biden (left) and former President Trump battle it out in battleground states. (Getty Images)
According to a press release, the rally of independent senators aims to “build working class power.”
The Biden campaign noted that the rally was not related to the president’s re-election effort.
“Bernie Sanders may be an independent, but we all know this election is about more than party lines,” said Democratic strategist Max Burns. “It’s up to all of us to make sure Donald Trump never sets foot in the White House again, and Bernie’s massive rally is a great sign of unity among progressives and centrists.”
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Senator Bernie Sanders has championed workers’ rights. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
“Bernie has always had great support in Wisconsin and it will be good for him to work with Biden to get voters to vote for democracy in November,” he added.
Sanders famously defeated Hillary Clinton by double digits in the 2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary, but Clinton became the nominee before running against Trump.
“This is an all-in moment, and Senator Sanders is a powerful voice for working people,” explained Eric Schultz, a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama. “Hardworking Americans are the people who matter most in November, and Senator Sanders is uniquely positioned to make the case that we need a leader in Washington who will stand up for working people.”
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Hillary Clinton lost to Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Wisconsin primary. (Photo: Franziska Klug/Getty Images)
Democratic strategist Brad Bannon similarly noted that Sanders is committed to preventing Trump’s reelection and giving him an opportunity to oppose his priorities, saying hopes for “Medicare for All” and tackling climate change “would completely disappear if he were president.”
But Sanders, who has also visited Ohio and New York this summer, suggested there may be other motives for the labor tour.
Bannon said the Vermont senator, who is up for reelection this year, could run for labor secretary in Biden’s second term. “He may still want the labor job,” he said.
Biden had made it clear he was considering Sanders for a position in his administration in 2021, but did not offer him the position due to the narrow Senate majority and the possibility that Vermont would vote Republican.
“Bernie and I agreed that, as Bernie said, ‘we cannot jeopardize control of the Senate on the results of Vermont’s special election,'” Biden said in announcing Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s selection for the post. The Daily Beast reported at that time.
A White House spokesman disputed claims that the administration was actively considering cabinet nominees for a possible second term.
The senator did not comment when asked by Fox News Digital if he would accept the role.
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President Biden (left) has said he is considering Senator Bernie Sanders for Secretary of Labor. (Getty Images)
Sanders’ tour of working-class Wisconsin came as Trump was battling Biden for key voter base, and he chose to meet with the Teamsters union and speak to striking United Auto Workers members.
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“Bernie Sanders is a proud socialist whose entire political career has been based on taking money from hard-working people and giving it back to a corrupt government,” Trump campaign spokesperson Caroline Leavitt told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“If Biden and Bernie are given four more years, they will sign the biggest tax increases in American history, taking away almost $40,000 a year from the average working family in Wisconsin on top of record high inflation. President Trump will stop inflation, make gas cheap again, pass more tax cuts, and put more money back in the pockets of workers and families,” she said.
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