Senator Bernie Sanders, one of two Independents in the entire Senate, is planning to announce a presidential run on the Democratic side this week. VPR News reported earlier that Sanders will announce his 2016 campaign in a short statement Thursday and then kick things off with a rally within the next few weeks.
Sanders has openly described himself as a socialist, and has talked quite a lot recently about income inequality and the ever-growing gap between the rich and the poor.
Of course, anyone on the Democratic side will have to go up against the Hillary Clinton juggernaut. Sanders said earlier this month that he could beat Clinton in the primary, and has been publicly questioning what exactly it is she’s running on.
