My experience as a child living in a family that struggled economically powerfully influenced my life and my values.
"And that is something I will never forget", he said to an audience who broke out with chants of "Bernie, Bernie, Bernie".
Bernie Sanders, who lost in the primaries to Hillary Clinton in 2016, has pledged to win the 2020 U.S. presidential race "from the very beginning".
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about his new book, "Where We Go From Here: Two Years in the Resistance", at a George Washington University/Politics and Prose event in Washington.
The Vermont senator vowed to "change a system in which tens of thousands every single year get criminal records for possessing marijuana, but not one major Wall Street executive went to jail for destroying our economy in 2008".
Contrasting his situation to that of Mr Trump, the Vermont Senator emphasized his upbringing as the working class son of a Jewish immigrant who grew up in poor housing.
Despite enjoying a jump in the polls, the Sanders campaign suffered early losses at key personnel, who are said to have exited over "creative differences".
Over the next few weeks, his campaign said, Sanders will travel to states with early nominating contests, including Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada before returning to his hometown of Burlington, Vermont, for a formal campaign launch.
Donald Trump wants to divide us up based on the colour of our skin, based on where we were born, based on our gender, our religion and our sexual orientation.
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Cmdr Afrin told Reuters on Thursday that numerous people leaving the enclave had been sheltering underground in caves and tunnels. ISIS responded with drones and rockets, and seven SDF fighters have been wounded so far, said commander Adnan Afrin.
He spoke there about the presidential campaigns of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was in attendance.
A day later, Sanders will be in Iowa City, where the University of Iowa's campus Democrats and the city's Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter will cohost a rally in a ballroom that fits more than 1,000 people.
Under current FEC rules, candidates are allowed to transfer remaining balances into other campaign accounts, meaning it would be possible for Sanders to use funds raised during the presidential run for his Senate race.
Sanders also used the event to reshape his own narrative when it comes to his history with racial justice.
"Way back in 1984, this man stood up as a candidate for president, and he talked about a 'rainbow coalition.' Remember that?" said Sanders.
In Chicago on Sunday night, Sanders again offered a rare public embrace of his roots, telling supporters at Navy Pier's Festival Hall that his years here as a student activist were "an extraordinary moment in my life and very much shaped my world view and what I wanted to do".
"I may be wrong, but I think that was a big part of her credibility, and now all of a sudden it's gone", he said.
Conservative co-host Meghan McCain began by asking him, "What do you think Hillary did wrong to lose to someone like Trump?" Anita Cox, a social studies teacher said she agrees with Sanders' progressive agenda - specifically Medicare for All, higher minimum wages and the Green New Deal.
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