Bernie's Real Bro Highlights Crucial Populist Rise of Sanders and Corbyn

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"Anybody who wants to say that these ideas can’t fly is wrong," says Larry Sanders
by Jon Queally, staff writer

In reality, there's only one "Bernie Bro." And his name is Larry.

And Larry Sanders, the 80-year-old elder brother of the U.S. presidential candidate who just won a practically unprecedented victory over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, says that what his younger sibling is now achieving in the U.S. is part of a much larger global phenomenon that is also playing out in his home country, the UK.

"I knew that he would make a huge splash and the reason really is the issue that he’s tackling: the growth of inequality, the distribution of money from the bulk of the population to the very rich is true and when somebody says it they resonate to that," said Larry Sanders in the BBC interview.

In a separate interview with the Press Association, the elder Sanders said his brother's landslide victory in New Hampshire should be a great boost as the primary contest shifts into even higher gear. "The great thing about winning is that he will be on the front pages and blasting out of televisions and the radios," he said. "More people will then have to think about him, so it might well do the trick."

In his discussion with BBC, Sanders rejected the idea that his brother's win in New Hampshire—where he won by more than 22 points and captured the support of nearly all demographics—could be explained by the fact that Bernie's home state Vermont is right next door. "The business about him being from a neighbouring state is just Hillary Clinton spin," Larry Sanders said. "He didn’t win it because he lives next door. He won it because the people of the state approved of what he was saying."

Full article with links: http://commondreams.org/news/2016/02/10/bernies-real-bro-highlights-crucial-populist-rise-sanders-and-corbyn