It seems like they would find in Sanders a very powerful ally in the White House.

Now lets see if any of the other serious candidates follow suit.

spoke out against the ratification of the stolen election. They were the ONLY ones willing to stand up and speak out. It was not one of Gore's better moments.

Everyone school child should have to watch video of this. I found this on the web:

In their remarks on the floor of the House, several of the black congressmen referred bitterly to the Democratic leadership's opposition to any protest against the installation of Bush and the theft of the presidential election, although such statements were cut short by Vice President Gore, serving for the final time as presiding officer of the Senate, who ruled that no speeches could be delivered by those making objections.

“I don't care that it is not signed by a senator,” said Rep. Maxine Waters of California as she handed in her written objection. “The chair would advise that the rules do care,” Gore replied, triggering applause by Republicans.

Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., a Chicago Democrat and son of the civil rights leader, said, “It is a sad day in America when we can't find a senator to sign the objection.” At one point, Jackson asked if any senator in the chamber would step forward and sign his protest, but none would.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2001/01/cong-j08.html

and I have never forgotten my questions, or my feeling of betrayal.

The Republican dominated Florida Legislature was prepared to send their own slate of electors had Gore come out on top after the Florida Supreme Court had ruled that all the votes in the state should be counted and the Republican dominated Congress was prepared to validate the Florida Legislature's electors over that of the peoples' intent.

That's precisely why the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the votes from being counted, they feared the political backlash in 2002 and probably 2004 if the Republican dominated Congress validated the Republican dominated Florida Legislature's electors over the will of the people.

When the Supreme Court decided, it was game, set and match, Gore was already being vilified by the Republican dominated corporate media as being "Sore Loserman" just for contesting the vote for as long as he did.

Not one Senator stepped up. Not one.

And while not obviously stolen the way Florida 2000 was, they did get a lone Senator, Barbara Boxer.