As Warren stays on sidelines, key allies move toward Sanders

WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren has not endorsed anyone since dropping out of the 2020 race, but one of her key allies is siding with Bernie Sanders in the hopes of advancing their shared progressive agenda as rival Joe Biden consolidates moderate support.

The Working Families Party, a labor union-backed coalition of state-based groups that work to elect progressive public officials, was one of the first major left-leaning groups to pick sides in the 2020 Democratic primary last September when the group backed Warren at a massive rally in Washington Square Park in New York City.

"We said from the very beginning that there were two progressive champions in this race, and that our North Star was to elect one of them as president," said the party's national director, Maurice Mitchell. "Now, the Working Families Party will marshal its grassroots supporters and staff to help Senator Sanders win the nomination and defeat Donald Trump."

The organization will hold a call for Warren supporters Monday night to discuss what they should do next, featuring elected officials who had backed the Massachusetts Democrat but are now supporting Sanders, I-Vt. The group has a particularly active presence in several states that vote in upcoming primary contests, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York and Connecticut, where it hopes to help Sanders.

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