Said Sanders to VPR<\/a>: \u201cI wanted to let the people of the state of Vermont know about this first. And what I promise to do is, as I go around the country, is to take the values that all of us in Vermont are proud of \u2014 a belief in justice, in community, in grassroots politics, in town meetings \u2014 that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to carry all over this country.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe began the political revolution in the 2016 campaign, and now it\u2019s time to move that revolution forward,\u201d he added. \u201cI think [Donald Trump] is a pathological liar. I also think he is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe, somebody who is gaining cheap political points by trying to pick on minorities, often undocumented immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n Sanders also spoke to CBS This Morning<\/em>.<\/p>\n Sanders told John Dickerson that what\u2019s different this time is that \u201cwe\u2019re gonna win.\u201d Sanders said he would \u201claunch a grassroots movement to lay the groundwork for transforming the economic and political life of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n Booker joins a widening field of Democrats who have announced exploratory committees including Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, former U.S. Rep John Delaney, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and entrepreneur Andrew Yang.<\/p>\n The post Bernie Sanders Launches Second Presidential Campaign: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n