'Knock Down the House' Stars Endorse Bernie Sanders' Campaign

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Three of four stars of the Netflix documentary Knock Down the House, which followed female progressive candidates running in the 2018 midterm elections, have endorsed Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.

Amy Vilela, Cori Bush and Paula Jean Swearingen have all put their support behind the openly socialist 2020 candidate, Bernie Sanders 2020 announced on Twitter on Saturday. "Thank you @CoriBush, @paulajean2020, and @amy4thepeople for endorsing our campaign! Together we can defeat Donald Trump and finally create a government that works for everyone in this country," the tweet read.

Vilela, who ran for Congress on a pro-Medicare for all platform in Nevada after the death of her daughter and placed third, now continues to advocate for Medicare for all. Bush, a community organizer active in Ferguson who ran for the House in Missouri and lost, is prepping another bid for U.S. Congress. Swearingen, who ran for Congress in West Virginia as an environmental activist and lost, is also preparing a new 2020 campaign for the Senate.

"I am proud to receive the endorsement of true grassroots leaders and organizers who know what it takes to build a movement across this country to demand change for all Americans," Sanders said in a statement about the endorsement. "Together, we will continue our fight for racial justice, economic justice, health justice, environmental justice and social justice."

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