US Senator Bernie Sanders announces he is running president in 2020

In the last elections, Sanders, an independent, had a strong run for the Democratic nomination but lost out to Hillary Clinton who was eventually defeated by Trump.

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 27, 2016 shows Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders speaking on May 27, 2016 in the San Pedro port district of Los Angeles, California. - Senator Bernie Sanders announced February 19, 2019, he is running for president, launching a second bid for the White House after a surprisingly strong run for the Democratic nomination in 2016. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP)

New Delhi: Another name has been added to the list of US Presidential candidates for the 2020 polls. Senator Bernie Sanders announced his presidential bid in a radio interview in his home state of Vermont. In the last elections, Sanders, an independent, had a strong run for the Democratic nomination but lost out to Hillary Clinton who was eventually defeated by Trump. This will be the 77-year-old senator's second bid for the White House after the unsuccessful one of 2016. Addressing people on Vermont Public Radio, Sanders said: “I wanted to let the people of the state of Vermont know about this first.” The self-described Democratic socialist joins an already crowded field of candidates seeking to take on President Donald Trump and the Republicans in 2020. Sanders gave a summary of how he will campaign. He said: “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 - a belief in justice, in community, in grassroots politics, in town meetings - that's what I'm going to carry all over this country." He called Trump a national embarrassment and a pathological liar and said he is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe and a xenophobe. He described Trump as somebody who is gaining cheap political points by trying to pick on minorities, often undocumented immigrants.