Ironically in 1980 both Senator Bernie Sanders and I were presidential electors for the Socialist Workers Party. He in Vermont . I here in Rhode Island .

[By the time Mr. Sanders won his first election—as mayor of Burlington, Vt., in 1981—he had become an independent. He had also begun a dalliance with the Socialist Workers Party, a communist group that had followed Leon Trotsky. Mr. Sanders endorsed the SWP’s presidential nominee in 1980 and 1984, spoke at SWP campaign rallies during that period, and in 1980 was part of its slate of would-be presidential electors.] [1980 Count Book - Rhode Island Board of Electionshttps://elections.ri.gov › Election_Publications › Cou...PDF Nov 4, 1980 — 4 Ursula Winter of North Providence. SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY. 1 Annette D. Gagne of Central Falls. 2 Ronald Ruggieri of Cranston. 372 pages] NOTE : Ironically both Senator Bernie Sanders and I were presidential electors for the Socialist Workers Party in 1980 . Bernie Sanders in Vermont. Ruggieri and Gagne here in Rhode Island [ Opinion | The Socialist Evolution of Bernie Sanders WSJ.COM Opinion | The Socialist Evolution of Bernie Sanders He favored nationalization of industry in the 1970s, and he defended Ortega and Cuba .... ]