Demo­c­ra­t­ic hold­outs hes­i­tate on Har­ris endorse­ment over bor­der, ener­gy, labor issues

Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris has already sur­passed the 1,976 del­e­gates need­ed to make her the like­ly pre­sump­tive Demo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee when the par­ty gath­ers at the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Con­ven­tion in Chica­go next month.
How­ev­er, there are still some promi­nent and vul­ner­a­ble Demo­c­ra­t­ic hold­outs who have not rushed to endorse Harris’s cam­paign after Pres­i­dent Joe Biden exit­ed the race in a sur­prise announce­ment on Sun­day.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I‑VT), a for­mer 2016 and 2020 pres­i­den­tial can­di­date, remains one of the most high-pro­file pro­gres­sives to have not backed Har­ris yet. He told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Fri­day that while he will work to help Har­ris, “we want to make sure that the vice pres­i­dent is lis­ten­ing to the work­ing class of this coun­try, to the pro­gres­sives as well.”
Sanders also list­ed left-lean­ing poli­cies he want­ed Har­ris to sup­port, includ­ing expand­ing Medicare to pay for den­tal and vision insur­ance alon …