"They laughed at Bernie Sanders when he ran for mayor, not just because he was a brash outsider from Brooklyn, neither Republican nor Democrat, but because he was an avowed socialist -- still is."

NBC News checks in on Burlington, VT as Mayor Sanders wins a third term in 1985: pic.twitter.com/V0j6hXcQ0o

— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) February 19, 2020