The minimum wage hike also has drawn early fire from conservatives who want to use Sanders’ rising influence as a weapon against a Democratic party moving to the left as it pushes back hard against Trump.
“This is a significant moment since it confirms that the Democrat Party is now in the hands of extreme liberals that have more in common with European Socialism than the free enterprise principles that have guided America for generations,” Jeremy Adler, spokesman for the conservative group America Rising, said in a statement.
May 25, 2017