Rachel Maddow: Bernie Sanders is 'making the Beltway press remember that there are liberals'

Rachel Maddow is a Bernie Sanders fan

Some Democrats and their supporters are nervous about Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) doing so well in the Democratic presidential primaries. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow isn't among them. "It's awesome to see him getting as much" attention as he is, she told Seth Meyers on Wednesday's Late Night. "I'm a liberal, and so to see liberals turning out in Texas, and in Arizona, and in Colorado, and in all these places that he's turning out these huge crowds, it's like, Oh right, my people are everywhere."

Sanders is heading to Louisiana next, which is not a place where liberals normally go to stump, she said, adding:

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.