Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) is vying for the submit of Secretary of Labor in a future Biden administration, Politico reported on Thursday.

Sanders has reportedly been involved with allies on the Biden transition group and expressed curiosity within the place. An appointment of the Vermont senator might be seen as a victory for the progressive wing of the Democratic Social gathering, after Sanders was defeated by Biden within the presidential primaries.

“I can affirm he’s making an attempt to determine methods to land that function or one thing prefer it,” an individual near Sanders instructed Politico. “He, personally, does have an curiosity in it.”

Former Sanders marketing campaign supervisor Faiz Shakir stated he deliberate on pushing a Biden administration to incorporate “progressive voices.” These feedback come after some Sanders supporters have expressed disgust with having to again Biden, together with former Ohio state senator Nina Turner, who in contrast endorsing Biden to consuming a “bowl of s***.”

“It might be nice to have a unity authorities that takes into consideration that progressives are a reasonably wholesome portion of the voters,” Shakir stated.

One other individual near Sanders, nevertheless, stated there was “zero likelihood” that he could be appointed, “due to how he operates and works with different folks.” Sanders is understood for his stubbornness, and refused to concede a loss within the 2020 primaries for weeks after his path to the nomination was successfully closed.

For his half, Sanders declined to substantiate or deny the stories of his angling for Labor secretary.

“Proper now I’m targeted on seeing that Biden is elected president,” the Vermont senator instructed Politico. “That’s what my fundamental focus is.”

Sanders has developed deep relationships with labor unions all through his decades-long profession. Numerous unions backed Sanders’s medicare-for-all plan throughout the Democratic primaries, spurning insurance policies supported by Biden.

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