Article snippet: WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Representative Ilhan Omar endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will endorse Sanders at a rally this weekend, according to his campaign. Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York and a star of the progressive left, will join Sanders at his “Bernie’s Back” rally in Queens on Saturday. Earlier Tuesday, his campaign had teased that Sanders would have a “special guest” at the event. News of the endorsements came as the Democratic presidential candidates were wrapping up their appearances in the fourth debate of the primary season. Ocasio-Cortez’s planned endorsement was first reported by The Washington Post. “Bernie is leading a working class movement to defeat Donald Trump that transcends generation, ethnicity, and geography,” Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, said in a statement. She cited the bill she and Sanders introduced in June to cancel all of the country’s student debt, worth about $1.6 trillion, and praised him for working to end foreign wars. “I believe Bernie Sanders is the best candidate to take on Donald Trump in 2020,” she said. In his own statement, Sanders called Omar “a leader of strength and courage.” The endorsements, which come just two weeks after Sanders suffered a heart attack in Las Vegas, will likely provide a much-needed boost to Sanders’s campaign. They could also serve to quell some concerns about his health and his age. Sande... Link to the full article to read more