JUST IN: Sen. Michael Bennet becomes the 21st Democrat to announce a 2020 presidential run
The announcement -- made Thursday during an interview on CBS'"This Morning" -- was delayed after the senator was diagnosed with prostate cancer in early April. Bennet had surgery shortly after the diagnosis and announced last month that doctors gave him a clean bill of health. That successful procedure set off a series of moves over the last two weeks that culminated in Thursday's announcement.
His first event in the state -- a house party in Dubuque -- was also a viewing party for the speech: as Bennet spoke in the host's living room, a freeze frame of an enraged Bennet sat on the TV behind him."I am glad you are not playing that now," Bennet joked to the small audience,"because I would say, 'God, I don't want to follow that guy.
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